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The Graham Sustainability
Institute at the University of
Michigan awarded Catalyst
Grants
to
four
cross-
disciplinary
sustainability
projects
this
January.
Jennifer Haverkamp, director
of the Graham Institute, said
the winning projects embody
the value of partnership and
community involvement in
research and will develop
real-world applications over
the course of the semester.
“What we hope in each case
is that faculty and students
working
together
with
external partners generate
research results that have real
value and use in the world of
sustainability,” she said.
According to Haverkamp,
the collaborative nature of
the
sustainability
projects
will
lead
to
effective
sustainability
applications
in the areas of engineering,
botany and public policy.

“Ultimately, the Graham
Institute
is
focused
on
fostering
sustainable
solutions in the real world,
which
requires
robust
collaboration across sectors,”
she said. “These projects are
excellent examples of putting
that mission into action and
bringing
U-M
expertise
to
bear
in
partnership
with
practitioners
and
policymakers
beyond
the
University.”
The
research
teams,
which include faculty from
the School for Environment
and
Sustainability,
Stamps
School of Art & Design, Ford
School of Public Policy, the
Earth
and
Environmental
Science department and the
Climate and Space Sciences
and Engineering department,
are beginning work with the
$10,000 Catalyst Grants. The
projects include Expanding
the Renewable Energy Policy
Initiative, which encourages
local and state government
officials to support equitable

access
to
clean
energy
technology, and Cut or Keep:
Farmer Perceptions and Tree
Management
in
Forested
Cocoa and Coffee Agriculture,
which will help farmers in
Ethiopia and Ghana decide
how to use their land. The
two other grant recipients are
The Rust Belt Herbarium and
Better Communicating Great
Lakes Ice Forecasts.

All four will involve
the
development
of
environmental
sustainability
applications with partners
and stakeholders.
Ayumi
Fujisaki-
Manome,
principal
investigator
for
Better
Communicating
Great
Lakes
Ice
Forecasts,
will be developing an
improved
interface
for
ice forecasts with the U.S.
Coast Guard 9th District
and
Lake
Carrier’s
Association.
“Researchers
and
stakeholders will meet to
discuss what’s needed for
forecasting information,”
Fujisaki-Manome
said.
“We are going to include
an
interactive
graphic
development
system
so we can improve the
forecast graphic alongside
stakeholders.”
The
Rust
Belt

Herbarium
project
will
document the flora of the
greater Detroit area in order
to fill knowledge gaps about
urban plants, explained Anton
Reznicek, herbarium curator
and project co-director.
“For some of these species
our information is thin,” he
said. “Plants that are weeds of
these kinds of urban settings
are the most dynamic element
of the flora … but we don’t
have as much information as
you might think.”
The herbarium project will
also hold meetings with local
stakeholders and create an
Instagram account to share
findings.
Daniel Phillips, a doctoral
candidate
in
the
School
for
Environment
and
Sustainability, explained the
herbarium will be working
with community stakeholders
to hear their feedback.
“The people who live in
these neighborhoods have a
vested interest,” Phillips said.
“We will mediate between
larger long-term goals and
the immediate needs of the
community. … The only way
we
can
understand
these
needs is to have conversations
with people.”
Business
junior
Elsa
Borrello,
a
Graham
Sustainability
Scholar,
reflected on the importance of
an interdisciplinary approach
to addressing sustainability
issues.
“I think it’s really important
to bring together people who
are interested in the sciences,
to
share
knowledge
with
business people who can bring
new perspectives and solve
a problem more holistically,”
she said.
Haverkamp looks forward
to
hearing
from
future
Catalyst Grant applicants and
is hopeful about the research
projects selected this January.
“We look forward to robust
interest in the next round
of grants and look forward
to seeing the results of the
grants that we just issued,”
she said.

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business people
who can bring new
perspectives and
solve a problem more
holistically.”

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Business junior Sonia Lee on her story “Study shows HAIL scholarship
increases low-SES student population, recipients still say lacks guidance
for integration”:

“The first thing I learned is that while the University has been trying to make great strides
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QUOTE OF THE WE E K


I share the frustration, and really the anger, that
members of our community have to be subject to hate of any
kind and particularly the hate of the type we’re talking about
here — a hate crime based on identity...I think we should
continue to aggressively investigate all episodes that are
brought to attention, recognization that sometimes it’s very
hard to track down a perpetrator given the scale and openness
of the campus.”

University President Mark Schlissel on the FBI hate crimes report, findng the University reported 2nd highest # out of 110 universities

Graham Institute awards grants to
multiple sustainability projects

Recipients to emphasize collaboration, real world application of research across sectors

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