Rackham Students Receive Funding for Anti-Racism Research
The Anti-Racism Collaborative awarded nearly $100,000 in summer research grants to 19 teams of U-M graduate students.
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School for Environment and Sustainability
When the River Runs Dry
Since 1944, a treaty between the United States and Mexico has governed the exchange of water from the Rio Grande between the two countries. As political and ecological stressors complicate that arrangement, Rackham student Vianey Rueda looks at what can be done.
Announcing the 2024 Rackham Public Scholarship Grants
The Rackham Program in Public Scholarship supports publicly engaged scholarship through mutually beneficial projects created between Rackham students and community partners.
Driving Down Emissions
Rackham student Maxwell Woody measures how electric vehicles can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change.
Announcing the 2024 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards
The Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards recognize the efforts and accomplishments of GSIs who demonstrate extraordinary dedication and excellence as teachers.
SEAS Ph.D. and Master’s Students Lead Efforts to Support Native Hawaiians
Two SEAS master’s projects on Moloka’i are focused on supporting Land Back efforts and food sovereignty on the least developed and visited of the Hawaiian Islands.
Adapting Crops for People and the Planet
Rackham Ph.D. candidate Etienne Herrick-Sutton works with Great Lakes region farmers to identify strategies for improving the environmental and economic outcomes of cover cropping.
Environmental Justice and DEI
Rackham alum Rebeca Villegas applies skills learned during Rackham’s Professional Development DEI Certificate Program to her work advancing environmental justice at the National Wildlife Federation.
Rethinking PVC Recycling
A ubiquitous, environmentally toxic modern plastic, PVC was once considered unrecyclable. New research from a U-M team, including Rackham alumna Sofia Camarero, has found a way to not only recycle it, but to turn its toxic components into useful products.
Announcing the 2023-2024 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship Awards
The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral candidates working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious and impactful.