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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Water@Michigan September Coffee Talk
DESCRIPTION:Talk Description:\nThe Line 5 oil pipeline controversy has been a dominant environmental issue in Michigan for nearly 15 years.  Yet the future of the pipeline remains unresolved with pending legal\, political\, and policy battles that have major impacts on water policy\, Indigenous rights\, energy policy\, and states’ rights.  UM has played a critical role in shaping this debate at multiple key moments.  This panel will discuss the Line 5 controversy and the role of academia/UM in the debate over the future of water rights and energy infrastructure.\n\nAbout the Speakers:\nBeth Wallace\, Director\, Climate and Energy\, National Wildlife Federation\, Great Lakes Region  \n\nDave Schwab\, retired NOAA scientist and U-M Water Center researcher\n\nJulie Halpert\, U-M Lecturer & Independent Journalist\n\nMike Shriberg\, U-M Water Center Director & Professor of Practice & Engagement at the School for Environment & Sustainability (SEAS)\n\nAbout Water@Michigan Coffee Talks: \nCoffee Talks provide a monthly opportunity for U-M faculty\, staff\, and students interested in water\, and water-interested people in southeast Michigan to connect with colleagues\, learn about pressing and/or emerging water-related issues\, and meet new partners.\n\nThis academic year\, we are excited to explore the intersection of water + energy and what this nexus means to U-M researchers\, institutes\, and external partners. Please fill out the linked form below to RSVP for the fall series. Upon registration\, you will receive a calendar invite from Sarah Miller (milsar@umich.edu) with meeting-specific information.\n\nCoffee Talks are in-person convenings designed to build connections as part of the U-M Water Center's mission and programs\; we are not recording sessions at this time.\n\nPlease register for Coffee Talks here: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/coffee-talks
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136603
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:great lakes
LOCATION:Michigan League - Michigan Room
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DTSTAMP:20250723T105232
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251021T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Water@Michigan October Coffee Talk
DESCRIPTION:Talk Description:\nThis Coffee Talk covers the development of Michigan's comprehensive maritime strategy\, designed to promote greening\, electrification\, decarbonization\, equity\, environmental justice\, infrastructure improvements\, and sustainability within the state's maritime sector\, while ensuring the efficient movement of goods. The focus encompasses commercial shipping\, ferries\, and recreational boating. Additionally\, the strategy advocates for the sustainable development of commercial ports and recreational harbors throughout Michigan. The presentation will detail the stakeholder mapping and engagement process\, the needs assessment\, including an in-person workshop\, and the final strategy and implementation plan. Combined with other state initiatives and regional and national efforts\, this strategy and plan aim to support the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.\n\nAbout the Speaker:Thomas McKenney\, Associate Professor of Engineering Practice\, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering\, College of Engineering\n\nThomas McKenney is an Associate Professor of Engineering Practice in the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. He directs a research laboratory in sustainable shipping\, maritime decarbonization\, and ship design. He also leads the development of a decarbonization education portfolio and manages collaborations with top industry centers and initiatives.\n\nThomas was previously Head of Ship Design at the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (Center) in Copenhagen\, a not-for-profit independent research and development (R&D) center with the vision to sustainably decarbonize the maritime industry by 2050. He was responsible for ship design activities within an active portfolio of over 50 R&D projects related to maritime sustainability and decarbonization\, including alternative fuel pathways and ship technologies. Before joining the Center in 2021\, he held various positions at Royal Caribbean Group\, where he was the technical and project manager of $1 billion first-in-class cruise ship design and construction projects. Thomas holds four degrees from the University of Michigan\, including a Ph.D. in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.\n\nAbout Water@Michigan Coffee Talks: \nCoffee Talks provide a monthly opportunity for U-M faculty\, staff\, and students interested in water\, and water-interested people in southeast Michigan to connect with colleagues\, learn about pressing and/or emerging water-related issues\, and meet new partners.\n\nThis academic year\, we are excited to explore the intersection of water + energy and what this nexus means to U-M researchers\, institutes\, and external partners. Please fill out the linked form below to RSVP for the fall series. Upon registration\, you will receive a calendar invite from Sarah Miller (milsar@umich.edu) with meeting-specific information.\n\nCoffee Talks are in-person convenings designed to build connections as part of the U-M Water Center's mission and programs\; we are not recording sessions at this time.\n\nPlease register here: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/coffee-talks
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136604
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:great lakes
LOCATION:Michigan Union - 2210 ABC Room
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DTSTAMP:20251002T093337
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251118T180000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Beyond the Sea Book Talk and Community Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join author and freshwater ecologist Dave Strayer at Literati Bookstore for an engaging discussion of Beyond the Sea\, his new book celebrating the hidden life of lakes\, rivers\, and wetlands. With Jason Frenzel of the Huron River Watershed Council and moderator Mike Shriberg\, the Director of the U-M Water Center\, explore local connections to global freshwater challenges. Join us and be a part of the conversation!\n\nAbout the speakers: \nDave Strayer\, Freshwater Ecologist and Author: Dave Strayer worked as a freshwater ecologist for the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for more than 30 years\, where he studied the Hudson River\, conservation ecology of freshwater mussels and other species\, the impacts of invasive species\, and shoreline ecology. He has written more than 200 scientific articles and 7 books. In addition to these technical publications\, he has written several dozen short essays for general audiences\, which are collected in The Lost Snail of the Yangtze and Other Essays. He is an affiliate of the U-M Water Center. Dave has a BS in Zoology from Michigan State and a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University.\n\nJason Frenzel\, Director of Community Engagement\, Huron River Watershed Council: Jason Frenzel\, CVA\, is a seasoned nonprofit and public service leader with over 25 years of experience in community engagement\, program development\, and volunteer management. He has served on Ann Arbor City Council\, the Environmental Commission\, and numerous boards and advisory committees\, including the Sierra Club Huron Valley Group and the University of Michigan’s Ginsberg Center. A Certified Volunteer Administrator and co-author of *Volunteer Administration: Professional Practice\, 4th Edition*\, he is recognized for his success in grant seeking\, inclusive community partnerships\, and advancing environmental stewardship across Southeast Michigan.\n\nModerator: Mike Shriberg\, U-M Water Center Director & Professor of Practice & Engagement\, SEAS -- Mike Shriberg is the Director of the University of Michigan Water Center and is a Professor of Practice and Engagement at the School for Environment and Sustainability. Dr. Shriberg’s work and research focus on water issues in the Great Lakes region and environmental leadership. Prior to his role as Water Center Director\, he held several leadership positions in the nonprofit sector and at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)\, including Great Lakes Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation\, Associate Director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research and Director of Engagement\, Interim Director at Michigan Sea Grant. Dr. Shriberg earned his PhD in Resource Policy and Behavior from the University of Michigan and his BS in Biology & Society from Cornell University.\n\nYou can register for this session here: https://graham.umich.edu/event/beyond-sea-book-talk-and-community-discussion
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140188
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:great lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251117T164215
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Matthew Hoffman
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Understanding the transport and fate of plastic pollution is crucial for modeling the exposure risk for different ecosystems and organisms. I will discuss efforts to model the transport of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes using NOAA’s operational hydrodynamics models and custom built transport code to simulate changing particle properties. The models allow for advection\, turbulent mixing in the vertical\, density driven sinking\, beaching\, deposition\, and biofouling of particles. The transport model relies on accurant hydrodynamic fields\, so I will also describe initial efforts to perform data assimilation on the NOAA model output using a Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) approach on the FVCOM model of Lake Erie. We test the LETKF using simulated observations of surface temperature and vertical profiles of temperature.\n\nAbout the speaker: Matthew J. Hoffman is a Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dr. Hoffman received the B.A. degree in Mathematics and Astrophysics from Williams College\, Williamstown\, MA\, USA and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation from the University of Maryland\, College Park\, MD\, USA. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at Johns Hopkins University\, Baltimore\, MD\, USA \, where he worked on data assimilation for the Chesapeake Bay. Since moving to RIT\, he has shifted his focus to the Great Lakes\, including some work on data assimilation on the NOAA forecast model for Lake Erie. Over the past decade\, his work has focused on modeling the input\, transport\, and fate of plastic pollution in fresh water\, including the Great Lakes.
UID:141960-21889690@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141960
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STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251215T154013
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260122T150000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:January Water@Michigan Coffee Talk
DESCRIPTION:Talk Description: Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Potential in the Great Lakes \n\nAs Michigan advances toward a clean-energy future\, energy storage has become increasingly essential for ensuring the reliability and resilience of the state’s power system. The Great Lakes region\, with its extensive shoreline and favorable topography\, offers significant potential for pumped hydro energy storage (PHS). Beyond providing large-scale\, long-duration storage\, PHS also presents opportunities for energy integration with emerging offshore wind development in the lakes.\n\nAt the same time\, the history of the Ludington PHS facility has shown that large water-based infrastructure projects can raise important questions regarding the commercial use of Great Lakes water resources. As interest grows in exploring new PHS concepts in the region\, it is crucial to examine the environmental implications—particularly ecological and fishery impacts—and to consider how such projects intersect with public trust\, governance\, and social acceptance.\n\nThis panel brings together experts in engineering\, ecology\, and policy to discuss the technical feasibility\, environmental considerations\, and societal dimensions of pumped hydro development in the Great Lakes. The session aims to foster an informed\, multidisciplinary conversation about the future of water-energy systems in our region.\n\nAbout the Speakers: \nModerator: Marc Gaden\, Adjunct Assistant Professor\, SEAS and Executive Secretary\, Great Lakes Fishery Commission\n\nPanelists: Jon Allan\, Retired Sr. Advisor and Sr. Academic and Research Program Officer\, School for Environment and Sustainability\; Jeremy Bricker\, Associate Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\; Tomas Höök\, Head/Professor Forestry & Natural Resources\, Purdue University\; Xin Shen\, PhD candidate\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\n\nYou can RSVP for the event here: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/coffee-talks
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142761
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:great lakes
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Kuenzel Room
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DTSTAMP:20260127T104706
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T130000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Charlyn Partridge
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae\, HWA) is a small invasive insect threatening hemlock forests throughout the eastern United States and Canada. Eastern hemlocks are a foundation tree species found in sensitive coastal dunes and riparian zones. Once infested\, HWA feeds on the nutrients of hemlocks\, often resulting in hemlock mortality within 4 – 10 years. This can lead to landscape-level changes in biodiversity as infestations progress. Management efforts in Michigan are underway to control this invasive pest with a key focus on early detection. Current monitoring methods involve visual assessment of hemlocks for the presence of HWA ovisacs. However\, this is a demanding task considering there are an estimated 170 million hemlock trees in Michigan. Our lab is using a combination of airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) methods and population genomics analysis to help detect new infestations and gain insight into the historical spread of HWA throughout eastern North America. The information we gain from our work\, will hopefully contribute to faster detections and more accurate range expansion models as HWA continues to spread throughout the Great Lakes region.\n\nAbout the speaker: Dr. Charlyn Partridge is an Associate Professor at Annis Water Resources Institute – Grand Valley State University. Her research uses genetic and genomic tools to aid in conservation and management efforts. Her current projects involve using environmental DNA approaches for targeted species detection and understanding how invasive species rapidly adapt to new environments.\n\nAs of July 2025 the GLERL facility can no longer accept visitors for the Great Lakes Seminar Series due to staffing shortages. Please attend virtually using the link above.
UID:144613-21895569@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144613
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260324T115211
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260407T110000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Amanda Ackiss
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: \nAt the end of the Pleistocene\, many salmonid fishes in the subfamily Coregoninae rapidly diversified in newly available freshwater habitats across the northern hemisphere. In terms of evolutionary time\, these species flocks are incredibly young\, and many instances of diversification appear to have occurred in sympatry rather than allopatry\, leading to incomplete lineage sorting. The difficulty disentangling species relationships in this subfamily has been termed the ‘coregonine problem’ and has severely limited the ability of scientists and managers to draw robust conclusions regarding best practices for their conservation and restoration. This is particularly vital in the Laurentian Great Lakes\, where overfishing\, habitat degradation\, and the introduction of invasive species in the 20th century led to precipitous declines in the largest documented radiation of coregonines in North America\, the Coregonus artedi species complex. Many of these impacts have been mitigated in recent decades\, and interest in restoring lost populations of these important prey fishes is growing\, calling for a better understanding of relationships between members of this species complex. In this talk\, I will discuss how we are leveraging new genomic tools to elucidate historic and contemporary differentiation and to explore the mechanisms of divergence in the Great Lakes C. artedi species complex in support of on-going conservation and restoration efforts.\n\nAbout the speaker:\nAmanda Ackiss is a Fish Biologist at the US Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor\, MI. She earned her B.A. in Media Studies at the University of Virginia before pivoting back to the field of science and earning her Ph.D. in Ecological Sciences at Old Dominion University. During her Ph.D. she gained expertise in molecular ecology\, genomics\, and bioinformatics studying the diversity of fishes in the Coral Triangle region of southeast Asia before accepting a postdoctoral research position at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point that introduced her to the cisco species complex of the Great Lakes. Amanda’s lab at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center now focuses on applied genomics at the interface of speciation and spatial ecology to support bi-national coregonine conservation and restoration efforts.
UID:146967-21899889@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146967
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260209T103613
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260409T173000
SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:Water@Michigan 2026: Water+Energy
DESCRIPTION:Water@Michigan 2026: Water + Energy will bring together researchers\, practitioners\, policymakers\, and community leaders to examine how water systems and the energy transition are reshaping Michigan\, the Great Lakes region\, and beyond.\n \nTheme: Water + Energy\n📅 Thursday\, April 9\, 2026\n🕑 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.\n📍Palmer Commons\, Ann Arbor\n \nThe symposium will highlight the growing connections between water and energy in infrastructure\, governance\, and community outcomes. Participants will explore how these links can be strengthened to create more resilient\, equitable\, and sustainable systems.\n\nThrough keynotes\, workshops\, lightning talks\, and student posters\, attendees will collaborate across disciplines to envision the future of water\, energy\, and the Great Lakes. Sessions will emphasize how research\, practice\, and policy can align to address urgent and emerging water challenges.\n\nWe are especially pleased to welcome a distinguished group of featured speakers\, including Whitney Gravelle\, President of the Bay Mills Indian Community\; Jeremy Rifkin\, bestselling author of Planet Aqua\; Shalanda Baker\, Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action\, University of Michigan\; and U.S. Senator Gary Peters.\n\nFull details are available on the registration page. The event is free and open to the public\, but registration is required.\n\nThis event is presented by Water@Michigan with support from the U-M Water Center\, the School for Environment and Sustainability\, the Graham Sustainability Institute\, the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research\, LSA Earth & Environmental Sciences\, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission\, and the U-M Arts Initiative.\n\nYou can register for the event on the Water Center website: https://graham.umich.edu/wateratmichigan/2026
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144676
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Great Lakes Rooms, Atrium and Forum Hall
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DTSTAMP:20251120T121105
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Jenan Kharbush
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: “Nitrogen availability” refers to the amounts of biologically usable nitrogen forms relative to demand by the biological community. In cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CyanoHABs) dominated by the non-diazotrophic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa\, nitrogen availability is critical for the production of the nitrogen-rich toxin microcystin\, and may also play a role in shaping M. aeruginosa strain composition and relative abundance of toxic and non-toxic strains. During the annual CyanoHAB in Western Lake Erie\, both the dominant form of nitrogen (organic vs. inorganic) and M. aeruginosa strain composition shift as the bloom progresses\, as does the heterotrophic bacterial community composition in M. aeruginosa colonies. Recent metagenomics and culture-based work suggests that some of these heterotrophs may be involved in nitrogen acquisition and cycling processes with Microcystis. In this talk I will discuss some of our recent efforts to understand the influence of nitrogen form on Microcystis bloom ecology\, via both strain-specific adaptations and interactions with other community members such as heterotrophic bacteria. This includes examining how nitrogen form influences exometabolite production in cultured M. aeruginosa strains\, as well as using nano-secondary ion mass spectrometry (nanoSIMS) to measure how cell-specific nitrogen uptake in field communities changes with bloom phase. \n\nAbout the speaker: Jenan is an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Michigan. She earned her PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography\, where she developed an appreciation for the complexity of microbial life and the outsized influence microbes have on their environment. At U-M\, her research group studies how aquatic microorganisms\, particularly phytoplankton\, acquire and use nitrogen\, including during CyanoHABs. They combine laboratory culture experiments with field-based environmental observations to link cellular-level nitrogen cycling processes to large-scale geochemical patterns in both modern and ancient environments.
UID:141223-21888418@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141223
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20251119T134529
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260506T110000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Great Lakes Seminar Series: Adam Reimer
DESCRIPTION:About the presentation: Achieving conservation aims in the Great Lakes region\, including protecting water quality\, enhancing wildlife habitat\, and building community resilience\, often relies on voluntary actions by farmers\, ranchers\, and rural landowners. Numerous agencies\, organizations\, and policies support farmer adoption of soil health practices\, improved nutrient management\, and managed tile drainage. Despite decades of effort\, adoption of key practices has lagged what is needed to reach larger conservation goals. National Wildlife Federation has worked with producers and conservation professionals for over a decade to improve outreach and conservation communications to reach new audiences and expand adoption of key practices. NWF programs apply insights from social and behavioral science to increase organizational capacity and identify novel strategies for increasing conservation adoption. This presentation will share key insights from NWF programs and outline research and extension needs to scale up adoption in the Great Lakes region.\n\nAbout the speaker: Adam Reimer is the outreach and evaluation scientist at the National Wildlife Federation. He has training in interdisciplinary social and agricultural science with a PhD from Purdue University. Adam has an extensive research background exploring farmer and landowner conservation decision making and the role of policy and social networks in conservation outcomes. At NWF\, he helps support local and farmer-led conservation outreach throughout the Midwest by leveraging social and behavioral sciences to develop effective engagement strategies.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142040
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Great Lakes
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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