7/23/2018
Gardeners can score free seeds at this new seed library
UM-Dearborn staff and students helped launch the pilot project that encourages healthy eating and seed saving....
9/14/2018
Campus is in bloom with butterflies
See nature in action at the Environmental Interpretive Center’s gardens....
1/28/2019
Campus natural areas provide a winter land of wonder
Every season brings something new to see in the Environmental Interpretive Center and the adjacent Environmental Study Area. Here are five things you may see walking on the trails....
5/17/2019
A natural way to learn: UM-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center educators offer summer programs
Taught by staff and students, the line-up includes bird watching, tree identification, gardening and more....
6/19/2019
Having a Field Day: Students gather together for class that has a 50-year tradition of foraging
Led by Professor Emeritus Orin Gelderloos, UM-Dearborn's “salad bar course" — with its cattails, elderberry, mint and more — is more than nutritious; it teaches students how to understand and interact with local nature....
9/16/2019
How 'birdhouses for bees' can help pollinators in peril
Most of us have heard that bees are disappearing. And that’s not good news for our gardens or food supply. Senior Kaitlyn Tatro and the Environmental Interpretive Center have a plan for aiding bees and other insect pollinators. And, if you choose, it could...
1/25/2021
UM-Dearborn has saved half a million dollars on its utility bills since the start of the pandemic
If you’re looking for silver linings, here’s one....
5/17/2021
The Sights and Sounds of Spring
If you want to enjoy the sights and sounds of colorful songbirds, this is the week they stop at the Environmental Interpretive Center’s 300-acre Natural Areas to relax and fuel up before continuing on their migration journey north....
10/27/2021
Spiders in the house? Put that blowtorch away
Spiders are all over your home and in your yard. Associate Professor Anne Danielson-Francois, a renowned spider expert, says that’s a good thing. Hear her out....
10/20/2021
‘There is so much beauty in nature that needs our protection’
Professor Ulrich Kamp is using 90 years of images to visually show how the glaciers in the Andes of Southern Peru are rapidly melting — and hopes seeing is believing. His research is one of nine faculty projects highlighted in CASL's Faculty Research Slam ...
