1. Straw bale house

    How 22 undergrads and one fearless leader used 200 bales of straw to build U-M’s first off-the-grid structure.

  2. Probing links to autism

    Researchers building database to study how environmental stressors may impact brain development.

  3. First climate action plan for Detroit

    U-M students complete first comprehensive inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in Motor City history.

  4. The vanishing of Schoolgirls' Glen

    Reclaiming one of the most precious and vulnerable gems in Nichols Arboretum.

  5. If you build it, they will come

    In 1925, an idealistic group of conservationists dubbed the Society of Les Voyageurs set about constructing a cabin on the Huron River. It may well be the only home of a student organization built by the members who would use it.