2013 Alum launches new MÁS Scholarship Fund to open doors for future sustainability leadersMiguel Andrés Sossa-Mardomingo’s mother came to the United States as a refugee from Cuba when she was 13. Growing up, his mother always encouraged him to meet as many people as...
New Scholarship Fund Empowering Graduate Students to Build Sustainable FuturesBy: Chelsea Liddy PivtorakJust in time for Earth Day, a Michigan Ross alumnus has established a new sustainability-focused scholarship fund, hoping to help underrepresented students pursue...
Erb's 25th Anniversary: Lasting lessons on negotiation and building support Sangeeta Ranade remembers a negotiation exercise in a sustainability strategy class at the Erb Institute more than 20 years ago that has stuck with her ever since. Each student had a different...
Reposted from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation website Until recently, we have lived in a linear economic system that operates under a “take, make, and dispose” philosophy, which ends in waste. In contrast, circular economies develop services and products that...
The University of Michigan's Erb Institute second edition of ICYMI! ICYMI! is a business-focused publication sharing the work of the Erb Institute. In this publication, we share how our research, teaching and engagement provide ideas and frameworks that help...
Erb alumnus Marcos Mancini is a country manager in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System. He talked with Erb about the inquiry’s work and the sustainable finance issues involved....
Kelsea Ballantyne earned her MBA/MS in 2016, as part of the Erb Institute and the Tauber Institute for Global Operations. She’s now in an executive development program at Boeing, working on the 777 and 777X airplanes, and she talked with Erb about her work...
The University of Michigan, as a Research and Independent Non-Governmental Research Organization (RINGO), sent a delegation to COP23. The team included 12 graduate students from across the university, including van der Schaft, who is studying sustainable systems,...
The University of Michigan's Erb Institute launches new bi-annual publication - ICYMI! ICYMI! is a business-focused publication sharing the work of the Erb Institute. In this and future publications, we will share how our research, teaching and engagement are...
By Gabriel Thoumi and Ian Robinson The glaciers along Ecuador’s eastern cordillera—Chimborazo, Cayambe, Antizana and Cotopaxi—are quickly disappearing, and glaciers along Ecuador’s western cordillera—Cotacachi, Corazón and Sincholagua—have been completely lost in the...