08-17-2017, 12:34 AM
In 1950, the University of Michigan established the School of Natural Resources, one of the first schools of its kind. But the study of natural resources and environmental problems has been part of the University for more than 100 years. Fittingly, the school changed its name to the School of Natural Resources and Environment in 1992. The school remains a global leader in educating students to be innovative and effective stewards of the environment.
The school's home is the Dana Building, which underwent a series of renovations and is now the greenest academic building on U-M's campus. Other SNRE facilities include terrestrial, aquatic and analytical laboratories; a microcomputer laboratory; a remote-sensing laboratory; a computer graphics laboratory for landscape architecture; and a geographic information systems laboratory. In addition, Nichols Arboretum, Stinchfield Woods and Saginaw Forest, and the University's Biological Field Station and Matthaei Botanical Gardens, are available to the school for research and field work.