/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news.html null Wed, 15 Jul 2026 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/public-invited-to-open-house-at-michigan-s-field-station-july-19.html Community members and families are invited to explore the University of Michigan Biological Station along Douglas Lake from noon to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:24:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/researchers-use-tree-rings-to-reveal-centuries-of-indigenous--cu.html Red pine stumps are helping a collaborative team reconstruct fire history in the Straits of Mackinac region and document how Indigenous burning practices shaped healthier forests for generations. Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:50:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/spring-2026-term-in-photos-at-the-u-m-biological-station.html From field adventures to line dancing, scroll through community highlights in April, May and June at the University of Michigan Biological Station, the more than 10,000-acre research and teaching campus along Douglas Lake in northern Michigan. Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:54:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/umbs-students--staff-climb-research-tower-to-understand-climate-.html John Lenters, senior research specialist at the University of Michigan Biological Station, led a three-day tower safety training class in June for students in the Observation and Modeling of Climate Change Biology class and UMBS staff. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:04:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/free-northern-michigan-talks-explore-one-of-nature-s-greatest-my.html University of Michigan biologist Dr. André Green will give two free, public talks about monarch butterfly migration July 7 at Charlevoix Public Library and July 8 at the U-M Biological Station in Pellston. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:27:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/michigan-sophomore-brings-music-to-field-research-station.html Pavit Saini, a sophomore double majoring in data science and Program in the Environment (PitE) at the University of Michigan, played violin along Douglas Lake at community events while taking field courses at the Pellston campus. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:13:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/students-spot-kirtland-s-warbler-in-jack-pine-barrens-and-explor.html Students taking the Conservation Biology in Practice course at the University of Michigan Biological Station met people who are saving species and protecting habitats in northern Michigan and experienced first-hand their best practices for success. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:21:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/loon-raising-orphan-gosling-as-its-own-on-douglas-lake-in-northe.html Marilyn Gates, the daughter of former UMBS director David M. Gates, used her 800 mm camera lens to capture an unusual moment on Douglas Lake on Sunday, June 7. A newly hatched goose rode on the back of its surrogate parent: a loon! Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:08:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/new-researcher-enlists-ai-to-reveal-insights-hidden-in-u-m-biolo.html Dr. Anshuman Swain, an assistant professor at the U-M Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a curator in the Museum of Paleontology, wants to use artificial intelligence to discover what past UMBS researchers can still teach us today. Thu, 28 May 2026 13:05:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/course-crossover-opens-new-line-of-research-at-umbs-into-tiny-fo.html Undergraduate student curiosity at the University of Michigan Biological Station sparks new research into ants, pine cones and the microbes inside them. Wed, 27 May 2026 12:25:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/students-find-community--field-research-and-inspiration-at-u-m-b.html More than 50 students arrived at the University of Michigan Biological Station on Tuesday, May 19, for an immersive spring term focused on research, community and northern Michigan ecosystems. Thu, 21 May 2026 19:38:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/umbs-facilities-manager-wins-u-m-staff-achievement-award.html Scott Haley won the 2026 Positive Contributions to LSA Community and Culture Award from the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), the largest and most academically diverse of U-M’s 19 schools and colleges. Mon, 18 May 2026 12:47:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-biological-station-hires-campus-manager-to-lead-pellston-ope.html Starting June 15, Brett Biebuyck brings his more than two decades of leadership experience in field station operations to the University of Michigan Biological Station. For the last six years, he has worked at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:53:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/after-a-life-changing-accident--umbs-alumna-found-new-way-to-fig.html Focused on conservation, Amy Armstrong is the executive director and general counsel for the South Carolina Environmental Law Project. She took courses at the University of Michigan Biological Station in 1992. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:14:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/michigan-biological-station-s-summer-lecture-series-is-packed-wi.html From May 20 through July 29, the free, public lectures on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. range from the ecosystem engineering of beavers to using AI to study fungi, what it takes to build a migratory monarch butterfly, and how drinking water is disinfected. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:27:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/umbs-experience-helps-undergraduate-land-u-s--department-of-ener.html Sarah Bungard, who spent eight weeks at the University of Michigan Biological Station in 2025 as both a student and an Undergraduate Research Fellow, is heading to Tennessee this summer to do research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:03:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-biological-station-hires-new-dining-hall-manager.html Starting April 1, Thomas Kulczynski brings his more than three decades of culinary experience to the University of Michigan Biological Station. For the last 26 years, he has worked at U-M in Ann Arbor through Michigan Dining and Catering. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:35:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/help-michigan-s-biological-station-upgrade-historic-classrooms-o.html The University of Michigan Biological Station is raising money for new chairs and window screens in its classrooms, as well as roof, ceiling and electrical replacements on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:40:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/researchers-and-course-instructors-at-u-m-biological-station-off.html Teaching faculty and researchers at the University of Michigan Biological Station offer guidance and insight for undergraduate students who are exploring opportunities and developing skills to launch a successful career. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:09:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/artist-publishes-eco-poem-featuring-historic-umbs-library.html Dr. Madeleine Wattenberg was an artist in residence at the University of Michigan Biological Station in 2024. The award-winning poet is an assistant professor of writing at Lakeland University in Wisconsin. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:35:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/alumni-success--from-botany-to-medicine-and-back-to-umbs.html Robert Ayotte, a 1980 alumnus of the University of Michigan Biological Station, is the president of the Michigan Botanical Society. He is retired from his 28-year career as a physician assistant in emergency medicine and urgent care. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:46:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/jack-pine-research-symposium-opens-door-to-new-collaboration-on-.html The inaugural conference drew nearly 40 scientists — including ornithologists, biologists, fire ecologists, botanists, forest managers, conservationists and students — to the University of Michigan Biological Station Feb. 19-20. Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:32:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/fall-in-love--students-share-why-u-m-biological-station-is-unfor.html University of Michigan Biological Station alumni share how field-based courses at Michigan’s campus in the Northwoods transformed their outlooks, their majors, and their lives. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:19:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/academic-program-manager-turns-field-research-data-into-crochete.html Candice Everett, the academic program manager at the University of Michigan Biological Station, uses daily weather data to create temperature blankets in her cabin at the Pellston campus during the spring and summer terms. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:43:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/explore-2026-umbs-academic-courses--undergraduate-research-at-vi.html Undergraduate students interested in taking field courses or doing research at the University of Michigan Biological Station in the spring and summer are invited to an Information Session 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, on Zoom. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:45:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/research-symposium-to-focus-on-jack-pine-habitat-management--con.html The inaugural Jack Pine Research Symposium is Thursday and Friday, Feb. 19-20, at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Registration is required in advance for the free event. Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:39:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/submit-research-proposals-and-fellowship-applications-for-2026-f.html The deadline is Feb. 1 for research proposals, renewals and fellowship applications for the 2026 field season at the University of Michigan Biological Station. The Nature Day Camp for children is available to support families on the lakeside campus. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 20:53:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/apply-by-march-15-for-2026-undergraduate-research-fellowships-at.html The University of Michigan Biological Station is recruiting students from across the country for its undergraduate research fellowship program that runs June 15 – Aug. 7, 2026, and includes mentors, a $5,500 stipend, and on-campus housing and meals. Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:37:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/apply-for-2026-artist-residency-at-u-m-field-research-station-in.html The deadline to submit applications for the spring and summer Artist in Residence program at the University of Michigan Biological Station is Feb. 1, 2026. Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:23:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/musician-releases-new-album-inspired-by-u-m-biological-station.html Ricardo Lyra was the 2025 Artist in Residence at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Listen to his new album “UMBS” on Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes or YouTube. Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:03:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/course-application-is-open-for-2026-spring-and-summer-at-u-m-bio.html The priority deadline is March 15, 2026, for students to apply for courses and scholarships during the four-week spring and summer terms at the University of Michigan campus in northern Michigan. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:56:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/with-respect-and-a-pond-leveler--michigan-field-research-station.html In his own words, U-M Biological Station Resident Biologist Adam Schubel reflects on the joy and frustration of keeping culverts clear, boardwalk trails dry and water flowing in Carp Creek despite the industrious dam engineering of beavers. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:32:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/ph-d--student-researcher-uses-art-to-reveal-vital-role-of-bogs-a.html Sarah Rose, the 2025 recipient of the Ann Arbor Farm and Garden scholarship at the U-M Biological Station, is pursuing a Ph.D. in art practice at the University of California San Diego with a specialization in interdisciplinary environmental research. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:06:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/illuminating-the-past--u-m-biological-station-is-digitizing-over.html Data Manager Jason Tallant is working to preserve, analyze and digitize so-called “dark data” at the University of Michigan Biological Station, unearthing troves of 117 years of research to be publicly shared and used by researchers around the world. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:47:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-biological-station-installs-antennas-to-track-migratory-bird.html In collaboration with Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch, the University of Michigan Biological Station joined the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, a global project focused on the conservation of migratory species. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 12:17:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/99-year-old-alumna-celebrates-umbs-as-historic-advocate-for-wome.html Dr. Edith Hurst, a professor emeritus of biology, retired in 1997 from Eastern Michigan University after teaching gross anatomy and neuroanatomy to occupational therapy students for 24 years. Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:01:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/explore-u-m-biological-station-spring-summer-courses-and-undergr.html Students are invited to join University of Michigan Biological Station staff and alumni for an Information Session from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Dana Building Room 1040 on U-M Main Campus in Ann Arbor. Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:09:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/student-balances-parenthood-and-classes-at-umbs-with-community-s.html Sarah Hortig, a guest student from Grand Rapids Community College, lived in a cabin at the University of Michigan Biological Station along Douglas Lake with her husband and their two-year-old son for a month this summer as she took two English courses. Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:31:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/student-ambassadors-to-share-insider-knowledge--passion-for-umbs.html Meet the five undergraduate students at the University of Michigan who will serve as student ambassadors for the U-M Biological Station during the 2025-26 academic year. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:23:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/anishinabek-artist--umbs-alumna-repurposes-plastic-trash-from-gr.html Turning plastic trash into meaningful treasure, Zoi Crampton’s 2D art entry titled “In Our Bodies” can be viewed in person through Oct. 4 at The Sovengard, a restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Online voting for ArtPrize closes Oct. 2 at 10 p.m. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:38:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-senior--2025-clear-fellow-reflects-on--unforgettable-summer-.html As Mira Hughes starts her senior year in Ann Arbor, the alumna of the University of Michigan Biological Station shares — in her own words — her experience living, learning and interning this summer in the lakes, rivers and forests of northern Michigan. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:27:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-renews-biological-station-director-aimee-classen-s-contract.html Dr. Aimée Classen, the director of the University of Michigan Biological Station for the last five years, will continue to lead the historic research and teaching campus in northern Michigan through June 30, 2030. Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:28:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/alumni-return-to-u-m-biological-station-for-weekend-of-nostalgia.html Alumni from across the country gathered on a beautiful summer weekend at the University of Michigan Biological Station to reunite with friends and celebrate their shared, transformational experiences that bridge generations of students and researchers. Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:29:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/research-flight-gathers-forest-data-after-historic-ice-storm-in-.html A plane outfitted with state-of-the-art remote sensing equipment flew over the University of Michigan Biological Station’s more than 10,000 forested acres in August as part of a project assessing damage from this spring’s severe ice storm. Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:48:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/u-m-biological-station-helps-connect-great-lakes-to-ameriflux-ne.html To celebrate the success of a recently funded project providing reliable, real-time data from northern Michigan, the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) invited UMBS Senior Research Specialist John Lenters to speak at its 20th anniversary meeting. Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:16:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/msu-scientist-brings-geoprobe-to-u-m-biological-station-for-soil.html Dr. Christine Sprunger from Michigan State University and her team employed a massive rig to extract dozens of deep soil core samples at the University of Michigan Biological Station and examine soil carbon and soil communities. Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:54:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/biological-station-undergraduate-research-fellows-conduct-field-.html The University of Michigan Biological Station is fully funding undergraduate research fellowships for 10 students from across the country during the 2025 field season, pairing them with mentors for eight weeks. Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:16:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/artist-in-residence-at-u-m-biological-station-creating-song-abou.html Ricardo Lyra, a professional musician from Brazil, is drawing inspiration from nature and research to record an album during his artist residency at the University of Michigan Biological Station during the 2025 field season. Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:32:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/loon-biologist-explores-life-and-conservation-of-charismatic-nor.html Nearly 170 people filled Gates Lecture Hall to hear Dr. Jay Mager, a behavior ecologist and professor of biological sciences at Ohio Northern University, give the Hann Lecture in Ornithology at the University of Michigan Biological Station on July 2. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:20:00 +0000 https://prod.lsa.umich.edu/content/michigan-lsa/umbs/en/news-events/all-news/search-news/public-invited-to-open-house-at-michigan-field-research-station-.html Community members and families are invited to explore the University of Michigan Biological Station along Douglas Lake from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, July 13, at 9133 Biological Rd. in Pellston. Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:27:00 +0000