Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability

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  Ken Frank named one of nation's top education influencers

  Published on January 10, 2023
  Ken Frank, a frequent collaborator with CSIS scholars, is one of five from MSU to make the prestigious list.

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  Insights get the right fish on the right plate

  Published on December 15, 2022
  From Nature Food, devising a way to track and measure how one of the world’s most-traded commodities moves from the water to the plate within a country.

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  Scholar renowned for shaping sustainability science named commencement speaker

  Published on December 12, 2022
  William Clark, a pioneer in sustainability science, with deep connections to MSU, to speak at commencement and receive honorary degree.

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  To achieve sustainability, laws get broken

  Published on December 1, 2022
  Scientists make a case that a guiding principle needs to make room for an alternative interpretation in the name of sustainability

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  Power to the people must include the people

  Published on November 28, 2022
  Social scientists and communications experts joined engineers to engage rural communities that are off grid in the Amazon rainforest to find better ways to deliver the electricity.

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  Satellites cast critical eye on coastal dead zones

  Published on November 18, 2022
  Scientists have found a new and better way using remote sensing to understand where coastal dead zones are and predict changes.

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  Four faculty ranked for their global publication power

  Published on November 16, 2022
  Isaacs, Liu, Robertson and Tiedje are among 6,938 researchers across the world whose publications are the most cited according to Clarivate Analytics

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  Michigan Charter Boat Association honors Taylor

  Published on October 24, 2022
  State captains of charter boats recognize Bill Taylor for his "fishy" contributions.

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  Ecocultural workshop celebrates Dietz, Kalof retirement

  Published on October 11, 2022
  CSIS co-sponsors the two-day workshop Innovations in Human Ecology: Looking Back and Moving Forward Oct. 17-18.

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  Portales named Lyman Briggs College Research Fellow

  Published on September 30, 2022
  Natalia Portales, a CSIS undergraduate researcher, gains support for her work on the arctic telecoupling project.

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  Liu elected to the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters

  Published on September 30, 2022
  Jianguo "Jack" Liu has been elected to the prestigious Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters,.

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  MSU takes inland fisheries food security to FAO event

  Published on September 28, 2022
  Drawing on work in Malawi this webinar will showcase international collaborative efforts to advance science and technological innovations in inland aquatic food systems.

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  Women's empowerment group awards fellowship to CSIS scholar

  Published on September 26, 2022
  FW PhD student Edith Gondwe receives the prestigious international fellowship from the American Association of University Women.

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  Liu accepts global award with message of hope

  Published on September 21, 2022
  Jianguo "Jack" Liu, Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability, accepts his Gunnerus Sustainability Science Award with an address about pandas, people and hope for the future

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  Reading global catastrophes needs a new lens for sharp solutions

  Published on August 29, 2022
  If the global community doesn’t learn to spot and address the short- and long-term changes, both harm and opportunity can be unchecked. Metacoupling offers a sharper lens.

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  Spotting the human-driven snags in global sustainability quest

  Published on August 25, 2022
  A new paper in Ecology and Society shows how people's everyday lives can have significant global consequences when establishing policies to achieve sustainability.

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  Liu receives highest honor for ecological contributions “of extraordinary merit”

  Published on August 15, 2022
  The Ecology Society of America honors Jianguo "Jack" Liu as an "eminent ecologist."

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  Panda success may show up in major US/China sustainability science summit

  Published on July 25, 2022
  MSU professor's research collaborations that helped move pandas from endangered status has applications for major US-China summit.

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  CSIS contributions recognized in MSU’s top global impact in sustainable development rank

  Published on June 23, 2022
  Centers' work exploring new ways to evaluate SDG progress and leadership in global collaboration are cited as contributing to MSU's performance in Times Higher Education 2022 Impact Rankings

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  Sustainability scholar publishes on two fronts

  Published on June 14, 2022
  Emilio Moran explores sustainability at the intersection of people in a new book and journal article.