President Santa J. Ono shares vision on democracy and engagement

Geoff Chatas says campus becomes "living lab" for environmental stewardship

Last January, president Santa J. Ono set the university on a path to imagine what aspirations the University of Michigan could achieve in the next 10 years. 

Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and local community members. 

U-M's vision to be the defining public university outlines four areas where the university will make dramatic and focused impact: life-changing education; human health and well-being; democracy, civic and global engagement; and climate action, sustainability and environmental justice. 

Geoff Chatas, the university's chief financial officer, talked with us about climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice. 

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Marschall Runge sees continued statewide expansion and disease prevention efforts increase in Vision 2034.

U-M's Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and local community members. 

U-M's vision to be the defining public university outlines four areas where the university will make dramatic and focused impact: life-changing education; human health and well-being; democracy, civic and global engagement; and climate action, sustainability and environmental justice. 

Marschall Runge, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Medical School, spoke with us about human health and well-being.

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Provost Laurie McCauley shares vision for making education more accessible

UM's Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and local community members. UM's vision to be the defining public university outlines four areas where the university will make dramatic and focused impact; life-changing education, human health and well-being, democracy, civic and global engagement, climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice. 

Provost Laurie McCauley talks about life changing education.

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President Santa J. Ono shares vision on democracy and engagement

In January 2034, president Santa J. Ono set the university on a path to imagine what aspirations the University of Michigan could achieve in the next 10 years. UM's Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and local community members. 

UM's vision to be the defining public university outlines four areas where the university will make dramatic and focused impact; life-changing education, human health and well-being, democracy, civic and global engagement, climate action, sustainability, and environmental justice. 

Ono talks about democracy, civic and global engagement on this episode of the Michigan Minds podcast.

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Dealing with plastic that can't be recycled

Consumers have to wrangle with a sticky issue: Much of the plastic used every day can't be recycled.

And the kind of recycling that can be done is called mechanical recycling, which means that plastic that can be recycled is simply broken down to be repurposed as other plastic objects, often which are of a lower value than the original product. Eventually, objects made out of this recycled plastic, such as park benches, just end up in a landfill.

But University of Michigan chemist Anne McNeil is focusing on how to recycle previously unrecyclable plastic, using chemistry to modify the plastic into a product of equally high value to the original product.

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