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A Cabin in the Woods | University of Michigan Heritage Project For more than 100 years, students have scrawled on U-M Biological Station cabin walls. The graffiti serves as a rustic time capsule of a summertime experience many say changed their lives.

Spring and summer undergraduate classes at UMBS Field-based science and interdisciplinary courses. Beautiful scenery. Immersive research projects. What could be better? Learn more.

Living Together, Learning Together at UMBS What's it like to spend a spring or summer at a biological field station? Read all about it here.

From Chemistry Labs to Atmospheric Towers: World Class Research Facilities Interested in doing research at the Station or curious what we have to offer? Read all about our research facilities.

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program Live, learn, and conduct your own research project in beautiful Northern Michigan. And get paid to do it!

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Florilegium Class Immerses Art Students in Nature at Remote Research Station

In 10 days at the U-M Biological Station, a group of art majors explore northern Michigan and create an art collection inspired by science and the natural world.

Students Monitor Human Impacts to Threatened Great Lakes Sand Dune Thistle

An ecology lab course at UMBS is piloting a long-term research project to see how human behavior affects Pitcher’s thistle in northern Michigan.

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Pettingill Lecture in Natural History

Vanessa Ezenwa, Yale University

7:00 PM
Lecture will take place outdoors under a large tent along the shore of Douglas Lake. Off Campus Location

Upcoming

“Artist in the Wilderness: Field Work and Art Making"

Leslie Sobel, Environmental Artist

7:00 PM
Lecture will take place outdoors under a large tent along the shore of Douglas Lake. Off Campus Location

Space Weather, Aurora Borealis and Photographing the Northern Lights

Ross Ellet, Meteorologist at WTVG-TV in Toledo and Aurora Chaser

7:00 PM
Off Campus Location

"Weaving Anishinaabe and Western Sciences For Long-term Giizhik Relations: Process and Patterns"

Robin Clark, Lake Superior State University

7:00 PM
Lecture will take place outdoors under a large tent along the shore of Douglas Lake. Off Campus Location

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