UM Biological Station

Earn Credits. Do Research. Explore Northern Michigan. Turn up the volume and step into the experience of being immersed in nature during 4-week spring and summer terms at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Apply to join the world of discovery. myumi.ch/EP1d5

Congrats to our final Power Hour winner of the day, @UMBS! #GivingBlueday

Help us finish strong on #GivingBlueday! Make ANY size donation now in the 8 p.m. hour (by 8:59 p.m. EST) and together we can unlock $1,000 for the @UMich Biological Station. Donate: myumi.ch/z9AAd #umich #goblue

We're in a #GivingBlueday Power Hour! Give before the end of the hour and the LSA unit with the most donors will unlock $1,000! From $10 to $100, let's make it add up for UMBS students! Donate: myumi.ch/z9AAd #umich #goblue

I just gave a match in honor of previous directors and how their vision helped make @UMBS the incredible place it is today. Please consider giving to help the next generation of learners and scientists thrive. (please share)

Classrooms at the @UMich Biological Station are inside and outside. On land and water. This #GivingBlueday, support the transformative, immersive student experience at this paradise of place-based learning. Every donation adds up! myumi.ch/z9AAd #umich #LSA #GoBlue

From Sparrow and Reighard to Houghton and Hungerford, give your favorite classrooms at UMBS some love! Vote for your favorite in the comments below, explain why it’s special, & give a gift that'll automatically be doubled thanks to a match. #GivingBlueday myumi.ch/z9AAd

WEDNESDAY: Help upgrade historic classrooms that serve as home base for immersive, field-based courses! Your donation to the @UMich Biological Station on #GivingBlueday directly enhances student learning — new chairs! — at the campus along Douglas Lake. myumi.ch/JP73q

Join our staff in May, June, July and August as an operations assistant at the research and teaching campus along Douglas Lake in northern Michigan. Students are encouraged to apply. View position details and how to apply on the UMBS Employment website: myumi.ch/qZdVX

It's snowing 2-3 inches per hour here along Douglas Lake.

ATTN: Undergraduate Students Join “Forest Ecosystems: Ecology, Conservation and Management,” a 2026 course at the @UMich Biological Station from May 19-June 19. Learn more and apply today: myumi.ch/qZ12Q

Below the surface, lakes hide a fascinating world of intriguing organisms and complex interactions. Join “Freshwater Ecosystems: Limnology,” a 2026 course at the @UMich Biological Station from May 19-June 19. Learn more and apply today: myumi.ch/qZ12Q

🚀Career Advice🚀 As undergrads plot their future, teaching faculty and researchers at the @UMich Biological Station are sharing the wisdom they've picked up along their own journeys. myumi.ch/159xJ #UMich #CareerAdvice

Robert Ayotte wrote “The Bryophyte Blues” when he was a student at the @UMich Biological Station in 1980. The president of the Michigan Botanical Society is retired from his 28-year career as a physician assistant in emergency medicine and urgent care. myumi.ch/rAV4A

Facilities Manager Scott Haley and Resident Biologist Adam Schubel drilled a hole in the ice on Douglas Lake this week to collect a winter lake profile. It’s one of our long-term datasets at the @UMich Biological Station.

Madeleine Wattenberg, an artist in residence at the @UMich Biological Station, published a poem featuring the historic library at the research & teaching campus along Douglas Lake & issued a call to action for a more sustainable future. Read the eco-poem: myumi.ch/159p7

Green thumb? The @UMich Biological Station is #hiring a Garden and Grounds Steward to manage the @UMBS community food and campus gardens for the 2026 field season. View the position details and how to apply on the UMBS Employment website: myumi.ch/qZdVX

The @UMich Biological Station’s research bibliography reached 3,500 entries! Director Aimée Classen spotlights classics that changed how we look at the natural world and celebrates generations of researchers who built the foundation that makes us a leader. myumi.ch/R38G5

The first-ever Jack Pine Research Symposium at the @UMich Biological Station with @HuronPines sparked fresh ideas for future collaborations to protect Michigan’s jack pine forests and rare species they support like the Kirtland’s warbler. Read the story: myumi.ch/3RD7E

Using a hook, yarn, and a data spreadsheet on cozy evenings along Douglas Lake, Candice Everett crochets tapestries to literally wrap herself in memories of her time as the academic program manager for @UMBS: myumi.ch/QwRPz

Candice Everett, the academic program manager at @UMBS, crochets “temperature blankets” of which every row, square and color reflects daily weather data collected at the U-M Biological Station. #URecord feature: myumi.ch/z9q94