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Amelia Isacksen

Amelia Isacksen is a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Michigan, studying environmental science with a focus on environmental justice and community organizing.

Amelia's Latest Articles

University students and faculty: Balancing AI’s usefulness and its costs

As AI reshapes higher education, Michigan students and faculty navigate its benefits and challenges, from academic integrity and career uncertainty to creativity and the technology’s environmental costs.

Great Lakes, local consequences: Indigenous voices on why Line 5 matters in Kalamazoo

In Kalamazoo, Indigenous students and leaders are mobilizing against Line 5, perceiving its threat to regional watersheds and a clash with values of long-term environmental stewardship.

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