Month: April 2020

Fournier Wins BioOne Ambassador Award

Tech Today, April 29, 2020 Michigan Tech alumna Auriel (Van Der Laar) Fournier (Wildlife Ecology and Management ’11) is one of the winners of the 2020 BioOne Ambassador Award. The award honors early career authors who best communicate the importance and impact of their specialized research to the public. Six individuals from five publications were selected from . . .

New Funding for Michigan Tech Researchers!

Congratulations to Momoko Taijiri, Valoree Gagnon, and Gord Patterson on new funding! The story below was originally published in Tech Today on April 29, 2020. Momoko Tajiri (Chemistry/MuSTI) is the prinicpal investigator on a project that has received a $33,597 research and development grant from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development-Michigan Craft Beer . . .

Chadde Receives Award from Michigan Science Teachers Association

Joan Chadde, director of the Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach, has received a prestigious award from the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA). Chadde accepted the 2020 Informal Science Teacher of the Year Award at the MSTA’s annual conference held March 6-7 in Lansing. The Board of the Michigan Science Teachers Association (MSTA) . . .

Michigan Tech Provost’s Office Clarifies Promotion and Tenure Policies Amid COVID-19

The Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs has clarified promotion and tenure policies amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the Tech Today article published on April 6 for information regarding the clarification and as always, visit mtu.edu/covid-19 for current information on the pandemic.

Interdisciplinary Team Receives New Funding

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Michigan Tech including Melissa Baird (Social Sciences), Trista Vick-Majors (Biological Sciences), and Guy Meadows (Director, Marine Engineering Laboratory) have recently received funding from The Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) to study oil spills in icy conditions. The team will be working with researchers from Michigan State University, . . .