Murthy Appointed to Graduate Education Board

Orignially Posted in Tech Today Pushpa Murthy, dean of the graduate school, has been appointed to the Graduate Education Advisory Board of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for a three-year term. The ACS is the world’s largest scientific society with more than 150,000 members. It provides leadership and guidance on the education of chemists at . . .

Advanced Career Management Kickoff- September 17, 2019

Looking to enrich your career? Advanced Career Management (ACM) is a career development program for all Associate Professors funded by the NSF ADVANCE Adaptation grant. The kickoff event is Tuesday September 17, 2019 in the Memorial Union Building, Ballroom B from 9-11am. Attendance at the entire event is not mandatory. Be sure to bring your . . .

Leopold PI on Forest Service Grant

Patricia Leopold (Forestry/ESC) is Principal Investigator on a project that has received a $95,000 other sponsored activities cooperative agreement with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station. The project is titled “Collaborative Adaptation through the Climate Change Response Framework.” This is a potential five-year project. Posted in Tech Today August 13, 2019

Petra Huentemeyer receives NSF funding

Originally posted by Sponsored Programs in Tech Today. Petra Huentemeyer (Physics/EPSSI) is Principal Investigator on a project that has received a $606,172 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is titled “WoU-MMA: Tracing Cosmic-Ray Origin and Transport Using HAWC and Multi-Wavelength Data.” This is a potential three-year project.

Nancy Langston PI on Grant from National Science Foundation

Nancy Langston (SS/GLRC) is Principal Investigator on a project that has received a $113,294 research and development grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is titled, “The New Mobilities of the Anthropocene: Animal Migration, Infrastructure Development, and Wildlife Population Management.” Casey Huckins (Biological Sciences/GLRC) is Co-PI. This is the first year of a potential three-year project totaling . . .

Kelly Steelman Selected HFES Science Policy Fellow

Kelly Steelman (CLS) has been selected from a competitive pool of applicants to participate in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Science Policy Fellowship program. The HFES Science Policy Fellows (SPF) program provides a valuable opportunity for HFES members to learn how to successfully advocate for human factors and ergonomics on the national stage. . . .

Shari Stockero Named Executive Director of the AMTE

Shari Stockero (CLS/Math) has been selected to serve as the fourth Executive Director of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) and will begin her term of service in February 2020. She has served AMTE in a variety of ways, including as Associate Vice-President for the Emerging Issues Committee, as a member of the Conference . . .

Gagnon, Huntoon, and Zhao Recognized as Notable Women in STEM

Three Michigan Tech women are among the “Notable Women in Stem” named by Crain’s Detroit Business editors. Valoree Gagnon, Director of University-Indigenous Community Partnerships, Great Lakes Research Center Jacqueline Huntoon, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Feng Zhao, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering According to Crain’s (5/28/2019): The women featured in this Notable . . .