Assistant Professor Edward Cokely (CLS) published an article, “The Virtues of Ignorance,” in the journal, “Review of Philosophy and Psychology.”
From Tech Today.
The Virtues of Ignorance
Adam Feltz and Edward T. Cokely
From the issue entitled “Consciousness and Moral Cognition”
REVIEW OF PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 3, Number 3 (2012), 335-350, DOI: 10.1007/s13164-012-0107-2
Professor Blair Orr (SFRES) is stepping down as director of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) program, the nation’s largest. Orr will be replaced by Lecturer Kari Henquinet (SS).
As the new Michigan Tech PCMI campus director, Henquinet will work with the Graduate School to oversee existing PCMI programs and assist in the development of new ones. She will serve as the primary point of contact at Michigan Tech for the Peace Corps.
Read more at Tech Today, by the Graduate School.
Assistant Professor Ranjana Mehta (CLS) and Assistant Professor Shane Mueller (CLS), “Interactive effects of work stress, obesity, and task parameters on muscle fatigue,” Department of Heath and Human Services. READ MORE
Michigan Tech is again hosting seven middle and high school teachers from Michigan and Wisconsin in a six-week Research Experience for Teachers (RET), a program funded by the National Science Foundation, which ends this week. This RET project is conducted in association with the Sustainable Futures Institute and the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences.READ MORE
Michigan Tech’s Joan Schumaker Chadde has traveled the state connecting the public, particularly the young, to nature and the sciences. She’s made several visits to Detroit to educate teachers and students on everything from forest stewardship to basic outdoor education. Now the Great Lakes Research Center will serve as a focal point for those efforts. “One of our goals is to get students excited about learning,” Chadde said. READ MORE
According to Joan Chadde, institute coordinator, during Monday’s tour the teachers learned about mining in the Keweenaw. The institute features a new publication, A Guide to Geology Field Trips in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, designed for middle and high school teachers. READ MORE
The GLRC includes space dedicated to K-12 science education that will be used by the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education.READ MORE
More than a dozen Michigan Tech faculty members and researchers have gone on the record in support of a ballot initiative designed to give a big boost to the state’s renewable energy industry. Among the Michigan Tech signers of the Union of Concerned Scientists letter is Brad Baltensperger, chair of cognitive and learning sciences. READ MORE
Friday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m., all kids are invited to “Children’s Laboratory Exploration: Investigating the Lake Superior Food Chain Using a Lake Trout Stomach!” Professor Marty Auer and Joan Chadde, director of the Center for Science, Math and Environmental Education, will lead this workshop that involves dissecting trout innards. Parents and grandparents are also welcome to come to the University Waterfront, near the Great Lakes Research Center. The workshop is free, but please register in advance so organizers have enough supplies for everyone. READ MORE
“Teachers love Michigan Tech’s Summer Teacher Institutes because they’re hands-on. They are out and touching it, and they’re doing it, and they just find it really exciting and they get enthused,” said Program Coordinator at the Center for Science at Michigan Technological University, Joan Chadde. STORY | VIDEO