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Two from CLS Among Top 25 Education Professors in Michigan

Published April 9, 2013

Professor Brad Baltensperger, chair of cognitive and learning sciences, and Joan Chadde, coordinator of education programs for the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach, have been named among the 25 top education professors in Michigan.

Baltensperger was recognized for receiving a $3.8 million, four-year National Science Foundation grant, along with four colleagues, for the Michigan Teacher Excellence Program. Chadde was recognized for K-12 outreach efforts in Great Lakes education and stewardship, watershed management and stream monitoring.

Read more at Tech Today.

Ninth Annual ESC/BRC Student Research Forum Winners

Published April 7, 2013

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The Ecosystem Science Center and the Biotechnology Research Center announced award recipients of the Ninth Annual ESC/BRC Student Research Forum, held March 27. For the graduate students, two Grand Prize Awards and six Merit Awards were presented.

One of the Grand Prizes went to Ramkumar Mohan, a graduate student in Biological Sciences.

There were four Merit Awards to grad students in Biological Sciences: Komal K. Bollepogu Raja, Brian Danhoff, Anthony Matthys, and James Olson.

Undergraduate Jade Oritz in Biological Sciences was awarded one of the Grand Prizes for undergraduate research.

Read more at Tech Today.

SURF Awards 2013

Published April 1, 2013

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This summer, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) will fund 26 students from across the University with funds from the Vice President for Research, the Honors Institute, the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, the Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute, and the Department of Physics. The total funding for the program this year is $85,800.

From Tech Today.

Recipients from Physics are Joseph Charnawskas, Mick Small, Angela Small, and Kevin Rocheleau. Audra Winter in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Madeline Topitzes in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are SURF 2013 award recipients. Marie Rene Mets in Exercise Science, Michael Johnson III in Mathematics, Kimberly Stanke in Computational and Applied Mathematics, and Adam Cary in Biological Sciences will also receive awards.

World Water Day Poster Awards

Published April 1, 2013

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The Center for Water & Society World Water Day poster competition was held at the Great Lakes Research Center on Thursday March 21, 2013. Awards were made in two categories: Original Research (presentation of thesis or project research) and Coursework/Informational (presentation of coursework or literature-based research). CWS Faculty presented a showcase of CWS research, followed by A dinner in the Atrium overlooking the lake.

Miles Corcoran received the First Place Award Original Research for “Respiration and Consumption Rates of Lake Superior Diporeia.” His advisor is associate professor of biological sciences Nancy Auer.

Nancy Auer’s BL4465 Biological Oceanography class placed first in the Coursework/Informational category:

First Place
“Plastic and Pharmaceutical Accumulation in the Great Lakes: A Local Problem with Global Impacts”
Presenter: Barbara Michel, BL4465 Biological Oceanography (Barbara Michel, Jade Ortiz, Amanda Miller, Kyle Schueller, Melissa Patterson, Eryn Grupido, Eric Dipping, Erin Collins)
Advisor: Nancy Auer

Many excellent posters were presented at World Water Day 2013.

Earth Week 2013

Published March 24, 2013

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March 24-30 is Earth Week at Michigan Tech, presented by the Students for Environmental Sustainability. There will be film screenings, bake sales, biking events, a concert, and more.

Earth Week 2013 is sponsored by Late Night Entertainment, Undergraduate Student Government, Environmental Sustainability Council, College of Sciences and Arts, Sustainable Futures Institute, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Great Lakes Research Centers, Dean of Students, and School of Business and Economics.

Where the Aunts Are

Published March 24, 2013

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Professor Patty Sotirin (HU) has coauthored a book with Laura Ellingson, professor of communication and women’s and gender studies at Santa Clara University. The book, “Where the Aunts Are: Family, Feminism, and Kinship in Popular Culture,” was published by Baylor University Press.

From Tech Today.

Undergraduate Research Expo 2013

Published March 19, 2013

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The Undergraduate Research Expo, will be held this Friday, March 22, 2013, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Rozsa Lobby. Twenty-one undergraduates from ten different departments and schools will be represented this year. “The Honors Institute created this expo to increase awareness of, participation in, and respect for undergraduate research opportunities at Michigan Tech,” said Honors Institute President Andrew Hoekstra.

Read more at Tech Today.

TEDx Houghton

Published March 19, 2013

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TEDx Houghton, a spinoff of the national event TED, will be hosted on campus this March 23, 2013, in McArdle Theatre. TEDTalks videos and live speakers will be hosted. Among the local speakers is Tim Scarlett, and Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences. Check the live stream webcast during this all-day event.

Archeology for Everybody: Summer School at the Cliff Mine

Published March 7, 2013

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The field research project runs from May 13 through June 28, led by Associate Professors Timothy Scarlett and Samuel Sweitz (Social Sciences), working closely with project archaeologists Sean Gohman and Lee Presley.

Read more at Tech Today, by Jenn Donovan.

Graduate Education Week in Lansing

Published February 21, 2013

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Four graduate students are going to Lansing for Graduate Education Day, Tuesday, Feb. 19. Governor Rick Snyder has declared the week of Feb. 18 as Graduate Education Week, and more than 50 students from universities and colleges across the state will meet with legislators at the Capitol Building in Lansing.

Among the attendees is Melanie Talaga, a PhD candidate in chemistry from Negaunee, who is researching glycobiology and characterizing potential cancer biomarkers.

Read more at Tech Today.

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