TEDx event comes to Houghton
Dr. Timothy Scarlett is among the speakers for the upcoming TEDx event. He will be speaking on “A Vision for Industrial Heritage Professionals in the 21st Century.”
Read more at the Michigan Tech Lode, by Alex Saari.
TEDx Houghton Theme: Journeys
McArdle Theater
Houghton, MI, 49931
United States
March 23rd, 2013
9:30am-7:00pm
Venue and details at TED.
See the Facebook page Tedxhoughton.
Archeology for Everybody: Summer School at the Cliff Mine
During the first summer session, Tech students and those from other colleges and universities, high school students and community seniors are all being invited to apply for the Cliff Mine Project’s fourth field research season.
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.
1913 Strike Exhibit in L’Anse
“Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” a traveling exhibit created by the Michigan Tech Archives, will be on display from March 4 to March 27 at the L’Anse Area School Public Library, located in L’Anse High School. The library will be open Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Archives Blog, by Erik Nordberg.
Library Matters: 1913 Strike Exhibit Visits L’Anse
The exhibit explores a turbulent period in Michigan’s historic copper mining district. On July 23, 1913, members of the Western Federation of Miners took to the streets over grievances about pay and working conditions.
Read more at Tech Today.
Louise Nelson Dyble presented a paper on her current research on Chicago’s Calumet River entitled, “Fate of the Calumet: Continuity and Confluence between Economic Policy and the Urban Environment.” The paper was presented as part of the “Conference on Rivers, Cities, Historical Interactions” at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, Germany, Feb. 21-23.
From Tech Today.
Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar
Assistant Professor Richelle Winkler (SS) will present “Rural Community Sustainability: Research, Applications, and Engagement in Calumet”, Monday, Feb. 25, at 3 p.m. in GLRC 201 and all are welcome to attend.
From Tech Today.
Exhibit showcases U.P.’s mining history
“Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-1914 Copper Strike” chronicles one of the confrontations between organized labor and mining companies. The exhibit can be viewed through February 28th at the Carnegie Museum in downtown Houghton.
Read more at ABC 10, by Molly Smerika.
Graduate student Fangming Liu in Social Sciences will be giving a poster presentation at the Graduate Research Colloquium 2013. The presentationswill take place on the second day of the colloquium, February 22, 2013, in the MUB Ballrooms A & B. Presenters, abstracts, and schedules are posted on the Graduate Student Government website.
Day 2 Feb 22 Poster Presentations 10am-12pm
Fangming Liu
Local Food Systems Expert to Speak Thursday
Ken Meter, economist and nationally recognized expert on the economic impact of local food production, will speak at Michigan Tech Thursday, Feb. 14, 6:30 to 8 p.m., MEEM 112. The talk is free and open to the public.
Meter will discuss the many benefits of local food systems and take questions from the public. For more information, contact Susan Martin (SS) 7-2366 or Ray Sharp, Western UP Health Department, 482-7382.
From Tech Today.
Dr. Larry Lankton, professor emeritus from Michigan Technological University, will discuss “Mine Safety Issues in the 1913 Strike Era” during a special open house at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, in conjunction with a special exhibit at Houghton’s Carnegie Museum. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit, “Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” created by the Michigan Tech Archives, is currently on display through February 28 at the Carnegie Museum at the corner of Huron and Montezuma in downtown Houghton. The museum is open to the public Tuesday: 12 noon – 5:00 p.m., Thursday 12 noon – 5:00 p.m., and Saturday 12 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Archives Blog, by Erik Nordberg.
Copper miners strike inspires more exhibits
Employees of the Keweenaw National Historical Park are preparing for the recognition of the 1913-14 copper miners’ strike in the Keweenaw, and some of the park’s Heritage Site partners, who are creating exhibits to be viewed at the same time, met Thursday at park headquarters to talk of their progress.
Read more at the Mining Gazette, by Kurt Hauglie.
Special Interdisciplinary Seminar on Tuesday
Professor Wendy Eisner, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, will be presenting “Advancing Landscape Change Research in the Arctic through the Incorporation of Iñupiaq (Eskimo) Knowledge” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Great Lakes Research Center, second floor conference room.
This lecture is cosponsored by Michigan Tech’s Center for Water and Society, the Departments of Social Sciences and Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, and the Visiting Women and Minority Lecture/Scholar Series, which is funded by the President’s Office and a grant to the Office for Institutional Diversity for the State of Michigan’s King-Chavez-Parks Initiative.
Read more at Tech Today.