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A Village in Bangladesh

Published April 22, 2014

Global City Presents “A Village In Bangladesh” Today

“A Village in Bangladesh” will be presented by S. M. Mizanur Rahman, today at 5 p.m., in EERC 103.

Mizanur will present the development disaster caused by shrimp farming in his village and how small producers are left out of the economic development of this product. He will also talk about his work in the community and The Motorcycle Project, an idea he developed to provide capital support and planning skills to the local people, which he plans on implementing this summer. He is now pursuing his PhD in Environmental and Energy Policy at Michigan Tech.

From Tech Today.

Global City of Michigan Technological University has posted a video of Mizanur’s presentation on their Facebook page.

Robins Presents at Chemistry and Global History Conference

Published April 15, 2014

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Jonathan Robins (SS), assistant professor, recently presented a paper on the history of chemical engineering in the edible oils and fats industry at the 2014 Gordon Cain Conference. The conference, hosted by the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, focused on “Chemistry and Global History.”

From Tech Today.

Emma Norman Presenting at Social Sciences Colloquium Thursday, April 17

Published April 15, 2014

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Please join us to hear Emma Norman present her newest project “The Power of Water: Renegotiating the Columbia River Treaty,” in the Department of Social Sciences Colloquia Series on Thursday, April 17, at 4 p.m., in AOB 201.

From Tech Today.

Anthropology Fellowship for MacLennan

Published April 10, 2014

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Carol MacLennan (SS) has recently been awarded an Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe (SAR). She is one of five awarded fellowships for writing projects of significance in the the field of anthropology.

From Tech Today.

Read the abstract Laid to Waste: Community Lessons from 100 Years of Mining.

Walton Publishes on Early Gunnery Manuals

Published April 8, 2014

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Steven Walton’s article “Proto-Scientific Revolution or Cookbook Science? Early gunnery manuals in the craft treatise tradition,” has been published in Craft Treatises and Handbooks: The dissemination of technical knowledge in the Middle Ages, ed. by Ricardo Cordoba, De Diversis Artibus 91 (Brepols, 2013), pp. 221-36.

ISBN: 978-2-503-54439-7

From Tech Today.

Norman on Place-Based Education

Published April 8, 2014

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Emma Norman (SS) has published “Taking the ‘Frogs Eye View’: How Place Based Learning and Talking Circles Foster Life-Long Learning,” in the American Indian College Fund: Mellon Tribal College Research Journal. 1(1) 162-190.

From Tech Today.

MacLennan on Torch Lake Panel Discussion

Published April 8, 2014

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Portage Library Hosts Environmental Assessment Presentation about Torch Lake

The Portage Lake District Library will host a panel discussion about the “Impacts of Legacy Mining on Torch Lake” on Tuesday, April 22, at 7 p.m.

Michigan Tech faculty members Noel Urban (CEE), Carol MacLennan (SS) and Judith Perlinger (CEE) will give a three-part presentation on Torch Lake and will answer questions from the audience afterwards.

Wellstead Publishes on Policy Advisory Systems

Published April 2, 2014

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Adam Wellstead (SS) has co-authored “The Distribution of Analytical Techniques in Policy Advisory Systems: Policy Formulation and the Tools of Policy Appraisal,” in Public Policy and Administration. It is available online.

doi: 10.1177/0952076714524810

From Tech Today.

Silver Award for Hugh Gorman

Published April 2, 2014

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Gorman GAIA — CF Industries' Nitrogen Complex

Hugh Gorman, professor of environmental history and policy, won one of two second prizes awarded for GAIA Best Paper Award 2013, “Learning from 100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis. Establishing Human-Defined Limits through Adaptive Systems of Governance.”

From Tech Today.

GAIA Best Paper Award
One Gold, Two Silver

GAIA’s Editorial Board also agreed on two second prizes. They were awarded to Thomas Jahn, Wissenschaft für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht eine kritische Orientierung and Hugh S. Gorman, Learning from 100 Years of Ammonia Synthesis. Establishing Human-Defined Limits through Adaptive Systems of Governance.

Read more at Oekom Verlag.

Winkler’s Students and Minewater Geothermal

Published March 28, 2014

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Guest article: Minewater Geothermal on the Keweenaw Peninsula

On December 12, 2013, a group of student researchers from Michigan Technological University presented their report on “Exploring the Social Feasibility of Minewater Geothermal in Calumet.” The students, led by Prof. Richelle Winkler, had spent their Fall semester devising and implementing a study to aid the Calumet community in the process of deciding whether and how we might best use this untapped resource.

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