Melissa Baird, assistant professor of anthropology in social sciences department, presented a paper in an invited conference in October sponsored by the Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden entitled “Extractive Industries and Indigenous Heritage Landscapes.”
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Luncheon Friday
Social Sciences will have a brown bag luncheon at noon, Friday, Nov. 1, in the Academic Office Building Room 201. Industrial archaeology PhD candidate John Baeten will present “Industrial Archaeology and Landscape in the Fairbanks Mining District.”
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Emma S. Norman (SS) travelled to UC Berkeley to participate in the workshop, “Complex Transboundary Problems: EU and US Perspectives” sponsored by the EU Centre of Excellence.
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The Friends of the Van Pelt and Opie Library invite the campus and community to hear Professor Hugh Gorman (SS) speak about his new book, “The Story of N: A Social History of the Nitrogen Cycle and the Challenge of Sustainability,” at the Friends annual meeting.
The presentation and (very short) meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 24 in the East Reading Room of the van Pelt and Opie Library, 4:30-6 p.m.
The Friends plan the Annual Book Sale (mark your calendars for April 1 and 2), and other events in support of the library’s mission. To get involved or learn more, contact the chairman, Amy Hughes (alhughes@mtu.edu).
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PhD student Sean Gohman will present “Deux Lacs, Deux Moulins, et une Ville: The French Mining Experience in Copper Harbor” Friday, Oct. 11, at noon in the Academic Office Building 201.
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Professor Barry Solomon (SS) along with Tapio Litmanen and Mika Kari (University of Jyväskylä) have published a paper, “The Utmost Ends of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Finnish Perceptions of the Risks of Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Management,” in Journal of Risk Research.
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Professor Noel Urban (CEE/CWS), Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (SS/CWS), Professor Judith Perlinger (CEE/CWS) and Associate Professor Casey Huckins (Bio Sci/CWS), “Integrated plan to lower toxics exposure from eating Torch Lake fish,” EPA.
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Emma S. Norman (SS and GLRC) just published the co-edited volume, Water without Borders? Canada, the United States and Shared Waters through University of Toronto Press.
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Associate Professor Tim Scarlett (SS) was recognized by the Utah Division of State History for his archeological work with Utah’s early pottery. He won one of five awards for outstanding contribution in history. The 2013 awards were presented at the Utah State History Conference earlier this month.
Scarlett “has promoted history and historical archeology in Utah, bringing to light Utah’s unique early pottery,” the Division of State History said in a news release about the awards. “His studies, excavations and publications have brought Utah pottery to an international audience. His work led to the first formal exhibition of early-pioneer ceramics and pottery at the Frontier Homestead Museum in Cedar City, Utah. He involves the public in innovative ways in discovery and has had an incalculable influence in training students to continue the work.”
The organization also presented awards for articles and books about Utah history.
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Adam Wellstead (SS) has published “The neglect of governance in forest sector vulnerability assessments: structural-functionalism and ‘black box’ problems in climate change adaptation planning,” in Ecology and Society 18(3): 23 (2013).http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art23/
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