Carol Griskavich, graduate student, Industrial Archaeology, “The Other Calumet: Steel and Subinterns in Southeast Chicagoland, Summer 2013,” Wednesday, Nov. 13 at noon in Academic Office Building 201.
From Tech Today.
A project headed by Richelle Winkler (SS) was covered in an article by The Atlantic Cities online and also Maptacular on Tumblr.
From Tech Today.
Mapping 60 Years of White Flight, Brain Drain and American Migration
You can tell a lot about a place by who doesn’t want to be there any more. Or, conversely, by who wants to move in.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Michigan Technological University and the University of New Hampshire have built just such a database dating back to the 1950s. Their tool tracks net changes in population by county, all across the country…
Read more at The Atlantic Cities, by Emily Badger.
Net Migration Patterns for US Counties
Every year, about 10 million Americans move from one county to another. Migration rates vary by age, race, and ethnicity and with local and national social and economic conditions over time.
Suggested Citation:
Winkler, Richelle, Kenneth M. Johnson, Cheng Cheng, Jim Beaudoin, Paul R. Voss, and Katherine J. Curtis. Age-Specific Net Migration Estimates for US Counties, 1950-2010. Applied Population Laboratory, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2013. Web.
Image courtesy of the net migration mapping tool created by the Applied Population Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin.
In the News
Richelle Winkler’s research has been the focus of several news stories recently. She is featured in a recent issues of The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal, and Gizmodo. The articles discuss current US migration patterns.
From Tech Today.
A Map of Where Americans Are Moving (Hellooooo, Vegas!)
The coolest thing is playing with the data on the website, where you can cut and slice the data between counties and start to see some trends up close, especially when it comes to the age of who is moving.
Read more at Gizmodo, by Alissa Walker.
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.”
From Tech Today.
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.”
From Tech Today.
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.
From Tech Today.
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).
From Tech Today.
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.
From Tech Today.
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.
From Tech Today.
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.
From Tech Today.