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Strike Exhibit in L’Anse

Published March 5, 2013

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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.

Norman Reviews in CHOICE

Published February 28, 2013

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Emma S. Norman’s (SS) review of Patricia Nelson Limerick’s “A ditch in time: the city, the West, and water” appeared in the March 2013 issue of CHOICE.

From Tech Today.

Norman is an assistant professor of geography in the social sciences department.

Mayra Sanchez Gonzalez and SFI

Published February 28, 2013

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Cold Treat to (Cool) Tech Education: Mexican Grad Student Finds a New Home

“I went out for an ice cream cone,” Mayra Sanchez Gonzalez says, of a routine journey in her native city of Merida, Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula. “I noticed this man asking directions in English, and the store clerk couldn’t help him.”

The man was Richard Donovan, operations manager of Michigan Technological University’s Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI).

Sanchez Gonzalez wound up receiving a very competitive Mexican government scholarship to pursue a PhD in Environmental and Energy Policy at Tech and do research on her native Yucatan. Her work is part of a $5 million National Science Foundation grant with Donovan, Shonnard and others.

Read more at Michigan Tech News, by Dennis Walikainen.

Dyble Presents on Calumet River

Published February 26, 2013

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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.

Fort Wilkins Survey Funding for Martin and Gohman

Published February 26, 2013

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Department Chair Patrick Martin, PI, and PhD Candidate Sean Gohman, Co-PI (SS), have received $19,342 for “A Proposal for Archaeological Survey Services, Phase I Survey of Fort Wilkins State Park: Southern Boundary” from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

From Tech Today.

Winkler Speaks on Rural Community Sustainability

Published February 22, 2013

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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.

Mining History at the Carnegie Museum

Published February 22, 2013

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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.

Liu at GRC 2013

Published February 14, 2013

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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

Talk on the Economic Impact of Local Food Production

Published February 13, 2013

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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.

Louise Nelson Dyble Publishes on the Chicago Skyway

Published February 13, 2013

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Louise Nelson Dyble, has authored,”The Chicago Skyway in Illinois: Implications of Local Initiative, Decentralized Control, and Independent Financing,” in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2297. 2012, pp. 121-127.

From Tech Today.