Social Sciences Newsblog

Appreciating Mine Waste

Published January 23, 2013

Fourth Thursday in History

PhD student Sean Gohman spent months exploring over 300 poor rock, stamp sand tailings, and slag deposits across the Copper Country. Join him as he shares his thoughts about the value of this tangible evidence of mining on the landscape.

Event will be held at 7pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Keweenaw NHP Headquarters.
25970 Red Jacket Rd.
Calumet, Mi

For more information contact Keweenaw National Historical Park at (906) 337-3168 or by visit them on the web at www.nps.gov/kewe

Iron Will in Michigan Tech Research

Published January 16, 2013

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Terry Reynold’s book Iron Will: The story of Cleveland-Cliffs is featured in Michigan Tech Research in Brief.

Wellstead on Climate Change and Policy in Canada

Published January 16, 2013

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Assistant Professor Adam Wellstead (SS) has coauthored a paper, “Dispersed Capacity and Weak Coordination: The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation in Canada’s Forest Policy Sector” in Review of Policy Research, Volume 30, Issue 1, pages 66–90, Jan. 2013.

From Tech Today.

Adam Wellstead (SS) cowrote the paper “Policy Capacity for Climate Change in Canada’s Transportation Sector” in Review of Policy Research. 2013 30:1. 19–41.

From Tech Today.

Gagnon Publication

Published January 15, 2013

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Environmental and Energy Policy PhD student Valoree Gagnon has recently co-authored an article published in the current issue of Science Scope. Her article, titled “Connecting Earth Systems: Developing Holistic Understanding Through the Earth-System-Science Model,” discusses strategies for teachers to incorporate the Earth System Science model into the classroom. A copy of this article will be available for a short time in the Social Sciences department office. You can also access the article using the following citation information: Gagnon, Valoree and Heather Bradway, “Connecting Earth Systems: Developing Holistic Understanding Through the Earth-System-Science Model,” Science Scope (December 2012), Vol. 36, No. 4.

Henquinet Promoted to SAA Fellow

Published January 4, 2013

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Dr. Kari Henquinet has been promoted to Fellow status in the Society for Applied Anthropology through unanimous approval by the Society’s Board of Directors. The primary objective of the Society for Applied Anthropology is the scientific investigation of the principles controlling the relations of human beings to one another and the wide application of those principles to practical problems.

Archives Fire Update by Sawyer Newman

Published December 11, 2012

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Michigan Tech Lode, December 11, 2012. Embedded from Issuu.com:

Open publication – Free publishing – More lode

Sociology Students Analyze Suicide Risk

Published December 6, 2012

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Assistant Professor Richelle Winkler (SS) involved her Introduction to Sociology students in a real-life sociology lesson. Working with Brian Rendel at Copper Country Mental Health, Winkler’s students analyzed various risk factors for suicide among young people in the Copper Country. They will present their findings and recommendations for managing suicide risk at a public program at 11 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, in GLRC 202.

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In Print – Where Minds and Matters Meet: Technology in California and the West

Published December 4, 2012

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In Print

Assistant Professor Louise Nelson Dyble (SS) wrote a paper, “LANDMARK OF DEATH: Safety, Responsibility, and the Question of a Suicide Barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge,” in Janssen Volker, ed. Where Minds and Matters Meet: Technology in California and the West, sponsored by The Institute for California and the West. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Join us for Spring Break in Malta!

Published December 4, 2012

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Events

Alumni and friends are invited to join Professor Mary Durfee and Michigan Tech students on a tour of Malta during Spring Break, March 10-16, 2013.

TechAlum Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 7 – Read More

Notables – International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage

Published December 3, 2012

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Notables

Chair Patrick Martin (SS) was re-elected to the position of president of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage at the recent triennial congress of the committee in Taipei, Taiwan.

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