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Fine Food, Just Food: The Bay Area Food Revolution and What it Means for the Rest of Us

Published November 2, 2012

Is food democracy possible in the era of Big Food? Sally K. Fairfax says yes, and she will explain how in her talk “Fine Food, Just Food: California and Possibilities,” set for 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 6, in the East Reading Room of the Van Pelt and Opie Library. Fairfax, the lead author of “California Cuisine and Just Food” (MIT Press, 2012), is the Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. She will be joined by coauthorLouise Nelson Dyble, an assistant professor of history at Michigan Tech.

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Guest seminar Monday: “Obamacare and Public Lands Management: A Nervous-Making Connection”

Published November 2, 2012

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Sally K. Fairfax will lead a seminar for graduate students and all interested faculty and staff on the implications of recent court decisions for natural resource management. “Obamacare and Public Lands Management: A Nervous-Making Connection,” will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 5, in Academic Office Building 201. For more information, contact Audrey Mayer, almayer@mtu.edu, or Louise Dyble, ldyble@mtu.edu.

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‘Tumult and Tragedy’ premieres

Published November 2, 2012

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Tech library hosts mining strike exhibit
Erik Nordberg, Tech archivist and exhibit project manager, said the work to create the traveling exhibit, which consists of 12 panels, each about 7 feet tall by 3 feet wide, took about a year to put together.

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Library Matters: Archives Premiers New Exhibit About 1913 Strike

Published October 31, 2012

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Although the Michigan Tech Archives remains closed for research, “Tumult and Tragedy: Michigan’s 1913-14 Copper Strike,” a traveling exhibit created by the Archives, will premier at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, on the first floor of the J. R. Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library. Members of the exhibit project team will discuss the research and design process for the exhibit. The event is free, open to the public and refreshments will be served.

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Hanka Homestead: a history by Sawyer Newman

Published October 30, 2012

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Environmental Engineering Seminar

Published October 25, 2012

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Seminars and Lectures

Associate Professor Hugh Gorman (SS) will present “A Historical Perspective on the Challenge of Sustainability” at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 29, in GLRC 201. The public is welcome.

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FVPL Annual Meeting features talk by Mary Durfee

Published October 23, 2012

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The annual meeting of the Friends of the Van Pelt Library will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, in the East Reading Room of the J. R. Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library. Everyone is welcome to attend. This year’s meeting features a talk, “Malta: The Surprising Little Country that Can,” by Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS). Durfee taught at the University of Malta as a Fulbright Scholar in 2007-08, and since then she has been a visiting professor at least once a year. In spring 2012, she co-led a study tour of the country for the Society for Industrial Archeology.

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Bosch Brewing Company: a history by Sawyer Newman

Published October 23, 2012

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Improvements are coming to Italian Hall Site

Published October 22, 2012

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Student archeologists from Michigan Tech are surveying the Italian Hall Site. They’re looking for any type of archeological remains underground before improvements can be made to the site. “We’re using remote sensing and a little bit of slightly intrusive testing as a way of helping them plan for taking care of this site to make sure nothing gets damaged in building a new memorial,” said Tim Scarlett, Associate Professor of archeology and anthropology at Michigan Tech. Read More| Watch the Video

Underneath the Italian Hall Site

Published October 22, 2012

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Using ground-penetrating radar and a magnetometer, the team created a map of objects below the surface and compared it to known diagrams of the buildings at the location. The information is key to preserving the integrity of the site as the Keweenaw National Historical Park works to maintain and improve the memorial.

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