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2009

Proposals in Progress
Donna Michalek (ME-EM), Kathleen Halverson (SFRES), David Shonnard (Chemical Engineering), Susan Bagely (Biological Sciences), Karla Kitalong (Humanities), "IGERT: Development of Science, Technologies, and Strategic Decision Making Methods for Sustainability," NSF
Kathy Halvorsen (SS), Alex Mayer (CEE), Tom Pypker (SFRES), "Trees, Water and Socio-Ecological Resilience to Climate Change: An Integrated Watershed Assessment for Elucidating Regional Scale Patterns," NSF
Tech Today, November 5, 2009

Tech's Rouleau Presents Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Seminar
Assistant Professor Mark Rouleau (Social Sciences) will present, "Conflict in Complex Socio-Natural Systems: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach," at 3:15 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9, in Dow 642. The presentation is part of the Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Seminar.
Tech Today, November 5, 2009

Fulbright Scholar Gives Presentation
Ulla Aatsinki, visiting Fulbright scholar in the social sciences department, gave a presentation titled, "Research, Resource and Remembrance--How to Study Schooling of Finnish-American Children in Upper Peninsula in the 1920s." The presentation was given during the annual membership meeting of the Friends of the Van Pelt Library on October 29, 2009.
Tech Today, October 29, 2009

Powwow: Alumna Guides Youth, Celebrates Native Traditions (Koski)
Michigan Tech New, October 26, 2009

Native American Speakers' Forum Oct. 23 and Powwow Oct. 24 to be at Michigan Tech (Koski)
Keweenaw Now, October 22, 2009

Native American Speakers' Forum, Spirit of the Harvest Powwow Oct. 23-24
The Speakers' Forum begins at 10 a.m. with a talk by Jessica Koski, a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC). She completed a BS in Social Sciences in May and is now earning a master's in environmental management at Yale University. Koski will discuss how she navigated college as a Native student.
Tech Today, October 15, 2009

Patrick Martin, social sciences chair, was a featured speaker at America's First River: the Hudson, a New York Quadricentennial Celebration commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's initial visit to the river that bears his name. The conference was held at the FDR Presidential Library and Historic Park in Hyde Park, N.Y., Sept. 25-27. Martin presented "The West Point Foundry and American Industrialization," a paper prepared with collaboration from Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett, Research Associate Elizabeth (Social Sciences) and Steven Walton of Penn State University, within a session describing the Hudson as America's "corridor of commerce." The conference was broadcast on CSpan 3 and can be viewed at www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/213169. Martin's presentation appears about about 18 minutes into this segment.
Tech Today, October 13, 2009

Seminar on Environmental Degradation
The Center for Water and Society, along with the Social Science's Environmental Policy Program and Civil and Environmental Engineering, are cosponsoring a seminar titled, "Disproportionality: An Interdisciplinary Bridge to Analyzing Environmental Degradation," by Professor Pete Nowak of the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon, Friday, Oct. 2, in M&M U113.
Tech Today, September 29, 2009

New Funding
Jason Keith (Chemical Engineering) has received $158,792, the final increment of a $375,000 three-year project, from the Department of Energy for "Hydrogen Education Curriculum Path at Michigan Technological University." Co-PIs are Dan Crowl (Chemical Engineering) and Dave Caspary (Chemical Engineering), Jeff Allen (MEEM), Jeff Naber (MEEM), Dennis Meng (MEEM), and Abhijit Mukherjee (MEEM), John Lukowski (Electrical Engineering), Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) and Jay Meldrum (Keweenaw Research Center).
Tech Today, September 24, 2009

Proposal in Progress
Louise Nelson Dyble (SS), "Tolls: Past Experience, Present Policy, and Future Prospects," Smith Richardson Foundation
Tech Today, September 21, 2009

New home for old engine (IA Graduate Students)
Mining Gazette, September 14, 2009

Industrial Archaeology Contributors to the Glossario Sextilingüe de Patrimonio Industrial (P. Martin, Montcalm)
Tech Today, September 11, 2009

Tech students and faculty participated at the 13th Congress of the International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), held in Freiberg, Germany, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6. Bode Morin, a recent PhD in Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, chaired a session and delivered a paper on his research with historic copper smelting sites. New Social Sciences faculty member Fred Quivik delivered a paper in the same session.
Tech Today, September 11, 2009

Professor Patrick Martin, chair of social sciences, has been elected to a three-year term as president of The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), a UNESCO-affiliated body that works to preserve and interpret the physical and social remains of the process of industrialization. Among other things, TICCIH advises the World Heritage Council in identifying and inscribing sites to the World Heritage List.
Tech Today, September 11, 2009

Proposal in Progress
Audrey Mayer (Social Sciences), "CAREER: Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Real Life Using a 'Second Life' Model," NSF
Tech Today, September 8, 2009

Cultural Landscape Report on Quincy Unit available for public review through Sept. 11, 2009 (Hoagland)
Keweenaw Now, August 27, 2009

New Faculty
In its second Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative (SFHI), Michigan Tech has hired seven new faculty members to conduct research in computational discovery and innovation. They are from some of the best research universities across the country and the world and will join six departments. The new hires include Mark Rouleau, George Mason University, social sciences: As the first PhD graduate of the only computational social science program in the US, Rouleau is helping define the cutting edge of computational research within the social sciences. He will collaborate with researchers across campus.
Tech Today, August 18, 2009

Protect the Earth: Part 2, Walk to Eagle Rock
Jessica Koski, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community member and recent graduate of Michigan Tech University in social sciences and environmental studies, spoke about rediscovering her Native American cultural heritage and doing research on environmental issues and Native American sacred sites.
Keweenaw Now, August 8, 2009

KNHP Commission hires director
After several years of working to get funding for the position, the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission finally has an executive director to run its day-to-day operations. At the advisory commission's quarterly meeting Tuesday, commission Chairwoman Kim Hoagland said Congress recently approved a $200,000 appropriation for the commission, and it's being put to use immediately.
Mining Gazette, July 22, 2009

Help Tech Plan Its Energy Future (Gorman)
Tech Today, July 22, 2009

Professor Barry Solomon gave an invited talk at a Brainstorming Meeting on Environmental and Other Factors Needed for Evaluating and Managing Risks Posed by Pesticides at the Local Level, sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, Switzerland, July 1-3, "Socio-Economic Factors for Consideration in Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Pesticide Use."
Tech Today, July 7, 2009

Associate Professor Hugh Gorman authored "What Cap and Trade Programs are All About," an article on the controversy surrounding carbon credits as a way to control carbon emissions.
History News Network, June 29, 2009

PhD candidates in Social Sciences Cameron Hartnell and Bode J. Morin have been awarded Finishing Fellowships for summer 2009 by the Graduate School.
Tech Today, June 22, 2009

Proposal in Progress
Patrick Martin (Social Sciences), "Archaeological Monitoring, Wastewater System Improvements, Franklin Township, Quincy Hill Area," Franklin Township
Tech Today, June 22, 2009

An incoming faculty member and several Michigan Tech graduate students of the Industrial Heritage and Archaeology program of the Department of Social Sciences presented papers at the 2009 Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, held May 28-31 in Pittsburgh. The society awarded Michigan Tech alum Marco Meniketti '98 (MS in Industrial Archaeology) its 2009 Robert M. Vogel Prize. The award honors the author of the best article to appear in the society's journal, IA, every three years.
Tech Today, June 18, 2009

Associate Professor Tim Scarlett's (Social Sciences) work on the pottery of early settlers in Utah is featured in The Spectrum, a newspaper covering St. George and Cedar City in Utah, and on the local NBC affiliate KCSG.
Tech Today, June 17, 2009

Digging Up Parowan History (Scarlett, Montcalm, Foss)
KCSG Television, June 8, 2009 | VIDEO

Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) presented a paper, "Biofuels and Sustainability," and chaired a session, "Alternative Energy Options and Policy Analysis," at the 5th Bi-Annual Conference of the United States Society for Ecological Economics, held May 31-June 3 at American University in Washington, DC.
Tech Today, June 8, 2009

Pottery shop unearthed (Scarlett, Montcalm)
The Spectrum.com, June 6, 2009

Archeology group peeks at city's industrial history Industrial revolution (SIA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 29, 2009

National group tours Homestead plant to learn about its WWII history (SIA)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, May 29, 2009

Proposal in Progress
Audrey L. Mayer (Social Sciences), "Using Data from SecondLife to Develop and Test Multidisciplinary Sustainability Indices," James S. McDonnell Foundation
Tech Today, May 19, 2009

Utah Public Radio aired a story Thursday on Associate Professor Tim Scarlett's (Social Sciences) research on pottery made by Utah's early pioneer settlers. The broadcast will be posted here. To learn more about Scarlett's work, visit his blog, http://utahpotteryproject.blogspot.com .
Tech Today, May 15, 2009

Federico Caprotti, of University College London, gave a lecture, "Throwing Money at the Wind? Sectoral Emergence, Networks and Decision Making in Wind Power Financing in China, the US and the UK," on Monday, May 11, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Academic Office 201. Caprotti is a faculty candidate in environmental policy in the Department of Social Sciences.
Tech Today, May 8, 2009

Diana Mincyte, faculty candidate in environmental policy, Department of Social Sciences, gave a lecture, "Self-Made Women: Poverty, Land Use and the Politics of Sustainable Consumption," today, Thursday, May 7, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Academic Office 201.
Tech Today, May 7, 2009

Proposals in Progress
John W. Sutherland (MEEM/SFI), James Frendewey (School of Technology), Greg Graman (SBE), Dana M. Johnson (SBE/SFI), Jim Pickens (SFRES), Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) and David Watkins (CEE), "Feedstock Supply Chain Model," Frontier Renewable Resources
Robert E. Froese, Kathleen E. Halvorsen and Maria K. Janowiak (SFRES/ESC), "Increasing Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Availability," Frontier Renewable Resources
Tech Today, May 5, 2009

Audrey Mayer was awarded $5,450 as a Research Seed for "Using Data from Second Life to Develop and Test Multidisciplinary Sustainability Indices" as part of the Michigan Tech Research Excellence Fund.
Tech Today, May 1, 2009

Professor Barry D. Solomon (Social Sciences) published an article with master's candidate Nicholas H. Johnson (Social Sciences), "Valuing Climate Protection through Willingness to Pay for Biomass Ethanol," in Ecological Economics, Vol. 68, No. 7, May 2009.
Tech Today, April 29, 2009

Houghton, Hancock meet
Kim Hoagland, chairwoman of the Keweenaw Historical Park Advisory Commission, talked to the councils about the efforts to preserve the Quincy Smelting Works.
Mining Gazette, April 23, 2009

Good news at KNHP
Advisory Commission Chairwoman Kim Hoagland said with its increase in funding, the commission can now hire an executive director at $45,000 per year for at least two years.
Mining Gazette, April 22, 2009

Tech Is Linked to New York Foundry
Tech Today, April 17, 2009

Future forged from the past (West Point Foundry)
GlobalFoundries creation recalls an upstate tradition
timesunion.com, April 12, 2009

Professor Barry Solomon presented a paper, "Biofuels and Sustainability," at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, held March 22-27 in Las Vegas, where he also was a panelist on "Renewable Energy Policy in the EU and the US" and "Nuclear Waste Management: An International Comparison" (He also served as the organizer and chair of the second panel).
Tech Today, April 9, 2009

SURF 2009
Cameron Betterly (SBE), "Evaluating Sovereignty: Third Parties and the International Judicial Process," with Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences)
Tech Today, April 8, 2009

Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences) presented a paper recently at the American Environmental History Association meeting in Tallahassee, Fla., "The Militarization of Hawai'i's Lands and Waters."
Tech Today, March 27, 2009

Patrick Martin and Audrey Mayer Speak at Forestry Symposium
Tech Today, March 26, 2009

Susan Martin, Patrick Martin, Doreen Blaker at Earth Week
Keweenaw Now, March 23, 2009

Social Sciences Environmental Policy Program Co-Sponsors Sandra Postel Event
Tech Today, March 20, 2009

Lankton and Reynolds on Michigan Tech Archives Awards Research Travel Grant Committee
Tech Today, March 18, 2009

Tech Cosponsors Bioenergy Workshop (Halvorsen)
Tech Today, March 9, 2009

Meet the new face of Social Science Dept.
Michigan Tech Lode, March 4, 2009

Patrick Martin Appointed Chair of Social Sciences
Tech Today, February 11, 2009

Proposals in Progress
Amlan Mukherjee, Jacob Hiller, David Watkins, William Sproule (MTTI/CEE) and Mary Durfee (MTTI/Social Sciences), "NCHRP 08-74 Sustainability Performance Measures for State Departments of Transportation and Other Transportation Agencies," US DOT, National Academy of Sciences—Transportation Research Board, NCHRP
Andrew J. Burton, Martin F. Jurgensen, Christopher W. Swanston (SFRES/ESC), Kathleen E. Halvorsen (Social Sciences/SFRES/ESC) and Joan C. Chadde (CEE), "Social Drivers and Ecological Sustainability of Intensive Forest Management for Bioenergy," NSF
Tech Today, February 9, 2009

Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) gave an invited presentation, "Alternative Energy and Land Use Change Scenarios," at a workshop funded by the European Commission Project, Soil Service, "Soil Diversity and Ecosystem Services—How Can We Value Services and Identify Threats to Soil Sustainability?" held in Wageningen, the Netherlands, Jan. 27-29.
Tech Today, February 5, 2009

Proposal in Progress
William I. Rose, John S. Gierke, Alex S. Mayer, Essa L. Gross (GMES/RSI) and Paul J. White (Social Sciences/RSI), "TRACK 1: Enhancing Participation of Hispanic American Students in Geological Hazard Studies in Pacific Latin America," NSF Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences
Tech Today, February 2, 2009

Social Sciences Helps Sponsor IPC Guest Lecturer Molly Kleinman at the Rozsa Jan. 24
Tech Today, January 21, 2009

O'Brien and Orozco to Speak on Intellectual Property Issues
Tech Today, January 20, 2009

Rozsa Center to Host Film Sneak Peek, Lecture by Filmmaker Kembrew McLeod
Tech Today, January 19, 2009

Vice President for Research David Reed has approved Faculty Scholarship Grants for partial funding as recommended by the Faculty Scholarship Grant Committee. Among the grant recipients are Terry Reynolds, "History of Michigan's Iron-Ore Mining Industry," $3,400, and Timothy Scarlett, "Further Discovery, Testing and Analysis of Utah's Pioneer-Era Pottery Manufacturing Sites," $2,500.
Tech Today, January 19, 2009

Lunch and Learn to Feature Fulbright Scholar Mary Durfee Jan. 27
Tech Today, January 16, 2009

Social Sciences Helps Sponsor Five-Lecture Series on Intellectual Property Controversies
Tech Today, January 15, 2009

2008

Student Strives for a United World (Storer, Peters)
Tech Today, December 16, 2008

Retirement Social Dec. 15 for Willie Melton
Tech Today, December 11, 2008

Audrey L. Mayer Joins Social Sciences
Tech Today, November 22, 2008

Larry Lankton on Ransom Shelden
Mining Gazette, November 15, 2008

An interview with Professor Barry Solomon is the basis of an article in the GU Journalen, a publication of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The article, available online here, is written in Swedish, but those of us who aren't fluent can still view a photo of Solomon
Tech Today, November 14, 2008

Archeologist's Inquiry Reveals History (Scarlett)
Tech Today, November 13, 2008

Patrick Martin, Mary Durfee Give Talks
Tech Today, November 12, 2008

Professor Barry D. Solomon was invited to speak on "Alternative Products, Methods and Strategies to DDT for Disease Vector Control: Toward a Cost-Benefit Analysis" at the Stakeholders' Meeting to Review the Interim Report for the Establishment of a Global Partnership to Develop Alternatives to DDT, held in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 3-5. The meeting was sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme, which is the secretariat for implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
Tech Today, November 4, 2008

Professor Barry D. Solomon presented two invited lectures to the Department of Economic History at the University of Umea, in Sweden, Oct. 29-30: "The Evolution and Experience with Emissions Trading Schemes in the United States" and "Grain and Cellulosic Ethanol and Biodiesel in the United States: History, Economics and Policy."
Tech Today, October 31, 2008

Last Quincy celebration planned (Lankton)
Mining Gazette, October 31, 2008

Solomon Edits Renewable Energy Book
Tech Today, October 31, 2008

West Point Foundry Recognized as Best Historical Exhibit
Tech Today, October 29, 2008

Professor Barry D. Solomon presented an invited seminar, "Grain and Cellulosic Ethanol and Biodiesel Development in the US: History, Economics and Policy," at the Department of Energy and Environment, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, on Oct. 20.
Tech Today, October 21, 2008

Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences) was a visiting scholar at the Centennial Center of the American Political Science Association in Washington, DC, where she worked on the curriculum project Globalization, Engineering and Public International Law and advanced an article with Jameson Doig (Princeton) on the role of expertise in the International Joint Commission and the New York/New Jersey Port Authority.
Tech Today, October 2, 2008

Hancock to help with smelter (Hoagland)
Mining Journal, September 30, 2008

Professor Christa Walck (Van Pelt/Opie Library, SBE) was a Scholar in Residence Sept. 15-23 at the University of Turku in Finland, where she gave a lecture based on a paper coauthored by Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences), "Using Environmental History to Understand Sustainability: Land Use and Land Health in Silver City, N.M."
Tech Today, September 30, 2008

Prospective students check out Tech (Seely)
WLUC TV6, September 27, 2008

Smelter group seeks money from council (Hoagland)
Mining Gazette, September 25, 2008

Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) presented an invited seminar, "High-Level Radioactive Waste Management in the United States," at the Center for Public Sector Research of the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, on Sept. 4. Solomon is on sabbatical leave at the University of Gothenburg and will remain there through Dec. 1.
Tech Today, September 10, 2008

Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences) was discussant for the panel Courts and the Politics of International Human Rights Protection and chair of the panel Framing the Global Village in the Political Science Classroom at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, held Aug. 28-31 in Boston. She also participated in the association's ongoing mentoring effort.
Tech Today, September 3, 2008

Pasties: From Cornwall to Everywhere in Miner's Lunch Buckets (P. Martin)
Tech Today, August 27, 2008

Proposals in Progress
Jaime Camelio (MEEM), Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences/ SFRES), Yue (Robert) Li (CEE), Ann Maclean (SFRES) and David R. Shonnard (Chemical Engineering/SFI), "EFRI-RESIN: Development of Resilient and Sustainable Cellulosic Biofuels Production Infrastructures in the Upper Midwest," NSF
Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences/CWS) and Alex Mayer (GMES/CWS), "Enhancing the Capacity for Sustainable Forest Management in Chiapas and Oaxaca," Higher Education in Development and USAID
Bradley Baltensperger (Cognitive and Learning Sciences/SCLS), Terry Reynolds (Social Sciences) and Heather Simpson (Education Opportunity), "Improving Teacher Quality Educators' Professional Development Institute Series: World History and Geography," Michigan Department of Education Title II Improving Teacher Quality
Tech Today, August 22-25, 2008

Road millage fails narrowly in Osceola (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, August 6, 2008

Terry Reynolds (Social Sciences) received $7,910 from the National Science Foundation for "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Reflection, Refraction and Rejection: Copper Smelting Heritage and the Execution of Environmental Policy."
Tech Today, August 4, 2008

Osceola Township seeks millage increase for aging roads (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, August 4, 2008

First brownfield meeting held (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 24, 2008

Proposals in Progress
Patrick Martin, Susan Martin and Timothy Scarlett (Social Sciences), "Archaeological and Historical Research, Scenic Hudson's West Point Foundry Preserve, 2008-09," Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc.
Alex Mayer (GMES/CWS), Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences/CWS) and Blair Orr (SFRES/CWS), "SustR: Sustainable Development for Rural Communities: Social, Health, Economic and Environmental," Department of Education—Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education
Qiong Zhang (CEE/SFI), Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences/SFI/SFRES), Ann Maclean (SFRES/SFI), Alex Mayer (GMES/SFI), Thomas Pypker (SFRES/SFI) and Maria Janowiak (SFRES), "Improved Water/Land Management for Water Conservation with Competing Demand from Bioenergy Development in the Great Lakes Watershed," USDA
Tech Today, July 17, 2008

Keweenaw County sets Brownfield meeting (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 16, 2008

housing tour draws crowd (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 11, 2008 | Quincy Mine Hoist Association

Americana Foundation director visits (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 7, 2008 | Americana Foundation

Behind closed doors: Quincy housing focus of Thursday event (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 5, 2008 | Quincy Mine Hoist Association

Chair Bruce Seely (Social Sciences) testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at a committee hearing, "The Future Federal Role in Surface Transportation," held June 25 in Washington, DC.
Tech Today, July 2, 2008

Chair Bruce Seely (Social Sciences) presented a paper on June 23, "Engineers, Historians of Technology and the Early Years of SHOT," and gave a Distinguished Lecture on June 24, "The Other Side of Engineering Education: An Historian Examines the Changing Non-technical Elements," at the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, in Pittsburgh.
Tech Today, July 1, 2008

Professor Pat Martin has agreed to serve as interim chair of the Department of Social Sciences. He will be working with faculty across campus on new graduate program opportunities, as well as welcoming new faculty over the coming year.
Tech Today, June 30, 2008

A Perspective on the Quincy Mine: “Industrial Monuments: Shaft-Rockhouses of the Keweenaw Copper Mines” (See)
WLUC TV6, June 25, 2008

Keweenaw icon (See)
Daily Mining Gazette, June 23, 2008

19th Annual Meeting of the Mining History Association (Reynolds, See, Hartnell, DePasqual, Tumberg)
Tech Today, June 20, 2008

Professor Barry D. Solomon (Social Sciences) and Nicholas H. Johnson, a master's student in environmental policy, presented a paper, “Valuing Climate Protection Through Willingness to Pay for Biomass Ethanol in the Upper Midwest," at the 14th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, held July 11–14 at the University of Vermont, in Burlington.
Tech Today, June 17, 2008

Chair Bruce Seely (Social Sciences) coordinated and directed a workshop for the European Science Foundation and NATO May 21-23 in Istanbul, Turkey. The workshop was the last in a series of four meetings held as part of the joint ESF/NATO effort SAFE (Security: Advancing a Framework for Enquiries), which seeks to identify a research agenda on issues of security and insecurity for scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Seely is one of four co-directors of the SAFE program. Twenty-three scholars from 13 countries were represented at the workshop.
Tech Today, June 13, 2008

Student from Italy Shows What Was and What Is (Brignola, S. Martin)
Tech Today, June 12, 2008

Faculty, Staff Recognized for Years of Service at Awards Dinner
Terry S. Reynolds was recognized for 25 years of service to Michigan Tech, and Patrick E. Martin was recognized for 30 years of service.
Tech Today, June 11, 2008

Archaeological Work in New York Recognized Again (Scarlett, Norris)
Tech Today, June 9, 2008

Townships called to action: More than 60 officials attend MTA Houghton session (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, May 29, 2008

In the News: Durfee, Hoagland, Walck in Malta
Tech Today, May 23, 2008

Patrick Martin (Social Sciences) has received $21,999 from NSF for "SGER: Social Perspectives on the Industrial Archaeology of the Arctic."
Tech Today, May 16, 2008

Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) gave an invited lecture, "Grain and Cellulosic Ethanol: History, Ecological Economics and Policy," at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy on May 13.
Tech Today, May 16, 2008

Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences), on leave from her position as assistant provost to pursue a Fulbright in Malta, has made the Malta Times. The article announced that she will be addressing the Malta Association of Women in Business at its conference entitled "Entrepreneurship: A Way of Life," along with number of other speakers, including the US ambassador to Malta.
Tech Today, May 15, 2008

Township discovers flood plain clause (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, May 15, 2008

Proposal in Progress
Bruce Seely (Social Sciences), "NATO ARW—Management of Security: Success and Failure," NATO
Tech Today, May 14, 2008

Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences) presented a paper, "From Barracks to Cottages: The Landscape of Disease in Plantation Hawai'i," on May 10 at the Vernacular Architecture Forum annual meeting, held in Fresno, Calif.
Tech Today, May 14, 2008

Proposals in Progress
Terry Reynolds and Bode Morin (Social Sciences), "Doctorate Dissertation Research: Reflection, Refraction and Rejection: Copper Smelting Heritage and the Execution of Environmental Policy," NSF (Dissertation Improvement Grant)
Alex Mayer (GMES/CWS) and Kathleen Halvorsen (Social Sciences/CWS), "Engaging Social Scientists in the WATERS Initiative: Special Sessions at the 2008 International Symposium on Society and Resource Management," NSF
Tech Today, May 12, 2008

Postdoctoral Associate Paul White (Social Sciences) has received the Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award from Brown University for "Chuckwalla and the Belligerent Burro: Timbisha Shoshone, Miners and the Footprints of Dispossession in the Panamints." The university's graduate school awards it annually for superior achievements in research by students completing their PhDs. The award carries a $2,500 honorarium.
Tech Today, May 8, 2008

Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences) gave a talk, "Emma Nakuina and Her Work on Hawaiian Water Rights," on Thursday, May 1, in the Hawaiian and Pacific Room of the Hawai'i State Library for the opening of the exhibit "Rediscovering Emma: Emma Kailikapuolono Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, an Intellectual of the Last Century," which MacLennan co-curated with librarian Martha Hoversen (Hawai'i State Library).
Tech Today, May 8, 2008

Chair Bruce Seely (Social Sciences) authored "The Secret of the System," the anchor article in the cover story of the Spring 2008 issue of Wilson Quarterly, "Backbone: Infrastructure for America's Future."
Tech Today, April 29, 2008

UP National History Day a Success
Tech Today, April 25, 2008

Reminder: Lecture on Industrial Heritage in Sweden Today, Student Forum Tomorrow
Tech Today, April 24, 2008

Industrial heritage topic of presentation
Daily Mining Gazette, April 23, 2008 | Archive

Swedish Visitor to Discuss Industrial Heritage in Sweden
SS News, April 23, 2008

Solomon Presents Renewable Energy Paper
Tech Today, April 22, 2008

Lecture on Industrial Heritage in Sweden April 24, Student Forum April 25
Tech Today, April 18, 2008

Seely Publishes Nano Chapter
Tech Today, April 17, 2008

Discovering the world; Rotary Youth Exchange allows students to study abroad (Brignola)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 15, 2008 | Archive

Scarlett Gives Invited Utah Pottery Lecture
Tech Today, April 15, 2008

Social Sciences Visiting Scholar to Give Lecture Wednesday
Tech Today, April 15, 2008

Susan Martin Quoted in History of Copper Mining Article
Associated Content, April 14, 2008

Corn prices reflect trend (Solomon)
The Mining Journal, April 11, 2008 | Archive

Making their mark on the landscape (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 10, 2008

Hoagland to Speak on Copper Country Architects April 14
Tech Today, April 9, 2008

SURF 2008
Joseph Dammel (Environmental Engineering), "The Effect of Climate Change Beliefs and Values on Support/Use of Alternative Fuels Like Cellulosic Ethanol" with Kathleen Halvorsen (Associate Professor, Social Sciences and SFRES)
Tech Today, April 8, 2008

Pilling Presents Yaqui Valley Paper
Tech Today, April 4, 2008

Prusi, Lahti talk to KEDA (Karpiak)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 4, 2008

Archaeology Program Extends to Puerto Rico: Looking at the Past and the Futures (Sweitz)
Tech Today, April 1, 2008

Seely Named Dean of Sciences and Arts
Tech Today, March 31, 2008

Museum Exhibition Displays Recent Michigan Tech Industrial Archaeology Finds (Martin, Scarlett, Sweitz)
Tech Today, March 31, 2008

Gala for the Calumet Theatre (Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, March 31, 2008

Students participate in National History Day
The Mining Journal, March 30, 2008 | Archive

Dressing nice, raising money (Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, March 27, 2008

MacLennan Presents Hawai'i Paper
Tech Today, March 25, 2008

Rail History Night on Thursday (Seely)
Tech Today, March 25, 2008

Industrial Archaeology Featured in Lake Superior Magazine
The research of Dr. Pat Martin and his graduate students is the topic of an article entitled "Mining a Yooper Trail to the Arctic: A Remote Village Lures U. P. Interests a Century Apart" in the Heritage section of the March 2008 issue of Lake Superior Magazine. The article features the industrial past of the archipelago of Svalbard, its coal mining history, and the attraction it has held for Houghton-area researchers and developers since the late nineteenth century. Mentioned by name are graduate students Cameron Hartnell and Seth DePasqual, alumni Arron Kotlensky and Mike Deegan, and several historic characters, such as distinguished alumnus Scott Turner. The article was written by university archivist Erik Nordberg. Learn more about Svalbard Achaeology.
March 12, 2008

Social Sciences Contributes to Campus Growth
Tech Today, February 29, 2008

Associate Professor Carol MacLennan has published an article, "Kilauea Sugar Plantation in 1912: A Snapshot," in the Hawaiian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2007. It, along with the photographs from a 1912 photo album, provides the content for the 2008 "History of Hawai`i Calendar."
January 25, 2008

Gorman Awarded Faculty Scholarship Grant
Tech Today, January 17, 2008

Scarlett Proposal on Ecobiographies
Tech Today, January 17, 2008

Reminder: Seely to Speak at Sciences and Arts Dean Candidate Forum Monday
Tech Today, January 17, 2008

Halvorsen and Solomon Cited in Technology Century
Tech Today, January 16, 2008

MacLennan Publishes Chapter on New Mexico
Tech Today, January 15, 2008

Bruce Seely Identified as Semifinalist Candidate for Dean of Sciences and Arts
Tech Today, January 8, 2008

SS Teacher Ed Student Makes Good (Steve Lishinski)
Daily Mining Gazette, January 8, 2008

Solomon Proposal on Lignocellulosic Ethanol Alternatives
Tech Today, January 4, 2008

P. Martin Proposal on Industrial Archaeology of the Arctic
Tech Today, January 4, 2008

2007

MacLennan Publishes Article on Hawai'i
Tech Today, December 14, 2007

MacLennan Presents Anthropology Paper
Tech Today, December 10, 2007

Sather-Knutsen Nominated for Distinguished Thesis Award
Tech Today, December 4, 2007

Solomon and Banerjee Publish Sustainability Chapter
Tech Today, December 4, 2007

MTU and MSU team up to support renewable fuel and energy development (Solomon)
Michigan Tech Online Lode, November 28, 2007

Your Expertise + Transportation Focus = Research Funding
Tech Today, November 27, 2007

Tech partners with MSU on biofuels (Solomon)
Daily Mining Gazette, November 26, 2007

Social Sciences Supports a Wide-format Color Scanner/Color Printer for a Library Digital Studio in the Van Pelt Library
Tech Today, November 21, 2007

Governor Lauds New Michigan Tech-Michigan State Biofuels Partnership (Solomon)
Tech Today, November 20, 2007

Pete Moyryla Earns All-GLIAC in Football
Tech Today, November 16, 2007

Cultural and educational events set to highlight International Education Week at Michigan Tech
Michigan Tech Online Lode, November 14, 2007

International education to be recognized by MTU next week (K. Henquinet)
Daily Mining Gazette, November 9, 2007

Celebrate International Education Week Nov. 12-16 (K. Henquinet)
Tech Today, November 6, 2007

Proposals in Progress (P. Martin, Seely)
Tech Today, November 1, 2007

AISES Speaker Forum Oct. 26 (Jessica Koski)
Tech Today, October 23, 2007

Proposals in Progress (Halvorsen, Gorman)
Tech Today, October 23, 2007

Listing qualifies homeowners for tax credits (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, October 10, 2007

Big Honor (Hoagland, Karpiak, Mishkar)
Daily Mining Gazette, October 10, 2007

Solomon Co-authors Transportation Paper
Tech Today, October 10, 2007

Scholar to view local artifacts (S. Martin)
Daily Mining Gazette, October 9, 2007

Durfee Reports: The News from Malta
Tech Today, October 9, 2007 | Malta Adventure

"Talking to the Spirits": Public Lecture Oct. 12
Tech Today, October 4, 2007

Seely Presents at World Road Congress
Tech Today, September 28, 2007

Solomon Reviews Nuclear Power Book
Tech Today, September 17, 2007

Social Sciences Professor Honored for Service (P. Martin)
Tech Today, September 13, 2007

Biomass Lessons Funding for Halvorsen
Tech Today, September 12, 2007

Digging through the paperwork (Stephanie Atwood, Hoagland, P. Martin)
Daily Mining Gazette, September 8, 2007

Archeologists wrap up Key Ingredients (Scarlett, Sweitz)
Daily Mining Gazette, August 28, 2007

Genevieve Borg, a new master student in the environmental policy program in the Department of Social Sciences, had her picture in the August 20, 2007 issue of Sports Illustrated. The picture was part of the college football preview issue, and featured Genevieve on the Big Ten page where she had been a cheerleader at the University of Michigan.
August 30, 2007

MTU grad dies in Afghanistan (Benjamin John Hall)
Daily Mining Gazette, August 7, 2007

Proposals in Progress: Michael Bennett Involved in NSF NUE Nanotechnology Enterprise Project
Tech Today, August 6, 2007

Terry Reynolds Presents Cleveland-Cliffs August 6 and 18
Tech Today, August 6, 2007

2005 Alumnus Dies in Afghanistan (Benjamin John Hall)
Tech Today, August 6, 2007

Soldier Recalled as Selfless, Dedicated (Benjamin John Hall)
Washington Post, August 3, 2007

Federal Grant Will Help Scenic Hudson Tell Exciting History of West Point Foundry
Scenic Hudson, July 20, 2007

In the News: West Point Foundry
Tech Today, July 20, 2007

Quincy Mine kicks off exhibit (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 19, 2007

Food talk offers surprises (Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 16, 2007

Food exhibits now on display: ‘Key Ingredients: America by Food’is fun, educational (Hoagland, Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 13, 2007

Archives Photo Exhibit Featured in Statewide Food Celebration (Hoagland, Lankton)
Tech Today, July 12, 2007

Key Ingredients starts Friday in Calumet (Hoagland, Lankton, Reynolds, Scarlett, Sweitz)
Daily Mining Gazette, July 10, 2007

Book looks at Copper Country research (Hoagland, Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, June 28, 2007

Solomon Presents Climate Change and Sustainability
Tech Today, June 26, 2007

Proposals in Progress (P. Martin, Reynolds, Sweitz, MacLennan)
Tech Today, June 15, 2007

Archeology Work in New York is Chronicled
Tech Today, June 6, 2007

Unearthing secrets of West Point Foundry
The Journal News, June 2, 2007 | Video

Key Ingredients exhibit kicks off in Chelsea (Hoagland)
Daily Mining Gazette, May 29, 2007 | Smithsonian Key Ingredients | Michigan Foodways at Calumet

Solomon Named a Member of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's New Research Council
Tech Today, May 9, 2007

Reynolds and Morin Copper Smelting Proposal
Tech Today, May 2, 2007

Solomon, Barnes, Halvorsen Publish Ethanol Paper
Tech Today, April 17, 2007

Seely Cochairs Committee on Transportation History
Tech Today, April 12, 2007

Project targets historic landmark: MTU students ponder fate of former Houghton Fire Hall (Seely, Senior Design Students)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 17, 2007

Walking toward a cooler future: Pinwheel Parade tries to focus on global warming (Solomon)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 16, 2007

Through a glass, artly: Grad student researches stained glass in Calumet (Rudkin)
Daily Mining Gazette, April 14, 2007

Verdict is in: Mock Trial sheds light on sexual assault
Daily Mining Gazette, April 12, 2007

Annex Rehabilitation Project
SS News, April 5, 2007

A town, historically speaking: Lake Linden being looked at for National Register (Hoagland, Atwood)
Daily Mining Gazette, March 23, 2007

Seely Cochairs Committee on Transportation History
Tech Today, March 22, 2007

Seely Quoted on Intellectual Property Issues
Tech Today, March 19, 2007

Gorman Proposal on Sustainability
Tech Today, March 7, 2007

History made real: MTU hosts regional one-day event
Daily Mining Gazette, March 5, 2007 | Photo Gallery

SURF 2007
Anthropology Major Andrew McInnes Receives 2007 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) with Dr. Sam Sweitz on "The Aguirre Sugar Mill Historic Research Project"
Applied Ecology Major Stuart Kramer Receives 2007 SURF with Dr. Kathleen Halvorsen on "Social Effects of Lignocellose Biofuel Production in the Upper Midwest"
Michigan Tech SURF, February 26, 2007

Fifty Years of Interstate by Bruce Seely
Tech Today, February 14, 2007

Social Sciences Chair Bruce Seely On the Road
Tech Today, February 13, 2007

Hoagland's Bluejacket Proposal
Tech Today, January 31, 2007

Solomon Proposal on Water Quality
Tech Today, January 31, 2007

The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology Available Online
Tech Today, January 29, 2007

From mine camp to community: Presentation spans a century of settlement
Daily Mining Gazette, January 23, 2007

Living Legends Published by Barry Solomon
Tech Today, January 16, 2007

Solomon Presents Economic Valuation Paper
Tech Today, January 16, 2007

MacLennan Gets Faculty Scholarship Grant
Tech Today, January 15, 2007

Social Sciences Raises Over $1,200 for Local Charities
Tech Today, January 5, 2007

2006

Justin R. Barnes a Finalist in the Annual Distinguished Master's Thesis Competition
Tech Today, December 15, 2006

Carol MacLennan Presents Labor Paper
Tech Today, December 6, 2006

Bruce Seely Makes Several Presentations on the History of the Interstate Highway System
Tech Today, December 5, 2006

New Faculty: Social Sciences: SAMUEL R. SWEITZ
Tech Today, November 25, 2006

International Education Week Nov. 13-17
Tech Today, November 13, 2006

Trial Advocacy Team Scrimmage against NMU Friday
Tech Today, November 8, 2006

Engineering, Social Sciences and Hard Work: Tech Student Helps Mexican Village Clean Up its Wastewater
Tech Today, November 7, 2006

Engineers, archeologists and historians, oh my!
Daily Mining Gazette, October 24, 2006

The little building that could: Tech students work on archeology building rehab
Daily Mining Gazette, October 24, 2006

Martins Featured in Turkish Magazine
Tech Today, October 19, 2006

Hoagland Gets Funding for Bluejacket Project
Tech Today, October 12, 2006

Best Transportation System by Seely
Tech Today, October 10, 2006

State Highway Administrations by Seely
Tech Today, October 9, 2006

Seely Talks About History and Consequences
Tech Today, October 9, 2006

Seely Gets Funding for SHOT
Tech Today, October 9, 2006

Keys Ranch and Iron River Proposals
Tech Today, September 22, 2006

Seely and Interstate Highway History 2006
SS News, August 14, 2006

Happy Birthday to the Interstate System
ASCE Podcast, August 14, 2006

Social Sciences Major Participates in Michigan Leadership Development Program 2006
SS News, August 14, 2006

SURF 2006
SS News, August 14, 2006

New Faculty 2006
SS News, August 14, 2006

Barnes and Solomon Book Chapter on Renewable Energy Policies in the Upper Midwest
Tech Today, August 9, 2006

Row, Row, Rowing toward a championship
Daily Mining Gazette, August 3, 2006 | Mirror Site

Highways at the Crossroads: The Interstate Turns 50
Michigan Tech News, July 14, 2006

Presentations on Interstate History
Tech Today, July 28, 2006

Recent articles on Interstate history
Tech Today, July 14, 2006

Bruce Seely on the 50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway Program
Tech Today, July 13, 2006

Talk at AASHTO Policy Forum in Washington, DC
Tech Today, July 7, 2006 | Reflections on the Interstates' Golden Anniversary

Beyond the boundaries: Learning history outside of the classroom (Lankton)
Daily Mining Gazette, June 27, 2006

Keweenaw Ethnicity Symposium July 1: Kim Hoagland talks about ethnicity and company housing
Tech Today, June 22, 2006

FIVE THINGS: Smooth and bumpy
Detroit Free Press, June 22, 2006

Solomon talk at Goteborg on nuclear fuel management
Tech Today, June 19, 2006

SS Papers by Solomon and Halvorsen
Tech Today, June 13, 2006

Nanotechnology Paper co-authored by Seely
Tech Today, May 8, 2006

Paper on Mining and Social Justice by MacLennan
Tech Today, May 4, 2006

Industrial Heritage program
Michigan Tech Magazine, Spring 2006

Tech Students to Participate in a Mock Trial April 5
Tech Today, March 27, 2006

Residents discuss Huron Creek: Watershed plan discussed (Gorman, EP Students)
Daily Mining Gazette, March 22, 2006

Solomon Paper on Ethanol
Tech Today, March 15, 2006

Studying the mechanics of humanity: MTU creates bachelor's degree in anthropology
Daily Mining Gazette, Spring 2006

A Doctoral Program in Industrial Heritage and Archeology at Michigan Tech
CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship, Volume 3 Number 1 Winter 2006

Reynolds Article in Mining History in the UP
Tech Today, February 27, 2006

New SS Degree in Anthropology Launched
Tech Today, February 27, 2006

Solomon article on hydrogen energy research
Tech Today, February 23, 2006

Halvorsen and MacLennan receive faculty scholarship grants
Tech Today, January 18, 2006

2005

The SHOT/HSS Roundtable on Envirotech Themes
THE ENVIROTECH NEWSLETTER, Volume 5, Number 2 (Fall 2005). PDF Format

Tech to Offer Anthropology Degree
Michigan Tech News, Dec. 15, 2005

MacLennan paper on environmental health and community security
Tech Today, December 7, 2005

Social Sciences prof sought out for new documentary
Michigan Tech Online Lode, Dec. 7, 2005

Lankton to Be Featured in Public TV 13 Documentary
Tech Today, November 22, 2005

New degree programs on their way
Michigan Tech Online Lode, Dec. 7, 2005

SS dept. saves history
Michigan Tech Online Lode, Nov. 16, 2005

Social Science students share knowledge with youth
Michigan Tech Online Lode, Oct. 19, 2005

Mormon Pottery Project

Pioneer pottery - pieces of the past
Deseret Morning News, July 22, 2005

Digging in Salt Lake City Blog
SS News, July 2005

Scarlett Digs Salt Lake City
Michigan Tech News, July 22, 2005

Archeologia dell''industria nello Stato di New York: la West Point Foundry
Scuola Officina, 2005 PDF Format

Arctic Coal Talk
Daily Mining Gazette, May 17, 2005

Report on the 2004 Summer Field School at West Point Foundry
SIA Newsletter, Fall 2004 JPG Format

Ground-Penetrating Radar Surveys at the West Point Foundry, Cold Spring, NY
SIA Newsletter, Winter 2005 JPG Format

Graduate Student Presentation on Workers' Housing in the Copper Country
Daily Mining Gazette, February 19, 2005 JPG Format

2004

West Point Foundry Featured in American Archaeology
SS News, December 20, 2004

Students at Michigan Conference of Political Scientists
SS News, November 27, 2004

Strengths and Weaknesses of Great Lakes Onsite Sewage System Regulatory Programs
Kathleen E. Halvorsen, Hugh S. Gorman, and Kristine Bradof
SS News, August 2004. PDF Format

Donner Family Archaeology Project
SS News, September 22, 2004

Scarlett Receives 2003 John L. Cotter Award
SS News, September 22, 2004

Seely Wins Olmstead Award
Tech Topics Article, June 16, 2004

The Eh-B-Cs of Linguistics
Michigan Tech News, Jan. 13, 2004

Social Sciences Major Laura Walikainen’s Research on UP Dialect
MTU ALUMNUS, April 2004 JPG Format

Reynolds Wins University Teaching Award
Tech Topics Article, May 21, 2004

New Ph.D. Program in Industrial Heritage and Archeology
Tech Topics Article, May 21, 2004

Degree changes in store
Michigan Tech Online Lode, Feb. 25, 2004

2003

RESEARCHERS TO UNCOVER SEPTIC SECRETS
Tech Topics Article, October 31, 2003

Department Points of Pride, 2002-2003
SS News, Word Format

Social Sciences Student Stacy Pilling and the Copper Town Marathon
SS News, September 9, 2003

Industrial Archaeology Master's Program, Michigan Technological University:
Leading the Way in a Developing Genre

JHES 1, no. 2 (Summer 2003): 201-206. PDF Format

Fallasburg Grist Mill Project
Michigan Tech News, July 16, 2003

2002

West Point Foundry Project

Researchers Unearth Secrets of West Point Foundry
Michigan Tech News, July 16, 2003

Finding America's Industrial Past Researchers Unearth Secrets of West Point Foundry
Tech Topics, October 18, 2002

Social Science Department Vision Initiative Proposal
A Research Center for Industrial Archaeology and History
SS News, October 2002 Word Format