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In Print
Louise Nelson Dyble has published a review essay, "Food Miles and the Politics of Localism," in the Winter issue of Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies. Dyble is a member of the editorial board of this new, peer-reviewed journal, dedicated to publishing research on the processes, structures and consequences of the movement of people, resources and commodities.
Tech Today, February 6, 2012
On the Road
Multi-disciplinary faculty, staff and students of the Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI) attended the 91st annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting. Among those representing Michigan Tech was Louise Dyble, who presented a poster on her paper "The Chicago Skyway, Past and Present: Local Initiative, Decentralized Control and Independent Financing" at the Transportation History poster session.
Tech Today, February 6, 2012
Experimental Archaeology Presentation
Instructor Carl Blair (Social Sciences) will give a presentation about experimental archaeology at the Portage Lake District Library from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4. The program is sponsored by the Copper Country Ancient Sites Conservancy. It is free and open to the public.
Tech Today, February 3, 2012
New Funding
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS), with co-PIs Samuel Sweitz, Louise Dyble, Fredric Quivik and Susan Martin (all from SS), have received $10,000 from the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission for a project, "Survey and Evaluation of Stamp Sands, Poor Rock and Slag Piles in Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon and Baraga Counties."
Tech Today, February 1, 2012
The History and Tradition of Winter Carnival Statues, by Sawyer Newman
In 1936, the Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Maroons in the NHL's longest game, Hitler broke the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops to Versailles, Jesse Owens set the 100 meter record at 10.2 seconds and the first snow statues of Winter Carnival were built. READ MORE
Michigan Tech Lode, January 31, 2012
Remembering the unforgettable
Strike centennial commemoration discussed
Erik Nordberg said a small group of people in 2008 got together to begin the process of talking about the centennial, which was five years away at the time. Now, it's slightly more than a year away and more discussion is needed. Nordberg said that initial group consisted of representatives from the Tech archives and social sciences department, Quincy Mine Hoist Association and Keweenaw National Historical Park.
Mining Gazette, January 30, 2012
SFHI Candidate Visits
The Department of Social Sciences will host a visit by Emma Norman, who is interviewing for a position in the Water Systems Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative. Norman will present "Water without Borders? Governing Water in a Multi-scalar (and Multi-disciplinary) World" at 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 2, in Rehki G006. She will also be on campus Thursday and Friday to meet with students and faculty. Norman is a geographer with a PhD from the University of British Columbia currently teaching at the Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Wash. Her current research focuses on trans-boundary water governance on the US-Canadian border, including the complexities arise when these boundaries also bisect Native American lands.
Tech Today, January 30, 2012
Local History: Good Will Farm by Sawyer Newman
The charter would eventually create the "Good Will Farm". The purpose of the charter is written as, "To provide a temporary home for underprivileged boys and girls in which they could live happily and normally and develop character that would prepare them for useful, loyal citizenship." READ MORE
Michigan Tech Lode, January 24, 2012
SFHI Candidate Visits
Professor Nancy Langston, of the University of Wisconsin Madison, is visiting campus to interview for the Water Systems Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative. Langston will be on campus today, Wednesday, Jan. 25 and part of Thursday, Jan. 26. She will do a public presentation on her work, "Sustaining Lake Superior: The Lessons of History", from 4 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, in Rekhi G06. The presentation will be streamed and recorded so that persons not able to attend will have access online. Langston will be available for contact with other interested parties during this visit; make arrangements through Patrick Martin, chair of Social Sciences, at 487-2070 or at pemartin@mtu.edu .
Tech Today, January 24, 2012
Social Sciences and Archives Assist with Planning for 1913 Strike Centennial
Community input and volunteers are sought for planning activities to mark the centennial of the 1913 Michigan copper miners' strike. A public meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Calumet Visitor Center of Keweenaw National Historical Park, in the Historic Union Building at 98 Fifth Street in Calumet. Refreshments will be served. READ MORE
Tech Today, January 24, 2012
Public Meeting Seeks Input and Partners for 1913 Strike Centennial
Michigan Tech Archives Blog,
January 20, 2012
Proposal in Progress
Associate Professor Tim Scarlett (SS/IMP) and Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Collaborative Research: Testing and Refining Ceramic Rehydroxylation Dating," NSF
Tech Today, January 11, 2012
Social Sciences Graduate Student Will Represent Tech for MAGS Competition
The Graduate School announces that Valoree Gagnon is Michigan Tech's nominee for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award. Gagnon is now a PhD student in environmental and energy policy, her work is funded by a National Science Foundation fellowship, and she was nominated for the thesis award by her advisor, Associate Professor Carol MacLennan, of the Department of Social Sciences. Gagnons thesis is "Fish Contaminants through the Tribal Perspective: An Ethnography of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's Tribal Fish Harvest." READ MORE
Tech Today, January 10, 2012
Michigan Tech Ph.Ds-To-Be Study Mining Disputes
This year, students Brenda Bergman, a PhD student in forest science, and Valoree Gagnon, who is in the environmental and energy policy PhD program, chose to develop a news release about the controversy over mining in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and around the nation. Here is their release. READ MORE
CBS Detroit, January 10, 2012
What the Mining Debate is Missing
Valoree Gagnon and Brenda Bergman are graduate students who want to do a better job of communicating science.
Michigan Tech News, January 3, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS), Assistant Professor Sam Sweitz (SS), Assistant Professor Mike Falkowski (SFRES), Professor Patrick Martin (SS) and Associate Professor Fred Quivik (SS), "Inventory, Management, Education: Best Practices for the Archaeology of Mining," BLM
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS/CEBFM) and Professor Gerard Caneba (ChE/CEBFM), "Novel Techniques for Stabilization and Conservation of Ferrous Metals in Industrial Heritage," NPS
Tech Today, December 23, 2011
Proposal in Progress
Assistant Professor Richelle Winkler (SS), "Age Specific Net Migration Estimates for US Counties, 2000-201, NIH
Tech Today, December 22, 2011
Lecture/Scholar Series Announces Awards
The Office for Institutional Diversity announces the following departments have been awarded funds to bring guest speakers to campus as part of the Visiting Women and Minority Lecturer/Scholar Series (VWMLS). Center for Water and Society, Social Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering receive $750 for Lana Pollack, US Cochair of the International Joint Commission on Great Lakes Water Quality in Washington, DC. She will be the guest lecturer for World Water Day 2012 and will be on campus March 21-23.
Tech Today, December 21, 2011
Proposal in Progress
Professor Alex Mayer (CEE/CWS), Professor Noel Urban (CEE/CWS), Professor Kathy Halvorsen (SS/CWS), Associate Professor William Breffle (School of Business and Economics/CWS), and Assistant Professor Richelle Winkler (SS/CWS), "WSC Category 2 Collaborative: People, Water and Climate: Predicting Change, Response and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems," NSF
Tech Today, December 21, 2011
In Print
Assistant Professor Adam Wellstead (SS) and colleagues have published "Why We Disagree about Assisted Migration: Ethical Implications of a Key Debate Regarding the Future of Canada's Forests" in the Forestry Chronicle, 87:6. 755-765.
Tech Today, December 14, 2011
Local History: Seney, Michigan by Sawyer Newman
This thirty-mile straightaway stretches between Seney and Shingleton over flat swamplands. Impressive, though not always appreciated, the 'stretch' is the longest section of highway without curves in Michigan. READ MORE
Michigan Tech Lode, December 8, 2011
Save the Date: Open House for Retiring Professors
Join the Department of Social Sciences for an open house to mark the upcoming retirements of Professor Terry Reynolds and Associate Professor Carl Dassbach. Wish colleagues well from 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9, on the second floor of the AOB Annex (above the Archaeology Lab). This will also serve to introduce the recently completed remodeling project. Enter at the east end of the building.
Tech Today, December 2, 2011
Non-engineering majors at 42%
Jess Banda, a Scientific and Technical Communications (STC) student, has had such experiences during her time at Tech. Banda works as a campus tour guide and said that people on the tours are often shocked to hear she is a communications major. The Career Fair is another area that lacks resources for non-engineering majors. Banda mentioned that she often feels her major is not on the same level as engineering here on campus. She would like to see a Career Fair that caters to the large number of non-engineering majors on campus or one just for humanities and social sciences majors.
Michigan Tech Lode, December 1, 2011
Local History: The Orpheum by Sawyer Newman
Built in 1910 by the Mason family, the Orpheum in Hancock started off as a vaudeville theater showing mostly live performances up until the late 1950s. Though the space was originally designed to accommodate and enhance live sound, the theater began showing an increasing number of films. READ MORE
Michigan Tech Lode, November 17, 2011
Lee Sweitz's Article Now in The Superior Signal
The November 2011 issue of The Superior Signal (vol.26, no.4) includes an article by Lee Sweitz, Ph.D. student, Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, entitled "Jonas Bammert's Farm Fed The Copper Mining Communities." The article features some of Sweitz's ongoing research into the development of the food system in the Copper Country. The Superior Signal is the primary publication of the Keweenaw County Historical Society. The document is a benefit of membership.
SS News, November 18, 2011
In Print
Assistant Professor Adam Wellstead (SS) with colleague Richard Stedman, from the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University, published "Climate Change Policy Capacity at the Sub-National Government Level" in the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 13:5, 461-478.
Tech Today, November 16, 2011
Environmental Engineering Seminar
Assistant Professor Audrey Mayer (SFRES/SS) will present "Stormwater Management Retrofits in Urban Areas" at 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, in M&M U113. The public is welcome to attend.
Tech Today, November 15, 2011
Michigan Tech's Library Café now open 7 days a week
Audrey Mayer, professor in Forestry, was meeting with Friday's guest speaker, Dr. Virginia Dale of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, who had just given a talk on sustainable bio-fuels, and Laura Matkala of Helsinki, Finland, graduate student in forestry.
Keweenaw Now, November 12, 2011
History behind the No. 2 Dredge by Sawyer Newman
Michigan Tech Lode, November 10, 2011
Proposal in Progress
Audrey Mayer (SS/SFI) and Mark Rouleau (SS/SFI), "Determinants of Citizen/Private Landowner Participation in Voluntary Land Management Programs," NSF-Law and Social Sciences
Tech Today, November 10, 2011
On the Road
Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS) gave a public lecture sponsored by the Alworth Institute for International Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth on Nov. 2. Her lecture was titled, "Why Obama Won the Nobel Peace Prize: Legitimacy in International Affairs."
Tech Today, November 7, 2011
Photos, videos: Grand Opening of Calumet Visitor Center (Union Building)
Former SS faculty member Kim Hoagland, historian and chair of the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, welcomes the public to the Calumet Visitor Center opening ceremonies on Oct. 27, 2011. "The events last Thursday were extremely heartwarming for us as we've been involved with helping this Park get off the ground since back in the mid-1980s," Anita Campbell said. So Kim Hoagland's remarks expressing 'fierce community pride' really said it all."
Keweenaw Now, November 6, 2011
Upper Peninsula pits offer perspective on Wisconsin mine proposal
The electric bill from this massive mining complex in the Upper Peninsula is bigger than the Milwaukee Brewers' 2011 payroll. "It's all about scale in the iron ore business," observed Terry S. Reynolds, a historian at Michigan Tech and an expert on the state's iron ore industry. READ MORE
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 5, 2011
Local History: Surviving Mott Island
The Lode is proud to introduce a new series of articles that will tell the tales the local area has to offer throughout its rich history. Sawyer Newman is a student assistant at the Michigan Tech archives with a study focus in Anthropology, and has been welcomed onto our staff as the writer that will be handling these stories. Her pieces will reveal historical gemstones throughout the area that may be unknown even to locals of the Houghton and Hancock areas, and will help students begin developing a connection with their current home, the Keweenaw. If you enjoy this article, make sure to watch for Sawyer's next article on the Portage's dredge.
Michigan Tech Lode, November 3, 2011
Tolls and Control: The Chicago Skyway and the Pennsylvania Turnpike
This article provides an historical perspective on recent efforts to lease revenue-generating transportation facilities, focusing on two high-profile toll roads: the Pennsylvania Turnpike, operated by an independent public authority, and the Chicago Skyway, originally built and managed under the auspices of the City of Chicago.
Louise Nelson Dyble in Journal of Planning History, November 2, 2011
New Faculty on Campus
Department of Social Sciences
ADAM WELLSTEAD
Adam Wellstead joins the faculty as assistant professor. He comes to Michigan Tech from the Canadian Forest Service.
He holds a PhD in Renewable Resources from the University of Alberta, an MS in Forestry from the University of Toronto, an MA in Political Science from Dalhousie University and a BA in Political Science and Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Wellstead has been published in Public Policy and Administration and Public Management Review, among others. He was previously a natural resource social scientist serving the Canadian Forest Service.
RICHELLE WINKLER
Richelle Winkler joins the faculty as assistant professor. She comes to Michigan Tech from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She holds a PhD and MS in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and a BA in Sociology from the University of South Carolina.
Winkler has been published in the International Handbook of Rural Demography, Rural Sociology and Landscape and Urban Planning, among others. She is a member of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, the Rural Sociological Society, the Population Association of America and the American Sociological Association.
Tech Today, October 29, 2011
Commission grants having an impact
The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission met Tuesday to hear several updates from throughout the quarter since last meeting. KNHP Executive Director is Scott See. KNHP heard tours were held at the Quincy Smelter during Michigan Technological University's Alumni Weekend and that the commission chose Michigan Tech's industrial archeology program to conduct a poor rock and stamp sand survey of the area. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, October 26, 2011
Friends of the Library Annual Membership Meeting
The Friends of the Van Pelt Library annual membership meeting will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, in the East Reading Room in the J.R. Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library. The public is welcome. Thomas Baker, a park ranger/management assistant at the Keweenaw National Historical Park, will present "Shared Resources: Michigan Tech Archives Come To the Union Building." The meeting also marks the last board/annual meeting of retiring faculty member and founder of the Friends, Terry Reynolds, of the social sciences department.
Tech Today, October 26, 2011
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (SS) and Research Engineer Karthik Krishna (ME-EM) published a paper, "The Coming Sustainable Energy Transition: History, Strategies, and Outlook," in Energy Policy, Vol. 39, No. 11 (Nov. 2011), pp. 7422-7431.
Tech Today, October 24, 2011
In the News
Audrey Mayer, who holds a joint appointment in SFRES and the Department of Social Sciences, was quoted in a news story in the biweekly magazine Science News, commenting on two papers in the journal Science that examined the factors that influence the shift from forests to grasslands. Science published a Perspectives column by Mayer about the research in the same issue of Science.
Tech Today, October 24, 2011
Trees have a tipping point
"These two papers tell us that these feedbacks really do operate at all scales," says Audrey Mayer, an ecologist at Michigan Technological University in Houghton. "They'll make us have to redo some of our assumptions about how things are going to change in the future." Many global climate models, for instance, assume a smooth transition between savanna and forest as temperature and rainfall change. But the new work suggests that forests could appear or disappear quickly, Mayer says, especially if people complicate the picture. "You can't just plant a couple of trees and they'll grow up and the forest will come back," she says. "You have to fight those internal feedbacks." READ MORE
ScienceNews, Vol. 180 #10, p. 5; posted October 22, 2011
Researcher Concludes Service on National Biofuels Committee
Professor Kathy Halvorsen has just completed what she calls "the greatest honor" of her career--membership on a select national committee on bioenergy that examined the economic and environmental impacts of increasing biofuels production. READ MORE
Tech Today, October 21, 2011
Hands, Minds—and Trees—Across the Sea
Tõnis Tõnisson, 25, is one of the ATLANTIS graduate students. Tõnisson spent a semester in Sweden and one in Finland before coming to Michigan Tech in January 2011. He is doing his graduate work with Kathy Halvorsen, a professor who holds a joint appointment in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and the College of Sciences and Arts Department of Social Science. READ MORE
Michigan Tech News, October 21, 2011
Ecosystem Management Must Consider Human Impact Too
In a review of their papers in a Perspectives article in the same issue of Science, Michigan Technological University researcher Audrey Mayer suggests that future studies also need to consider other factors—specifically, grazing patterns and human activities—when planning for sustainable management of the world's forests and savannas or prairies. READ MORE
Michigan Tech News, October 13, 2011
Effective Reference Letters Workshop
Students and faculty are invited to a discussion, led by Assistant Professor Mary Durfee (SS), on getting and writing effective reference letters for competitive scholarships at noon, today, in ME-EM 405.
Tech Today, October 12, 2011
Prestigious Scholarships Workshops/Informational Meetings Announced
A series of workshops and informational sessions for prestigious scholarships are free and open to students and faculty. For more information, contact Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS) at 487-2112, or at mhdurfee@mtu.edu .
Tech Today, September 20, 2011
Fair Trial Forum held
Mining Gazette, September 20, 2011
Dr. Carmen Sammut visits Michigan Tech from Malta
Last week Michigan Tech hosted a guest speaker from Malta, Dr. Carmen Sammut. Dr. Sammut is a professor at the University of Malta as well as an esteemed lecturer and scholar. Dr. Sammut studied in London before returning to Malta to teach. She gained connections to Michigan Tech through Professor Mary Durfee, and specializes on international relations and the politics of island states. READ MORE
Michigan Tech Lode, September 15, 2011
Fair Trial Forum on Constitution Day
In celebration of the Constitution's 215th Birthday, join area judges and expert criminal defense attorneys for a frank assessment and debate at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19, in Dow 641. The forum will address what makes a fair trial and what we need to do to assure "justice for all." The panel will focus on questions regarding our public defense system, how we pay for justice and what needs to be done. This event is free and open to the public. Organizations sponsoring this event include: * JR Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library * The Department of Social Sciences * Offices of the Provost and Students Affairs
Tech Today, September 14, 2011
Presidential Council of Alumnae on Campus
The Presidential Council of Alumnae (PCA) will hold its annual meeting and induction of new members Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 15-17, on campus. This year marks the 16th anniversary of the organization, which has 159 members. The PCA advises the president on campus climate issues and works to enhance the University's environment for all students. The PCA will recognize 23 outstanding students as Women of Promise, including Valoree Gagnon (SS).
Tech Today, September 8, 2011
3D event a hit
The Isle Royale & Keweenaw Parks Association would like to thank our members and community members who participated in our annual meeting events. Special thanks go to our event sponsors: the 5th & Elm Coffee House, College Avenue Vision Clinic and Michigan Tech's industrial archaeology program. Michigan Technological University) professors Tim Scarlett and Susan Martin generously donated their time and expertise to make the Cliff Mine tour via the Red Jacket Trolley a memorable event. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, September 3, 2011
Talk Set on European Media Portrayal of North African Immigrants
Carmen Sammut will give a talk, "Migration and Media: Narratives in the Mediterranean," at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Fisher 129. Sammut, an international relations lecturer at the University of Malta, will explore the competing positive and negative portayals of immigrants in European media. Her visit is sponsored by the Visiting Women and Minority Lecture Series, the Department of Social Sciences and the general education program. For more information, contact Mary Durfee at 487-2112 or at mhdurfee@mtu.edu .
Tech Today, August 31, 2011
New Funding
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS/IMP) and co-PI Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) have received $25,362 from the National Science Foundation for "Testing and Refining Rehydroxylation Ceramic Dating."
Tech Today, August 29, 2011
Supporting preservation
According to (Social Sciences alum) Scott See, some of the projects important to the Keweenaw National Historical Park's Advisory Commission might not get done without funding from the Americana Foundation. The Americana Foundation has also provided grants to help get Lake Linden, Laurium and Mason on the National Register of Historic Places through the efforts of KNHP Advisory Commission chairwoman and former Michigan Technological University professor of industrial archaeology Kim Hoagland. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, August 25, 2011
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (SS) and Instructor William Gale (SS) compiled the fourth edition of the textbook, "Readings in American Socioeconomic Institutions" (Boston: Pearson), which is being used in UN2002: Institutions.
Tech Today, August 23, 2011
New Funding
Professor and Robbins Chair David Shonnard (ChE, SFI), in conjunction with co-PIs Professor Barry Solomon (SS), Professor Kathleen Halvorsen (SS), Senior Research Engineer Richard Donovan (ChE), and Assistant Professor Sam Sweitz (SS) have received $349,996 from the National Science Foundation for the first year of a four-year project, totaling $749,996: "CN-SEES: A Research Coordination Network on Pan American Biofuels and Bioenergy Sustainability."
Tech Today, August 16, 2011
SS Alum News
Christopher "Matt" Bryan joins User Services as a user support specialist. Previously, Bryan was a community outreach coordinator at the B-H-K Community Action Agency. He earned a bachelor's degree in social sciences from Michigan Tech in 2007. He lives in Hancock with his wife, Jade, and his son, Dante. He enjoys the outdoors, playing guitar and spending time with his family.
Tech Today, August 11, 2011
New Funding
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS), Co-PI Samuel Sweitz (SS) and Co-PI Fred Quivik (SS) have received $11,200 from the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission for a project, "2011 Public Archaeology at Cliff Mine Site."
Tech Today, August 1, 2011
On the Road
Associate Professor Mary Durfee (Social Sciences) has completed the International Law Summer Course on Public International Law from Hague Academy. The course takes place on the grounds of the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, from July 4 to 22. Topics included "Protecting the General Interest," "State Secession," "UN Peacekeeping," "The work of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights" and the "Multiplication of International Courts." Durfee will use the experience in her public international law course in fall 2012.
Tech Today, July 25, 2011
Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks to host public events July 23-24
Keweenaw Now, July 21, 2011
Industrial Archaeology Program Cosponsors Events
Sunday, July 24 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Cliff Mine Archeological Field Site Tour
Ride the Red Jacket Trolley from Calumet to the Cliff Mine and Clifton town site. Learn about Michigan Tech's archeological field school's discoveries. Trolley tour narrated by Dr. Tim Scarlett and Dr. Susan Martin, who will discuss Keweenaw and Isle Royale copper mining history.The Industrial Archaeology Program is cosponsoring events that are part of the Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association's annual meeting this weekend. READ MORE
Tech Today, July 21, 2011
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (SS) wrote a chapter included in the book, "Nuclear Waste Management in a Globalised World," edited by Urban Strandberg and Mats Andren (London: Routledge, 2011). The chapter is High-level radioactive waste management in the USA, Barry D. Solomon.
Tech Today, July 18, 2011
In the News
Professor Emerita Kim Hoagland (SS) was interviewed by "The Building Tradesman," a biweekly trade publication of the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council. The story on construction in the Keweenaw during the copper mining boom ran in the July 1 issue.
Tech Today, July 12, 2011
Hello, Goodbye
Sean Gohman discusses the Cliff Mine stamp mill.
It was a sad thought: the stamp mill at the old Cliff Mine site was going to be buried back under the stamp sand that had covered it for most of the last century. And parts of it existed since the Civil War or earlier. Why would it be buried again? READ MORE
TechAlum Newsletter, July 5, 2011
On the Road
Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS) attended a conference on "The EU as a Polity in International Law" at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands on June 28.
Tech Today, July 5, 2011
Memories of Cliff Mine
During this Sesquicentennial month of Keweenaw County, we want to explore some of the area's historic sites, beginning with its oldest profitable mine. On the Pasty Cam yesterday, Barb Bouwkamp's excellent shots from the recent Cliff Mine Archeology Project revealed the exact location for some of the operation's key buildings. Thanks to the MTU Archives we can see the remnants of these structures, before the ravages of time leveled them into the land. READ MORE
Pasty Cam, July 3, 2011
Cliff Mine - Summer 2011 Excavation
Michigan Technological Industrial Archeology students and professors have been busy excavating the Cliff mine area and have unearthed remnants of the first copper mining site in the area, which was then closed in the 1860's. READ MORE
Pasty Cam, July 2, 2011
Students excavate Cliff Mine site
Saturday and Sunday, the site will be open to visitors who wish to see the discovery. Tours start approximately on the hour beginning at 10 a.m., leaving from roadside signs near the parking area at the northeastern end of Cliff Drive, near Phoenix which is located about 33 miles north of Houghton on U.S. 41. Tours will continue all day until about 4 p.m.
Mining Gazette, June 24, 2011
KRC Publishes Its Early History
The Keweenaw Research Center (KRC) has published a handsomely illustrated coffee-table book called "Ice Station Keweenaw." It traces the early history of the KRC, from its founding in 1953 as an Army Corps of Engineers' field station for cold-climate research until it became part of Michigan Tech in 1992. The book was written by Cameron Hartnell '09, one of the first recipients of a PhD in Industrial Heritage and Archeology from Tech, and illustrated with help from the Archives. READ MORE
Tech Today, June 23, 2011
Calumet Library to host slide presentation, book signing by Kim Hoagland
Alison K. (Kim) Hoagland is professor emerita at Michigan Technological University, where she taught history and historic preservation for fifteen years. Hoagland is now chair of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission.
Keweenaw Now, June 20, 2011
Tech team turfs up treasures at Cliff Mine
A team of students led by faculty members Timothy Scarlett and Sam Sweitz, and doctoral student Sean Gohman as the project archaeologist, have been busy excavating the site at the Cliff Mine.
Mining Gazette, June 17, 2011
Michigan Tech team uncovers 150-year-old stamp mill
"We've been able to show the different work areas, different procedures and different parts of the building," says Director of Graduate Studies in Archaeology, Timothy Scarlett. "We can literally see where people walked between machines. It's really quite fantastic."
WLUC TV6, June 15, 2011 | Video Interviews with Tim Scarlett and Sean Gohman
Scholar Coauthors Book on Mining Company, Marquette Iron Range
The new book, published by Wayne State University Press, is titled Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs And The Mining of Iron Ore, 1847–2006. The authors are Terry Reynolds, a professor of social sciences at Michigan Tech, and Virginia Dawson, an independent researcher from Ohio
Michigan Tech News, June 10, 2011
Weekend Tours of Cliff Mine Start Saturday
Industrial archaeology faculty and students invite the public to view their work at the first commercially successful copper mine in the Upper Peninsula. Tours of the Cliff Mine ruins and the nearby town of Clifton will be held on Saturdays and Sundays in June, starting June 11. Tours start approximately on the hour beginning at 10 a.m., leaving from roadside signs near the parking area at the northeastern end of Cliff Drive, near Phoenix. Tours will continue all day until about 4 p.m., weather permitting.
Tech Today, June 10, 2011
Invitation to Study Abroad in Mexico and Canada
At least 6 positions are open for Study Abroad in Mexico or Canada with support from a Michigan Tech grant coordinated by PI Alex Mayer (CEE), and co-PIs Carol MacLennan (SS) and Blair Orr (SFRES), funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), North American Mobility in Higher Education Program. The SustR study abroad program (Sustainable Development for Rural Communities: Social, Health, Economic, and Environmental Advances) involves coursework at host universities tailored to students' degree programs and a special rural sustainability seminar course. We are recruiting graduate and undergraduate students from any degree program for the following semesters:
· Spring 2012 (Strongly encouraging students to join the program for Spring 2012)
· Summer 2012 (possible, but will need special permission and extra arrangements)
· Fall 2012
For more information: Contact Alex Mayer (asmayer@mtu.edu)
SS News, June 8, 2011
Dean's List Spring 2011
4.0
Holmes, Kristin J SR SSS
Posega, Jessica M SR SANT
3.50–3.99
Bayley, Colin R SR SSS
Betterly, Cameron S SR SSS
Foss, Samantha L JR SANT
Garthe, Kimberly J FR SSS
Moray, Stephen A SR SANT
O'Malley, Jason M SO SANT
Pontynen, Alina A SR SSS
Root, Kathleen L SR SANT
Sanko, Marc A SR SSSH
Schwaiger, Emma M SR SSSH
Spoehr, MaryBeth E SO SSS
Trevino, Christopher A JR SANT
Wojtala, Raymond J SR SSSH
Wood, Rachel M SR SSS
Audrey Mayer Receives Powe Award
Audrey Mayer, whose research focuses on multidisciplinary sustainability science, has been named a winner of a 2011 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. Mayer received her PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology, with a minor in environmental policy, from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. READ MORE
Michigan Tech News, May 31, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Timothy Scarlett (SS), Samuel Sweitz (SS), Susan Martin (SS), Patrick Martin (SS) and Fred Quivik (SS), "The Story of Copper: Archaeological and Architectural Cultural Resources Surveys in Isle Royale National Park and Keweenaw National Historical Park," DOI, National Park Service
Timothy Scarlett (SS), Samuel Sweitz (SS) and Fred Quivik (SS), "2011 Public Archaeology at Cliff Mine Site," DOI, National Park Service
Noel Urban (CEE/MTCWS), Judith Perlinger (CEE/MTCWS) and Carol MacLennan (SS/MTCWS), "Integrated Assessment of Torch Lake AOC," University of Michigan-Michigan Sea Grant, NOAA
Tech Today, May 26, 2011
In Print
Wayne State University Press's Great Lakes History Series recently published "Iron Will: Cleveland-Cliffs and the Mining of Iron Ore, 1847-2006." The book was authored by Professor Terry S. Reynolds (SS) and Virginia P. Dawson.
Tech Today, May 25, 2011
SS Graduate Student and the Green Film Festival
Environmental and Energy Policy graduate student Ellis Adams will facilitate the discussion of the film "Thirst," which involves the resistance to commodification of global water supplies. The screening will take place from 7 to 8:30 pm on June 16, 2011, in the atrium and G002 Hesterberg Hall in the Michigan Tech Forestry Building. Refreshments will be served.
SS News,
May 24, 2011
Rediscovering the Cliff Mine of Keweenaw (James Dau, Sean Gohman, Tim Scarlett, Sam Sweitz)
Industrial archaeologist Sean Gohman, a graduate student at Michigan Technological University, has spent the last year pouring over company records, eyewitness accounts, and historic photographs in an effort to understand the place of the Cliff Mine in American industrial history. READ MORE
Popular Archaeology, May 17, 2011
Lankton Recognized for Service
Professor of History Larry Lankton was among the Michigan Tech staff recognized for their years of service to the university in 2011. Dr. Lankton has served for 30 years. The annual Staff Service Recognition Luncheon was held on Wednesday, May 11, in the Rozsa Center.
Tech Today, May 17, 2011
In Print
Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS) recently published a classroom activity, "An Agenda-Setting Game," which she developed for her US Foreign Policy course, in ALIAS Notes, May 2011, Issue 10, No. 1, pp. 13-15. ALIAS is the Active Learning in International Affairs Section of the International Studies Association.
Tech Today, May 13, 2011
On the Road
Professor Barry D. Solomon (SS) was invited to participate at the first meeting of the Global Alliance for Alternatives to DDT, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 26. The session was part of the fifth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention, the international treaty of 2001 that bans DDT and other Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Tech Today, May 3, 2011
Proposal in Progress
Bradley Baltensperger (CLS) and Larry Lankton (SS), "From the Wilderness to Rust Belt: the Rise and Fall of a Landmark Mining District," NEH
Tech Today, May 2, 2011
Fulbright Scholar Applications Sought
A competition for Fulbright Scholars is open. It closes Aug 1. Scholars will be selected for the 2012-13 academic year. Associate Professor Judith Perlinger (CEE) and Associate Professor Hugh Gorman (SS) are currently conducting research abroad as Fulbright Scholars. Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS), who oversees the Fulbright Program at Michigan Tech, has examples of successful Tech applications that she can show to faculty considering applying. READ MORE
Tech Today, April 29, 2011
New Funding
Assistant Professor Audrey Mayer (SFRES/ESC) has received $5,000 from Oak Ridge Associated Universities for a one-year project, "Regional-Scale Impacts of Bioenergy and Carbon Sequestration Policies for Nonindustrial Private Forests in Michigan and Tennessee."
Tech Today, April 26, 2011
Notables
Doctoral student Luke Bowman (Geology '14) has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the coming academic year. Bowman is a returned Peace Corps volunteer and has extensive experience in Central and South America. His BA in Geology is from Hanover College. He has an MS degree in Geology from Michigan Tech. He also has worked on ethnography in the social sciences department. READ MORE
Tech Today, April 25, 2011
Research Excellence Fund Awards Announced
The Vice President for Research has announced this year's recipients of the Research Excellence Fund Awards, which total $502,378 among 27 people. Patrick Martin received an Infrastructure Enhancement Grant for "Historical Newspaper Databases".
Tech Today, April 18, 2011
Nexus speaker Terry Reynolds to present history of Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Mining Co. Apr. 21
Keweenaw Now, April 18, 2011
Reynolds Talks About Researching Michigan Iron
Professor Terry Reynolds (SS) will give a presentation, "The Survivor: Cleveland-Cliffs and Michigan's Iron Ore Industry, 1847-2006," at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 21, in the East Reading Room of the Library.
Tech Today, April 13, 2011
Nexus: Dr. Terry Reynolds Talks about Researching Michigan Iron | View the Flyer
J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library Blogs, April 12, 2011
From the Email Bag: Alums Over There, Continued
Casey Luskin provides his mailing address.
TechAlum Newsletter, April 11, 2011
From the Email Bag: Alums Over There
Casey Luskin has posted an article about Social Sciences alums serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
TechAlum Newsletter, March 28, 2011
Center for Water and Society World Water Day Poster Competition Awards
The Center for Water and Society World Water Day poster competition was held Tuesday, March 22. Awards were made in two categories: Original Research (presentation of thesis or project research) and Coursework/Informational (presentation of coursework or literature-based research). Among the Coursework/Informational Category award winners are: Second place ($150): Ellis Adams (SS), "The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: Is it Effective in Sub-Saharan Africa?" and Third place ($100): Mariah Maggio (SS), "The Policy Path to Human Rights Status: Water and Sanitation."
Tech Today, March 24, 2011
Kansas Scholar Speaks about Prehistory
David Frayer, of the University of Kansas, will present a lecture--"Who says Neandertals are so different?" --at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in Fisher 138. Frayer's presentation is sponsored by the Department of Social Sciences, and the public is welcome. READ MORE
Tech Today, March 23, 2011
World Water Day: Making a Difference, One Drop at a Time
Michigan Tech News, March 21, 2011
Michigan Tech Graduate Research Colloquium 2011
The Graduate School Government sponsored a campuswide research symposium on March 3-4, 2011. The main events of this symposium were a Poster Presentation Session and a Research Colloquium. Posters related to social sciences were Collecting the Archival Records of Industry: A Case Study of The Smithsonians National Museum of American History by Erik Nordberg, Social Sciences Advisor Dr. Terry Reynolds, and Feeding Industrial Communities: A Case Study from the Copper Country by Anna Lee Sweitz, Social Sciences Department Advisor: Dr. Susan R. Martin.
SS News, March 21, 2011
"Sustaining Lake Superior" to be World Water Day Lecture Mar. 22 at Michigan Tech
Keweenaw Now, March 20, 2011
Reminder: World Water Day Lecture
Tech Today, March 18, 2011
Making Sense of Climate Change: A Communications Challenge
Kathleen Halvorsen is sociologist who studies relationships between people and the environment, she has conducted research to understand public perceptions of the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change."Climate change is a complex concept..." READ MORE
Michigan Tech News, March 17, 2011
World Water Day Brings Guest Speaker to Campus
Environmental Historian Nancy Langston, of the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present "Sustaining Lake Superior" at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 22, in M&M U115. The sponsors for World Water Day are Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society, Visiting Women and Minority Lecturer/ Scholar Series, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, social sciences department, biological sciences department, and student organizations Global City and Society of Wetland Scientists.
Tech Today, March 17, 2011
Celebrate the UP This Weekend
A free festival and educational program called "Celebrate the UP!" kicks off this Friday evening. Presentations include Associate Professor Susan Martin (SS), from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on American Indian uses of copper and minerals in centuries past. READ MORE
Tech Today, March 16, 2011
In the News
Associate Professor Fredric Quivik (SS/Industrial Archaeology) was quoted in a New York Times story about the Environmental Protection Agency cleanup of the Gowanus Canal and the potential for losing archeaological treasures.
Tech Today, March 16, 2011
Hoping Gowanus Canal Cleanup Turns Up Old Treasures (Quivik)
The New York Times, March 14, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Audrey Mayer (SFRES/ESC), Joan Schumaker Chadde (CEE/ESC), Brad Baltensperger (CLS/ESC) and Sarah Green (Chemistry/ESC), "Complexity and Feedbacks in Climate Systems: Building Climate Literacy Through Study of Land Use and Albedo in the Great Lakes Region," NOAA--Office of Education
Susan Martin (SS), "Curation of Artifacts for the Ottawa National Forest," USDA Forest Service
Tech Today, March 3, 2011
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) recently had a paperback edition released, "Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States," which he coedited with Valerie Luzadis (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry), (London: Routledge, 2011).
Tech Today, March 2, 2011
Tech Archaeologists Tackle the Cliff (Sean Gohman, Tim Scarlett, Sam Sweitz, Steve Moray)
Michigan Tech Magazine, March 1, 2011
History of greed, power, and the Golden Gate receives accolades (Louise Nelson Dyble)
Michigan Tech Research Magazine, Research in Brief, March 1, 2011
History comes alive
Mining Gazette, February 28, 2011
Archives and Social Sciences Sponsor History Competition
History will come alive for more than 90 students in grades 4 through 12 this weekend as they compete in the 2011 District 1 regional competition for National History Day. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 26, at the Memorial Union. The competition is sponsored annually by the social sciences department, the Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections, the Quincy Mine Hoist Association and the Historical Society of Michigan. READ MORE
Tech Today, February 24, 2011
"Discover Isle Royale" series continues at Portage Library with Feb. 23 presentation
The Portage Lake District Library continues to host "Discover Isle Royale," a series of monthly programs sponsored by the Isle Royale Institute and Isle Royale National Park. From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23, Seth DePasqual will present "Drilling for Hope: Exploration, Technology and the End of Copper Mining on Isle Royale."
Keweenaw Now, February 21, 2011
Working Together: Faculty Discuss Interdisciplinary Research
The most obvious question at Wednesday's faculty panel discussing interdisciplinary research was also the first: "Why?" Professor Barry Solomon (SS) agreed, "I'm motivated to find innovative opportunities, and reductionist research as practiced by most single disciplines is too limiting and not as natural."
Tech Today, February 18, 2011
Nexus: Seely Talks About Libraries and the Research Process
Dr. Bruce E. Seely, Dean of the College of Sciences and Arts at Michigan Tech, will give an invited presentation at 4:00pm on Wednesday, February 23, in the East Reading Room of the J.R. Van Pelt and Opie Library on the Michigan Tech campus. Before becoming dean of the College of Sciences and Arts in 2008, Seely spent 22 years as a professor in Michigan Tech's Department of Social Sciences, including six years as department chair
J. R. Van Pelt and Opie Library Blogs, February 15, 2011
Tech Archaeologists Tackle the Cliff
Sean Gohman spent last summer unearthing the past, pinpointing industrial ruins near the crossroads town of Phoenix, a half-hour north of Houghton and a century-and-a-half removed from the highway traffic zipping by just a hundred yards away. Associate Professor Tim Scarlett and Assistant Professor Sam Sweitz oversaw the field school. READ MORE
Michigan Tech Magazine, Winter 2010-11, posted February 15, 2011
New Funding
Associate Professor Susan Martin (SS) received $1,000 from the USDA Forest Service for a five-year project, "Curation of Artifacts for the Ottawa National Forest."
Tech Today, February 14, 2011
Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion
The School of Business and Economics Research Committee has put together a panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, in Dow 641. Barry Solomon is among the faculty panel members. The campus community is invited. A social will follow the discussion.
Tech Today, February 9, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Kathleem Halvorsen (SFRES/MTCWS), Alex Mayer (CEE/MTCWS) and Audrey Mayer (SFRES/MTCWS), "Experimental Frameworks for Evaluating the Net Effects of Hydrological Service Payments on Coupled Social-ecological Systems in Mexico," University of New Hampshire, NSF
Christopher Wojick (CEC/SFI), Hugh Gorman (SS) and Jacqueline Huntoon (Graduate School), "Improving Sustainability Education by Engaging University Student as Key Players in Campus Initiatives," Environmental Protection Agency Sustainability
Tech Today, February 9, 2011
In the News
Associate Professor Jarek Drelich (MSE), Associate Professor Tim Scarlett (SS) and graduate student Patrick Bowen (MSE) were featured by the Polish Press Agency in a news publication, "Science and Scholarship in Poland." The story was about their work on a new way of dating ceramic artifacts that could one day shave thousands of dollars off the cost of doing archaeological research.
Tech Today, February 4, 2011
On the Road
Assistant Professor Louise Nelson Dyble (SS) presented a lecture, "A Century of Skyway History, 1953-2053," late last week for the Urban History Seminar at the Chicago History Museum. Dyble traced the history of the Skyway, Chicago's largest bridge, starting from its inception in 1953, its financial failure in the context of deindustrialization and economic decline, its revival in the 1990s, and the prospects for its future in the context of changing transportation policy and globalization.
Tech Today, February 1, 2011
Stabilization being completed at smelter
Some stabilization efforts at the former Quincy Smelter Works site were recently completed, and more is coming in the summer, Glenn Ekdahl said. The cleaning and inventory in the buildings was done by Northwoods Environmental of Ontonagon and students from the Michigan Technological University industrial archaeology program.
Mining Gazette, January 31, 2011
On the Road
Professor Barry Solomon (SS) participated in a meeting of the members of the Scientific Expert Group on Chemicals and the Environment (SECE) of the United Nations Environment Programme, held in Geneva on Jan. 17-18. The purpose of the SECE is to provide guidance for developing countries and countries with economies in transition to improve the management of pesticide risks and to reduce their use.
Tech Today, January 21, 2011
Research Focus: Patrick Bowen and the dating of old ceramics
Michigan Tech Lode, January 20, 2011
Green Film Festival to begin Jan. 20
Keweenaw Now, January 19, 2011
Green Film Series Starts This Week
Tech Today, January 17, 2011
Dean's List Fall 2010
4.0
Moray, Stephen A SR SANT
3.50–3.99
Bayley, Colin R SR SSS
Dempsey, Christine A SR SSS
Estep, Michael D SR SANT
Foss, Samantha L JR SANT
Garthe, Kimberly J FR SSS
Haines, Elijah L JR SSS
Holmes, Kristin J SR SSS
Mehlenbacher, Allison M SR SSSH
Oikarinen, Kara C SR SSS
Schwaiger, Emma M SR SSSH
Trevino, Christopher A SO SANT
Wojtala, Raymond J JR SSSH
A New Way to Date Old Ceramics
Patrick Bowen, a senior majoring in materials science and engineering, is refining a new way of dating ceramic artifacts that could one day shave thousands of dollars off the cost of doing archaeological research. Using shards of pottery dating from 1854 to 1888, which advisor Tim Scarlett provided from an archaeological dig in Utah, Bowen tried out the original dating technique at different temperatures and got significantly different "ages" for the shards.
Michigan Tech News, January 10, 2011
In Print
Associate Professor Hugh Gorman (Social Sciences) authored a book review on "Blowout in the Gulf," by William Freudenburg and Robert Gramling, which appeared Jan. 4 in Times Higher Eucation.
Tech Today, January 10, 2011
Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
Hugh Gorman on a narrative that places the BP Gulf oil spill in context with the US' energy policy
Times Higher Education, January 6, 2011
Green film festival starting at Tech
A film festival starting at Michigan Technological University this month will provide a forum for learning about and discussing environmental issues. "Green Film Festival: Issues and Dialogue" starts Jan. 20 at Michigan Technological University, and will continue each third Thursday of the month through June. The cost will be free, with a $3 suggested donation. The schedule for June 16 is "Thirst" (resistance to commodification of global water supplies). Discussion facilitator: Ellis Adams, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Tech.
Mining Gazette, January 6, 2011
Make Copper Week every week
"I love reading about the history of the Keweenaw area and was gratified to see that "Copper Week" was such a success, especially when one of your presenters was Larry Lankton who has written extensively about the history of the area."
Mining Gazette, December 24, 2010
Michigan Tech Helps Those Who Help Others (Natiffany Mathews, Tim Scarlett, Mariah Maggio)
Michigan Tech News, December 17, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Timothy Scarlett (SS/IMP) and Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Testing and Refining Rehydroxylation Ceramic Dating," NSF
Tech Today, December 17, 2010
Mining area's rich history
Mining Gazette, December 15, 2010
New Funding
Alex Mayer, Noel Urban, Kathleen Halvorsen, Thomas Pypker, and William Breffle received an NSF Water Sustainability and Climate Change Planning Grant for $150,000 entitled "Humans, Hydrology, Climate Change, and Ecosystems- An Integrated Analysis of Water Resources and Ecosystem Services in the Great Lakes Basin" to study linkages between socioeconomic and natural science dimensions of losses of Great Lakes ecosystem services under climate change. The project involves faculty from a number of universities and staff at several federal agencies.
Social Sciences News, December
14, 2010
New Funding
Alex Mayer, Kathleen Halvorsen, and Enrique Vivoni (University of Arizona) received an NSF Interdisciplinary Research Program grant for $360,000 entitled "Collaborative Research: Sustainable Water Resources for Communities under Climate Change: Can State-of-the-Art Forecasting Inform Decision-Making in Data Sparse Regions?" to study participatory water resource modeling with Mexican officials allowing them to improve water resource decision making in the face of climate change.
Social Sciences News, December
14, 2010
Houghton County Dems honor Congressman Bart Stupak
He was the guest of honor at a potluck luncheon given by Houghton County Democrats on Dec. 11, following his appearance at the Michigan Tech Midyear graduation, where he was the guest speaker and received an honorary doctorate in Environmental and Energy Policy from the university.
Keweenaw Now, December 12, 2010
Stupak to speak at Tech commencement
Public Radio 90, December 12, 2010
Cal Wacker and Pat Martin Interview and Video on WLUC TV6
Cal Wacker is getting ready to take the stage to receive his degree in Social Sciences with a concentration in Archeology from Michigan Tech. "We've spent time together outside the classroom doing archeology in field work situations where we're together 24/7 for weeks at a time," said Patrick Martin, Professor of Archeology and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences. "So he's an unusual student in that regard."
WLUC TV6, December 11, 2010
Congressman Stupak the Featured Speaker at Michigan Tech Commencement
Congressman Bart Stupak will address Michigan Technological University graduates at Midyear Commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 11. Stupak will receive an Honorary Doctorate in Environmental and Energy Policy.
Michigan Tech News, December 3, 2010
Working around history
Tech officials take steps to cap mine at mineral museum site
Two mine shafts were unearthed at the site on Sharon Avenue adjacent to the Advanced Technology Development Complex and the mines are believed to date back to the 1860s. Pat Martin, department chair of social sciences at Michigan Tech, said many professionals in the department discussed how to use the discovery. "There's no way anyone would advocate saving everything," Martin said. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, November 17, 2010
A Bright Student Heads to the City of Lights
Christine Dempsey, 20, a senior in social sciences, well-spoken and ebullient, is a woman on the move--from her native Portland, which she recalls fondly; to her adopted home of Houghton, which she cherishes; and now to Paris, France, where she will work as an intern at the US Embassy starting in January. READ MORE
Tech Today, November 15, 2010
In Print
Professor Barry D. Solomon (Social Sciences) published an article, "Three Decades of Social Science Research on High-Level Nuclear Waste: Achievements and Future Challenges," with coauthors Mats Andrén and Urban Strandberg of the University of Gothenburg, in "Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy," Vol. 1, No. 4, 2010, pp. 13-47.
Tech Today, November 11, 2010
In Print
Assistant Professor Louise Nelson Dyble (Social Sciences) published an article, "Internal Improvements to Public Works to Infrastructure: Tolling in California and the Public/Private Dichotomy in Historical Perspective," in Public Works Management Policy, Vol. 15, No. 2.
Tech Today,
November 4, 2010
Remembering the Italian Hall tragedy
Scott See, Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission executive director, who was in the audience, said he agreed addressing the myths was important, but some facts about the incident may never be learned. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, October 21, 2010
KNHP ponders Isle Royale NP HQ move
Scott See, Advisory Commission executive director, said during his report, members of the Quincy Smelter Steering Committee have decided moving the headquarters across the Portage Lake Shipping Canal would be advantageous. "The group concluded moving the headquarters to the smelter site offered a number of advantages over its Houghton location," See said. READ MORE
Mining Gazette, October 20, 2010
Two Tech Authors Win Historical Society Awards
Two Michigan Tech book authors won 2010 State History Awards from the Historical Society of Michigan. Larry Lankton, professor of social sciences, received an award in the University and Commercial Press category for "Hollowed Ground," a history of the copper mining industry in the Upper Peninsula. Gary Kaunonen's "Challenge Accepted: A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country" won an award in the same category. Kaunonen is a PhD student in industrial archeology. READ MORE
Tech Today, October 19, 2010
Society Presents 2010 State History Awards in Frankenmuth
Historical Society of Michigan, October 15, 2010
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) published a paper, "The Transition to Second Generation Biofuels in the United States: Will it be Feasible and Sustainable?" in Geographische Rundschau (International Edition), Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 16-20, 2010.
Tech Today, October 4, 2010
Smelter suffers blow
Destroyed in the fire was the site's carpentry shop, and a wood storage lean-to was damaged. The Michigan Technological University industrial archaeology students were taking measurements of the carpentry building two weeks ago.
Mining Gazette, September 28, 2010
History series to present discoveries on Cliff Mine Sept. 23
Sean Gohman describes recent archeological investigations on the features of Cliff Mine as part of the Fourth Thursday in History series.
Keweenaw Now, September 23, 2010
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) published a paper, "The Integrity of the Emerging Global Markets in Greenhouse Gases," with Michael Heiman, of Dickinson College, in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 100, No. 4, Oct. 2010, pp. 973-982.
Tech Today, September 17, 2010
New Funding
Professor Alex Mayer (CEE/MTCWS) and Associate Professor Kathy Halvorsen (SFRES/SS) have received $317,390 from the National Science Foundation for a three-year project, "Collaborative Research: Sustainable Water Resources for Communities Under Climate Change: Can State-of-the-Art Forecasting Inform Decision-Making in Data Sparse Regions?"
Tech Today, September 15, 2010
New Funding
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett has received $12,615 from the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District for the first part of a potential four-month, $29,392-project, "Phase I and II Cultural Resources Survey of the Cliff Mine Site."
Tech Today, September 14, 2010
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) served as the associate editor for the entries on society and nature in the Encyclopedia of Geography (Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sage, 2010), Vol. 6.
Tech Today, September 13, 2010
On the Road
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) participated in a core-team meeting of the Thematic Group on Cost-effectiveness on alternatives to DDT, an initiative of the Global Alliance for the development and deployment of alternatives to DDT for disease vector control. The meeting was held on Aug. 26-27, at the European office of the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tech Today, August 31, 2010
Tech Scholar Addresses the History of White Pine Tonight
Professor Larry Lankton (Social Sciences) will draw upon his latest work, "Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s," for a special presentation, at 7 p.m., August 26, at the White Pine Community United Methodist Church, located at 9 Tamarack Street. READ MORE.
Tech Today, August 26, 2010
Former Social Sciences Chair A. Spencer Hill Dies
Tech Today, August 23, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Susan Martin (SS), "Preserving and Interpreting the Mining Company Office: Landscape, Space and Technological Change in the Management of the Copper Industry," Americana Foundation
Louise Dyble (SS/MTTI), "CAREER: Paying for Pavement: Tolls, Taxes and American Political Development," NSF
Tech Today, August 19, 2010
Michigan Tech professor speaks in Negaunee
The Michigan Iron Industry Museum had Michigan Tech professor Larry Lankton give a presentation on mining and it's industrial impact on the Copper Country in support of his book "Hollowed Ground". VIDEO
WLUC TV6, August 17, 2010
Grad Student Writes about Finns, Labor Unrest and a Radical Heritage; Book Signing Scheduled
Gary Kaunonen, a graduate student in the rhetoric and technical communication program, is of Finnish heritage but definitely doesn't fit that proverbial mold. Indeed, he is effusive—in speech and writing—about a subject that is dear to his heart and mind: Finnish immigrant labor and political activity in the Keweenaw. A native of Minnesota, Kaunonen has written a book, "Challenge Accepted: A Finnish Immigrant Response to Industrial America in Michigan's Copper Country," which was just published by Michigan State University Press. The book is his master's thesis in Tech's industrial archaeology program. READ MORE. In 2009 Kaunonen published "Finns in Michigan".
Tech Today, August 13, 2010
In the News
Assistant Professor Louise Dyble (Social Sciences) was quoted in the Sunday Independent Journal, based in San Rafael, Calif., about the history of regional transit. For full story see the website: http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_15707690 .
Tech Today, August 10, 2010
Did Marin lose out on BART? (Dyble)
Marin Independent Journal, August 7, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Timothy Scarlett (SS), Samuel Sweitz (SS), Patrick Martin (SS) and Susan Martin (SS), "Phase I and II Cultural Resources Survey of the Cliff Mine Site," Houghton/Keweenaw Conservation District/EPA
Susan Martin (SS), "Cooperative Management of Archaeological Collections from the Hiawatha National Forest," Hiawatha National Forest/US Forest Service
Audrey Mayer (SFRES/ESC), "Reverse auction for distributing payments for ecosystem services to private landowners," USDA Forest Service
Tech Today, August 6, 2010
New Funding
Associate Professor Susan Martin (Social Sciences) has received $2,900 from the US Department of Agriculture for one year project, "Cooperative Management of Archaeological Collections from the Hiawatha National Forest."
Tech Today, August 3, 2010
Portage Library's future depends on Aug. 3 millage vote
After giving a presentation titled "Water, Life, and Industry on the Keweenaw," on July 29, 2010, at the Portage Lake District Library, Larry Lankton -- author, historian and Michigan Tech University professor -- signs his new book, Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s – 1990s...
Keweenaw Now, August 2, 2010
Alumni Reunion to Feature Hockey, Local History, Outdoor Adventure
Thursday, Aug. 5, 11 a.m., Fisher 139, history professor Larry Lankton will give a talk based on his new book, “Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s.”
Michigan Tech News, July 29, 2010
Brown-Bag Seminar with Industrial Historian Charles Hyde
Hyde has done significant work in the field of industrial archeology, completing more than 70 projects involving the documentation of historic buildings or structures. His 1978 survey of industrial sites in the Upper Peninsula identified the significant material culture remains at the Quincy mine site. This encouraged a subsequent intensive survey of the site by Hyde and other historians, including Professor Larry Lankton. READ MORE.
Tech Today, July 29, 2010
Local historian Larry Lankton to speak at Portage Library July 29
Keweenaw Now, July 29, 2010
Industrial History Professor Presents at PLDL
Professor Larry Lankton will discuss "Water, Life, and Industry on the Keweenaw" at 7 p.m., Thursday, July 29 at the Portage Lake District Library. The free presentation is part of the library's Summer Reading Program. READ MORE.
Tech Today, July 27, 2010
Student Addresses Strawberry Farming in the Keweenaw
Senior Catherine Cogger will present "Strawberry Farming in the Sturgeon River Valley: A Biography of the Land" from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday, July 30, at the Portage Lake District Library. Cogger is finishing her bachelor's degree in anthropology under Associate Professor Susan Martin (Social Sciences).
Tech Today, July 27, 2010
Two Michigan Tech faculty to sign new books July 15, 22
Finlandia University’s North Wind Books will host book signings with two Michigan Tech faculty members -- Alison (Kim) Hoagland, professor of history and historic preservation, and Larry Lankton, professor of history. Both books are related to the copper mining history of the Upper Peninsula. Hoagland will sign her new book, Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country, recently published by University of Minnesota Press, at 5 p.m. today, Thursday, July 15. Lankton will sign his most recent book, Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s, published by Wayne State University Press, at 5 p.m. next Thursday, July 22, at North Wind Books in Hancock. READ MORE.
Keweenaw Now, July 15, 2010
Ask Not for Whom the Bridge Tolls
Louise Nelson Dyble was a small-town girl from the mountains of northeastern Washington state when she first saw the San Francisco Bay Area bridges. Now an assistant professor of social sciences at Michigan Technological University, Dyble was then a history major at the University of California at Berkeley. “Paying the Toll: Local Power, Regional Politics and the Golden Gate Bridge,” the book based on her dissertation, has received the Abel Wolman Award. READ MORE.
Michigan Tech News, July 12, 2010
Dean's List Spring 2010
4.0
Dempsey, Christine A SR SSS
Hall, Kristina M SR SSS
Moray, Stephen A JR SANT
Radson, Emily M SR SSS
3.50–3.99
Aho, Anne E SR SSS
Bayley, Colin R SR SSS
Cogger, Catherine R SR SANT
Haines, Elijah L JR SSS
Hartwig, Kalvin M SR SS
Holmes, Kristin J SO SSS
McGuire, Frank W SR SANT
Miller, Nathan M SR SSS
Posega, Jessica M SO SANT
Wojtala, Raymond J SO SSSH
Former ROTC Commandant and Social Sciences Instructor Passes
Richard M. Rupley, of Chassell, who taught military history and American history in the social sciences department for 13 years, died Monday. Chair Pat Martin, social sciences, described Rupley as "a kind gentleman with a passion for history." Martin added, "He regularly taught military history, and he embraced regional history with equal fervor." READ MORE.
Tech Today, July 7, 2010
The Past and its Remains Engage Researchers (Scarlett, Sweitz, Gohman)
Tech Today, June 25, 2010
Notables
Professor Terry S. Reynolds (Social Sciences) received the John M. Townley Award at the 21st Mining History Conference for best article in the MINING HISTORY JOURNAL in 2009. "A Tale of Two Companies: The Cleveland Iron Mining Company and the Iron Cliffs Company, 1850-1892" compared two of Michigan's leading 19th-century iron mining companies.
Tech Today, June 23, 2010
New Funding
Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS) has received $6,100 from the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Committee for an 18-month project, "Public Archaeology at the Cliff Mine Site."
Tech Today, June 18, 2010
In the News
Associate Professor Hugh Gorman (SS) wrote a book on the history of the oil industry's response to pollution concerns and was quoted in a news story about the BP oil spill cleanup in the Christian Science Monitor . He was one of several Michigan Tech faculty members highlighted in a news tip sheet that Michigan Tech provided to the media that highlighted the work of faculty experts on various facets of the oil spill.
Tech Today, June 17, 2010
BP cleanup: Are other firms in Gulf oil spill blame game helping? (Gorman)
“The expertise is spread out through different companies, and I suspect it’s a matter of just finding the best experts,” says Professor Gorman....”
Christian Science Monitor, June 15, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill Experts from Michigan Tech
The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana is a burgeoning ecological and engineering disaster, There are so many aspects to the crisis that it can be hard to know where to turn for an informed comment. Engineers, scientists and other experts from Michigan Technological University have research and practical expertise that they have offered to share with the news media. Among them is Hugh Gorman. An associate professor of environmental policy and history at Michigan Tech, Hugh Gorman is author of a book title Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms and Technological Change in the US Petroleum Industry. It examines the history of how the oil industry responded to pollution concerns over the course of the 20th century, including the extraction, transportation and refining of oil. He can speak to historical questions involving past efforts in the oil industry to prevent spills and control pollution.
Michigan Tech News, June 10, 2010
Stevens Recognized for Service
Social Sciences Departmental Coordinator Gina Stevens will be among the Michigan Tech staff recognized for their years of service to the university in 2010. Gina has served for 20 years. The annual Staff Service Recognition Luncheon will be held at noon, Wednesday, June 16, in the Wads Commons.
Tech Today, June 10, 2010
Social Sciences Instructor and Students Are Headed Abroad
Carl Blair last week was comfortably folded into his office chair, feet on his desk, arms crossed, the picture of repose. But his mind was wandering—all the way to England, where he will take twelve study-abroad students in July. Their destination: the town of Carlisle, in the county of Cumbria, in the northwest part of the country—just shy of the border with Scotland, and just inland from the Irish Sea. READ MORE. See also "Frontiers and Fortresses: Study Abroad Program".
Tech Today, June 10, 2010
Students uncover historic mine ruins (Posega, Sweitz, Gohman)
Public can take guided tours of Cliff Mine site
WLUC TV6, June 9, 2010
Tech Researchers to Give Tours of Keweenaw's Cliff Mine (Gohman, Scarlett)
Tech Today, June
8, 2010
Perlinger, Gorman Receive Fulbright Scholar Awards
Hugh Gorman, an associate professor of social sciences, will conduct research and lead a series of seminars at the Ciudad del Saber, or City of Knowledge, in Panama. The City of Knowledge is an international center for Latin American sustainable development based at what was once Fort Clayton, a US army base in Panama Canal Zone. READ MORE
Michigan Tech News, June 4, 2010
Martin's Comments Ignite Efforts to Preserve Historic Industrial Site
Social Sciences Chair Patrick Martin has been quoted in Germany's most influential weekly magazine in conjunction with efforts to preserve a unique industrial site. In an April letter to local historic preservationists cited in Saturday's Der Spiegel, Martin called the station one of the world's "most important monuments" of electric power generation, saying it was worthy of consideration as a World Heritage Site. READ MORE
Tech Today, May 28, 2010
Michigan Tech historians and archivists were highlighted in a May 23 Marquette Mining Journal report about the recent Northland Historical Consortium meeting held in Ishpeming. Professor Terry Reynolds (SS) presented information on the history of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, while archivists Erik Nordberg and Julie Blair were involved in planning the meeting.
Tech Today, May 25, 2010
Employee Service Recognition Event
On Tuesday, May 4, faculty and staff members, along with their guests, gathered at the Rozsa Center for an awards dinner recognizing 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of service to Michigan Tech. Among the employees recognized was Carol A. MacLennan for 25 years of service.
Tech Today, May 25, 2010
U.P. history group meets at Cliffs Shaft
The Cliff's Shaft meeting featured a presentation by Terry Reynolds, a professor of history at Michigan Tech. Reynolds spoke on his research on the origins of Cliffs Natural Resources, then the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company, from the absorption of one early mining company by another.
The Mining Journal, May 23, 2010
Consortium Meeting Held in Ishpeming May 22, 2010
The meeting featured a presentation by Dr. Terry Reynolds on the history of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company and the Iron Cliffs Company, their activity in Ishpeming and at the Cliffs Shaft site, and their role as predecessors of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company on the Marquette Iron Range.
Michigan Tech Archives Blog, May 22, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Sam Sweitz (SS) and Lisa Gillis (SS), "The Lighthouse of the Keweenaw Peninsula: Public Education, Popular Presentation, and Historic Preservation of Upper Peninsula Lighthouse Heritage," Americana Foundation
Timothy Scarlett (SS), Samuel Sweitz (SS), Patrick Martin (SS), "Public Archaeology at the Cliff Mine Site," Keweenaw National Historic Park Advisory Committee
Tech Today, May 21, 2010
Support greatly appreciate (SS IA)
Mining Gazette, May 18, 2010
Spotlighting Graduating Students
Name: Anne Aho
Degree: Social Sciences, concentration in History/Archaeology
Instant Messages: Notes and News from Student Affairs, Spring 2010, Vol. 5, Issue 4
May 18, 2010
In Print
Assistant Professor Louise Nelson Dyble (SS) published a review essay, "The Continuing Saga of Zoning in America," in the Journal of Planning History, Vol.9, No.2, pages 140-146.
Tech Today, May 18, 2010
Notable
Associate Professor Mary Durfee (SS), discussed the Gulf oil spill on Stampa Cara, a Maltese radio talk show hosted by Carmen Sammut and spoken in Malti. Durfee's part is spoken in English. Durfee says, "Malti is an interesting language to listen to. It is the only Semitic language written in Latin script." Durfee's discussion begins an hour into the show, but the opening mentions Michigan Tech. For a stream of the show, visit http://www.rtk.org.mt/index.asp?cat=14 .
Tech Today, May 18, 2010
In Print
Professor Barry Solomon (Social Sciences) published a paper with former student Nicholas Johnson (MS in environmental policy), "A Net Present Value Analysis for a Wind Turbine Purchase at a Small US College" in Energies, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 943-959, 2010. Energies, an Open Access journal of related scientific research, technology development, engineering, and the studies in policy and management, is published by MDPI online monthly. READ THE FULL TEXT
Tech Today, May 10, 2010
On the Road
Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (Social Sciences) will present a special program about his archaeological research into the pottery of the Utah pioneers, today, at the LDS Museum of Church History in Salt Lake City. Scarlett and his research team undertook the first major archaeological excavation of a pioneer-era Latter-day Saint pottery shop. In an illustrated lecture, Scarlett will provide an overview of the Utah Pottery Project and explain last summer's discoveries at the site of Davenport Family Pottery Shop in Parowan, Utah.
Tech Today, May 7, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Brad Baltensperger (CLS) and Larry Lankton (SS), "Landmarks of American History Teacher Workshops," NEH
Tech Today, May 5, 2010
NSF Program Officer on Campus May 17-18
On May 17 and 18, Michigan Tech will host a visit by National Science Foundation program officer Michael Gorman, program director for science, technology and society. In order to insure proper arrangement of the rooms and refreshments, RSVP to Karen Kangas in the College of Sciences and Arts office at 477-2156 or kjkangas@mtu.edu . Partial itinerary includes Social Sciences at NSF, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 18, in Academic Office Building 201. Audience: Faculty and graduate students in Social Sciences, Humanities, Business and others—such as STEM education—interested in programs within the division of social and behavioral sciences should attend.
Tech Today, May 3, 2010
Board of Control approves new Ph.D. degrees
The Michigan Technological University Board of Control, at its meeting Friday morning, approved submitting proposals for two new Ph.D. degrees to the State Academic Affairs Officers, with one in environmental and energy policy and the other in geophysics. "The proposal for a Ph.D. in environmental and energy policy builds on our existing master's program in environmental policy," board member Marty Richardson said. "It will prepare students to conduct research in support of societal decisions regarding environmental and energy policy goals."
Mining Gazette, May 1, 2010
New Funding
Department Chair Patrick Martin (Social Sciences) has received $497,982 from the US Department of Interior for a project, "Historical Survey of Abandoned Mines in the Fairbanks District, Bureau of Land Management Alaska."
Tech Today, April 28, 2010
MAGS Distinguished Thesis Award Nomination
Seth DePasqual was nominated for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award (MAGS) by his advisor, Timothy Scarlett, on behalf of the social sciences department. His advisor described his thesis as "...a study of the evolution of an early 20th century mining system in Spitsbergen as applied by Boston-based Arctic Coal Company."
Tech Today, April 28, 2010
Professors Launch New Local History Books
Professor Larry Lankton (Social Sciences), who has been at Tech since 1981, has written "Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s to 1990s." It is an overview of the entire Lake Superior copper district, with an emphasis on the three biggest companies: Quincy, Calumet and Hecla, and Copper Range. Wayne State University Press published the book, and it is Lankton's fourth about Upper Michigan's copper range. Former Professor Alison (Kim) Hoagland (also from Social Sciences) has written "Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country." It is an architectural history published by the University of Minnesota Press. It's her third book. The other two are focused on Alaska and Wyoming.
Tech Today, April 23, 2010
Ontonagon wins
After six rounds answering local history questions, "Parker's Pirates," a team made up of Ontonagon High School students left the eighth annual High School Local History Smackdown with the championship trophy. Judges were Mark Rowe from the Keweenaw County Historical Society, Scott See from the Michigan Technological University social sciences department and Jo Urion of the Keweenaw County Historical Park.
Mining Gazette, April 23, 2010
PCA Inducts New Members and Honors Students
Social Sciences major Anne E. Aho is a recipient of the the annual Women of Promise award. This award recognizes current female students from each academic department who go above and beyond what is expected of them in terms of being a well-rounded student. The award goes to students who have demonstrated academic achievement, campus and community leadership, good citizenship, creativity and other characteristics of high-achieving individuals.
Tech Today, April 22, 2010
Undergraduate Expo Award Winners Announced
Undergraduate Research : Second place ($75)--Testing and Refining Rehydroxylation Ceramic Dating Project: Testing and Refining a new dating tool for archeology Student researchers: Patrick Bowen (MSE) and Helen Ranck (MSE) and Jessica Beck, (Biological Sciences) Advisors: Associate Professor Timothy Scarlett (SS) and Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE)
Tech Today, April 20, 2010
Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840-1990
Larry Lankton talks on August 17, 2010, at 2:00 pm in
the Michigan Iron Industry Museum of Negaunee.
Michigan DNR, April 15, 2010
Library Hosts Book Signings
Professor Larry Lankton of the social sciences department will premiere "Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s-1990s," at 4 p.m., Friday, April 16. Kim Hoagland, professor emeriti, presents "Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country," at 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 20.
Tech Today, April 13, 2010
Memorializing Mining Through Literacy (Lankton and Hoagland)
IronwoodInfo, April 13, 2010
Architect of Prize-Winning Indian Memorial on Campus
Tech Today, April 13, 2010
Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences) presented a paper "Pearl Harbor's Waters" at a symposium on "Water, Culture, and Power" at the Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings held in in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, March 24-28, 2010.
Tech Today, April 12, 2010
Research Excellence Fund Awards Announce
The Vice President for Research Office is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Research Excellence Fund Awards. Awards totaled $472,527, and there are 27 award recipients. Louisa Dyble, Audrey Mayer, Mark Rouleau, and Samuel Sweitz were awarded Scholarship and Creativity Grants.
Tech Today, April 12, 2010
Christa Walck, professor of Organizational Behavior (Business), presented two papers at the International Association for Business and Society's 21st Annual Conference in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on Business and the Sustainable Commons: "Can Design Transform Mass Consumer Culture for Environmental Sustainability." She also presented with coauthor Associate Professor Carol MacLennan (Social Sciences), "Using Environmental History to Understand Sustainability: The Case of Silver City, NM."
Tech Today, April 5, 2010
K12 Students Compete in History Day Event
History came alive for more than 80 students in grades 4 through 12 in the District 1 regional competition for National History Day, held Saturday, March 20, at the Memorial Union. The competition is sponsored by the Michigan Tech Archives with financial support from the Department of Social Sciences.
Tech Today, March 24, 2010
History Day celebrates the past
Mining Gazette, March 22, 2010
Archives Sponsors District History Day Competition
Michigan Tech Archives Blog, March 22, 2010
Nordberg Talks About Nordberg
Social Sciences will host a brown bag lunch presentation by Archivist Erik Nordberg at noon, today, in AOB 201. Nordberg, a doctoral student in industrial heritage and archaeology, will address the Nordberg Manufacturing Co., a case study in his research, which examines the challenges encountered when collecting archival records of industrial enterprises. The Nordberg company manufactured steam engines, beginning in 1886, in Milwaukee.
Tech Today, March 19, 2010
Two Michigan Tech Students Win Gilman Scholarships for Study Abroad
Kara Oikarinen, a senior majoring in social sciences and education, received $5,000 for study this semester at the University of Ghana at Legon. Oikarinen is one of two recipients of the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad. They were among 900 undergraduates selected for the competitive scholarships from more than 3,000 applicants nationwide.
Michigan Tech News, March 11, 2010
Michigan Tech faculty members, family and student survive earthquake in Chile
Keweenaw Now, March 3, 2010
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Dispatches from Chile: Faculty Members’ Children Relate their Earthquake Experiences
Sam Wallace, a 5th grader at Houghton Elementary, and his sister, Cecilia, a 7th grade student at the middle school, lived through the Chilean earthquake with their parents, Chuck Wallace and Susanna Peters, both members of the Tech faculty. Sam and Cecilia describe their experiences...
Michigan Tech News, March 3, 2010 | Related: Michigan Tech Computer Science Professor Wins Fulbright Scholarship
Michigan Tech Faculty Members, Family and Student Survive Earthquake in Chile
“And my children were supposed to start school this week,” he said. “It’s the end of summer vacation here. Everything’s been delayed a week. My wife, Susanna Peters [a senior lecturer in Tech's social sciences department], will be teaching English, too, but everything’s been pushed back a bit"
Michigan Tech News, March 1, 2010
| Related: Off to Chile
Proposal in Progress
Alex Mayer (CEE/MTCWS) and Kathy Halvorsen (SFRES/MTCWS), "IDR: Collaborative Research: Sustainable Water Resources for Communities under Climate Change: Can State-of-the-Art Forecasting Inform Decision-Making in Data Sparse Regions?" NSF
Tech Today, February 26, 2010
International Studies
Associate Professor Mary Durfee presented a paper, "Information Transparency in the Evolution of US-Canada Relations," at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association in New Orleans, Feb. 16-20. She also chaired and/or served as discussant for two panels: "Democracy, Accountability, and Treaty-Making" and "International Law in the Domestic, International, and Supranational Sphere." Durfee was also elected chair of the ISA Misty Gerner Innovations in Teaching Award committe.
Tech Today, February 24, 2010
New Funding from Fulbright
Associate Professor Mary Durfee received a small grant from Fulbright to execute a follow-on project from her 2007-08 Fulbright to Malta. The project is called "Assessment of a New Model in International Education: The University of Malta's International Masters Programme." The Fulbright initiative is aimed at sustaining ties between former scholars and their host institutions.
Tech Today, February 24, 2010
A major embarrassment
When people ask me what my major is, two options for a response pop into my mind. I can tell them I am a Social Sciences major with a concentration in Law and Society or I can mumble something indistinct and make an excuse to leave before I suffer any embarrassment. When I glanced at the latest enrollment statistics for Spring 2010, I felt very alone....
Michigan Tech Lode, February 17, 2010
Faculty Member Named to National Research Council Committee
Kathleen Halvorsen, associate professor of natural resource policy, has been appointed to the National Academies/National Research Council Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production. The committee will study current and project biofuel production, use, and impacts on the environment. Halvorsen, who has taught at Michigan Tech since 1995, holds joint appointments in SFRES and Social Sciences. She has headed Tech's Environmental Policy Graduate Program since 2003.
Tech Today, February 10, 2010
Professor Barry D. Solomon published a paper, "Biofuels and Sustainability," in the inaugural issue of Ecological Economics Reviews, 1 (2010): 119-134. The article was included in Part III. Case studies. Ecological Economics Reviews is edited by Karin E. Limburg and published by The New York Academy of Sciences in collaboration with United States Society for Ecological Economics.
Tech Today, February 8, 2010
Fulbright Scholar Studies Immigrant Finns
Ulla Aatsinki, a Fulbright scholar from Tampere, Finland, feels right at home at Tech these days as she studies Finnish immigrants to Upper Michigan. She has traveled far and found the familiar. She says these newcomers brought with them a frame of mind that they shared with their forbears in the homeland: sisu, a Finnish word for which there is no literal translation. READ MORE
Tech Today, January 20, 2010
Patrick Martin Leads International Preservation Effort
Patrick Martin, chair of Social Sciences, has been named the president of The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH), which has a hand in helping identify sites around the world to be added to the United Nations' World Heritage List—a compilation of natural and cultural places around the world that have "outstanding, universal human value." READ MORE
Tech Today, January 13, 2010
Finland Calling with Carl Pellonpaa
"...my first guest for the New Year will be Pasi Lautala, currently at Michigan Tech and also the leader of the Musical group Pasikats. He'll be ready with his accordion along with discussing many subjects both in Finnish and English! Terve tuloa Pasi! Welcome Pasi! Sitten...and then, January 10, another guest with ties to Michigan Tech, Ulla Aatsinki; who is a fullbright scholar from Finland. The Flu Bug and Snow kept her from the studio several times last year; lets hope things work out now in the New Year! Aivan! terve tuloa Ulla! Welcome Ulla!"
WLUC TV6, January 3, 2010
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