Fidelity is offering phone or virtual retirement counseling sessions on the following days:
To schedule an appointment with Fidelity, call 800-642-7131 or book an appointment online.
The Husky Emergency Assistance Fund (HEAF) was established to help members of our campus community who are experiencing financial hardship. The fund is supported by the generous donations of Michigan Tech alumni and friends. All current students, faculty and staff who have incurred emergency-related expenses and can demonstrate need are welcome to apply.
To donate to the fund, get more information or complete an application for financial assistance, visit the Husky Emergency Assistance Fund website, email heaf@mtu.edu, or call 906-487-1567.
This week, the Film Board presents “Cruella,” rated PG-13 for some violence and thematic elements.
Showings:
Starting this week: 5:30 p.m. showtimes will be shown with subtitles!
Located on Michigan Tech's campus in Fisher Hall, Room 135.
Tickets are $3 and concessions are $1. We hope to see you at the movie this weekend — and have a great day.
The Graduate Student Government (GSG) at Michigan Tech is pleased to announce this year's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. In this prestigious academic competition, participants are judged on their communication and presentation skills while delivering their research in just three minutes with one static PowerPoint slide.
With 33 participants and three different heats, nine finalists have been chosen. Full information about the finalists will be posted on our social media tomorrow (Nov. 4).
The preliminary rounds will be held at the MUB Ballroom from 1-4 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 4). The finalists will compete later tomorrow night, from 6-8 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock.
Shuttle service will be available from the MUB to the Orpheum Theater. The shuttle to the theater will leave the MUB at 5:30 p.m., and the shuttle back to the MUB will leave the theater at 8:30 p.m.
A People’s Choice (PC) award will be awarded to a speaker selected by the event’s audience. An online voting poll will be set up for the People’s Choice award. Vote for your favorite!
Prefer to attend virtually? We have you covered — the finals will also be streamed live online. You can find more information on that at our website.
Come out, grab some pizza from Studio Pizza and join us (in person or virtually) to listen to graduate students presenting their research in just three minutes!
Registration for the third session of Adult Huskies Aquatics Programs closes Friday (Nov. 5). Sign up now! The programs will start Nov. 9 and end Dec. 9 (no class Nov. 23 and 25).
PROGRAM DATES AND COST:
Classes meet Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-6:20 p.m. at the SDC Pool. Cost is $100 per session (a discount is available for SDC members!).
Michigan Tech students and alumni, in collaboration with Colorado State University, will be participating in two virtual “Live From the COP” events at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP).
For an insider’s take on the event and conference proceedings, register for these short reports by participants:
This multi-institutional, transnational project is led on the Tech campus by principal investigator (PI) Sarah Green (Chem), who is currently in Glasgow for COP26.
Congratulations to Chemistry graduate students Monica Nyansa and Sodiq Waheed for awards received at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) 2021 Virtual Conference, which took place in September.
Waheed earned the Graduate Poster Presentation Award in the Biochemistry/Biophysics Division.
Nyansa earned the Graduate Poster Presentation Award in the Biology/Medicinal Chemistry Division and placed first in the Science Communication Competition - Graduate Student Category.
The poster award is based on presenters' contribution to scientific research and the quality and clarity of their presentations, which were given at the conference.
The Science Communication Competition winners are decided based on competitors' contribution to science and their engagement of the general public on Twitter about their scientific research during the conference.
The annual NOBCCHE conference brings together Black and other minority students and professionals to share their research and connect with others.
NOBCChE is a nonprofit professional organization dedicated to assisting Black and other minority students and professionals in fully realizing their potential in academic, professional and entrepreneurial pursuits in chemistry, chemical engineering and allied fields.
Undergraduate chemical engineering student Lauren Spahn's abstract was accepted for presentation at the 2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Undergraduate Student Poster Session.
Spahn's abstract, titled "Optimization of Lignin Precipitation with Functional Group Control for Use in Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams," will be part of the Materials Engineering and Sciences session on Monday (Nov. 8) during the 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, which is being held in Boston Nov. 7-11 and virtually from Nov. 15-19.
The AIChE Annual Meeting is the forum for ChEs interested in innovation and professional growth. Experts will cover wide range of topics relevant to cutting-edge research, new technologies, and emerging areas in the field. This year's topic is "Building the Bridge in 21st Century Education."
Doctoral candidate Kevin Nevorski (BioSci) will present his Ph.D. defense Friday (Nov. 5) at 2 p.m. This virtual defense will be held online only. Attendance is invited via Zoom.
Nevorski's defense is titled "Denitrification and nitrogen fixation commonly co-occur but rates vary throughout the year and in different environments."
From the abstract:
Denitrification and nitrogen fixation are nitrogen cycling processes which can occur simultaneously in streams but are rarely studied together. The overarching goal of this dissertation was to quantify temporal and spatial variation of these rates in streams across the USA, characterize the environmental drivers of that variation, and determine the role that denitrification plays in the carbon cycle. ... Overall, we found that denitrification and nitrogen fixation commonly cooccur, that rates are more variable spatially and temporally than expected, and that this variation is not simply explained by environmental characteristics as commonly assumed.
The ICC Distinguished Lecture by Philip E. Bourne, scheduled for Friday (Nov. 5), has been postponed.
A new date will be announced in spring 2022 semester.
Read more on the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems Blog.
The ICC's Joint Center for Biocomputing and Digital Health will present a lecture Monday (Nov. 8) from noon to 1 p.m. in Kanwal and Ann Rekhi Hall (Rekhi), Room 214.
Chen Zhao, M.S. in Computational Science and Engineering (CsE), will present "Topology-based image semantic segmentation by graph neural networks: an application for coronary artery semantic segmentation."
Read more on the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems Blog.
Deborah Lee, director of the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, will present a virtual seminar on Monday (Nov. 8) at 4 p.m. in the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building (M&M), Room U113.
Lee’s presentation is titled “NOAA in the Great Lakes.”
This seminar is sponsored by the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI) and the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering (CEGE).
Read the abstract at the University Events Calendar.
How do you communicate an innovative idea with stakeholders? The more you can demonstrate how your innovation works, the better your understanding of the solution and the more informative feedback will be.
Join us for an interactive workshop held in the Alley Makerspace (MUB basement) in which you will prototype your innovation and test it for "customer" feedback. Prototyping can range from simple to complex. We will focus on building a mockup of your idea so you can present it and gather feedback. This feedback will inform your next design iteration and help you to tailor your solution to your end-user’s needs.
Join us Nov. 11 from 5:30-7 p.m. Register to attend, and we will follow up with a Google Calendar invite.
The next ME-EM Graduate Seminar Speaker will present at 4 p.m. tomorrow (Nov. 4) via Zoom.
Roozbeh Dargazany will present "Modeling Aging of Polymeric Materials: Representing Material Through a Cooperative Game between Shallow Neural-Network Agents."
Dargazany's research at Michigan State University focuses on solid mechanics, material modeling, aging, degradation and reliability of soft materials in harsh environments.
Michigan Tech men's basketball is at NCAA Division I Ball State University today (Nov. 3) for a 7 p.m. tipoff at Worthen Arena in exhibition men's basketball.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
The Michigan Tech hockey team is ranked No. 18 in this week's USCHO.com Top 20 poll for the third straight week.
The Huskies open CCHA play this weekend by hosting Lake Superior State at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The puck drops at 7:07 p.m. Friday (Nov. 5) and 6:07 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 6) against the Lakers, currently the second team outside of the Top 20.
Read more at the Michigan Tech Athletics website.
Job Postings for Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021
Staff and faculty job descriptions are available on the Human Resources website. For more information regarding staff positions, call 906-487-2280 or email mtujobs@mtu.edu.
For more information regarding faculty positions, contact the academic department in which the position is posted.
Assistant Research Scientist – Environmental Remote Sensing / GIS,
Michigan Tech Research Institute. Apply online.
Assistant Research Scientist – Earth Science Remote Sensing / GIS,
Michigan Tech Research Institute. Apply online.
Building Mechanic III (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21296 and #21297, Sports and Recreation (AFSCME posting Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 2021 — internal AFSCME applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal AFSCME posting dates). Apply online.
Administrative Aide 8 (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21224RPRP, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (UAW posting Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 2021 — internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal UAW posting dates). Apply online.
Administrative Aide 7 (12 months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21225RP1, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (UAW posting Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 2021 — internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal UAW posting dates). Apply online.
Administrative Aide 7 (nine months/ 40 hours/ first shift) #21225RP2, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics (UAW posting Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, 2021 — internal UAW applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal UAW posting dates). Apply online.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Accommodations are available. If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at 906-487-2280 or mtujobs@mtu.edu.
Ph.D. student Larissa Juip (SS) has published a review of "Staging Indigenous Heritage: Instrumentalisation, Brokerage, and Representation in Malaysia" in the journal Museum Worlds.
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Ph.D. students James Juip and Larissa Juip (SS) have been published as contributors to the edited volume "Shaped by Steel: Landscapes, Lives and Legacies of a Global Industry."
James and Larissa's article, titled "Future Directions of Industrial Heritage Interpretation at the Soudan Underground Mine," appears on pages 113-120 of the volume.
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William Cooke (KIP) published an article with Ph.D. student Joshua Gonzalez (graduated), undergraduate Stephanie Jewell (graduated) and Ph.D. student Steven Stelly in the journal Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical.
The article is titled "Controlled breathing and autonomic rhythms: Influence of auditory versus visual cues."
The open-access article may be accessed online.
Face Coverings Required Indoors on Campus
While Michigan Tech is at Health and Safety Level Two, face coverings must be worn indoors. This applies to all students, employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.
Michigan Tech strongly recommends that all employees and students continue with handwashing and hand-sanitizing practices, especially in light of the virulence of the COVID-19 delta variant. Please be aware that if you are exposed to COVID-19, quarantine guidelines vary depending on vaccination status.
In Level Two, students and employees are not required to monitor their symptoms daily prior to coming to campus. But, individuals should be mindful of their own symptoms. A useful monitoring tool is available from the CDC.
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On-Demand COVID-19 Testing Available on Campus
Walk-in, on-demand COVID-19 testing is available to Michigan Tech students and employees during the fall 2021 semester.
Testing is located in the Datolite Room at the MUB. There is no cost to be tested, and no appointment is needed.
This week, testing will be available only on Thursday (Nov. 4) from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. The regular testing days (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) will resume next week on Monday (Nov. 8).
Read more COVID-19 Testing Information on the MTU Flex website.
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Brown Bag Research Seminar Series
The campus community is invited to hear Xin Li (COB), assistant professor of finance, present "Do Firms Set Pension Discount Rates Strategically?" as part of the College of Business Brown Bag Research Seminar Series, from noon to 1 p.m. today (Nov. 3), in the Academic Office Building, Room 101.
From the abstract:
Corporations reduce the magnitude of their pension contributions through their choice of pension liability discount rates, and do so asymmetrically; firms are slow to drop the rates when corporate bond rates drop, but raise them rapidly when rates rise. This effect varies across firms due to heterogeneity in firm investment productivity and financing and pension funding constraints that deter corporate investments. We find setting higher discount rates helps to improve investments of underfunded firms, particularly for financially constrained firms vulnerable to lower rates.
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Interactive Discussion: 'Popping the Filter Bubble'
Individuals are bombarded daily by a mass of information curated just for them. Join librarians and other experts from Michigan Tech’s campus for an interactive discussion called "Popping the Filter Bubble" as part of the Bad Info Project today (Nov. 3) from 5-7 p.m. in the Van Pelt and Opie Library’s East Reading Room.
Discussion facilitators, including faculty, lecturers and staff from a range of departments on campus, will each present relevant research to help participants better understand the role of algorithms and information filtering, and strategies to work around them. They will then lead small-group discussions on each topic so participants can actively engage with and manage the flow of information around them.
Library events are open to all faculty, staff, students and community members.
This event is made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by funding from the Department of Humanities at Michigan Tech.
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Lunch and Learn: Celebrating Women's Health
Join us today (Nov. 3) at noon in the MUB Ballroom, B3, as physical therapist Dr. Anne Cooke and licensed massage therapist Kristi Kirkpatrick celebrate women's health.
Cooke and Kirkpatrick will explore many aspects of women's health including: mental health, self-care, physical health and nutrition.
Learn how these all merge to make us our optimal selves at work and at home.
This Lunch and Learn will count toward Option 2 on your Husky Health form for 2021!
To have your event automatically appear, please submit them to the University Events Calendar.
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