June 3, 2022

This Pride Month, a few Michigan Tech faculty and staff from across campus gathered for a conversation on being queer in the Keweenaw.

In this roundtable Q&A, Amlan Mukherjee (CEGE), Erin Matas (Library/VPA), Kelly Steelman (CLS), Paige Short (OVPDI) and Tom Adolphs (HU) share their thoughts and experiences on the importance of representation, connections and conversations during this heritage month and beyond.

"When I started at Michigan Tech in 2005, I had moved from Seattle," Mukherjee said. "And there were maybe a couple of those (Safe Place) stickers at the time. But as soon as everybody in my department found out that I was out and gay, almost my entire department went ahead and signed up for the program and put the stickers up. It was a quiet gesture, but it meant so much to me."

Read the whole conversation on the Diversity and Inclusion Newsblog.

The North Coast Grill and Deli will feature a fish and chips special today (June 3) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring beer-battered Alaskan pollock, fries, slaw and a beverage for $9.95.

Located in the Memorial Union Building, the North Coast also features burgers, grilled sandwiches, salads made to order, and stir fry. We are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Suverna Trivedi of the University of California, Berkeley, will be presenting at the next Physics Colloquium. Please join the in-person presentation at 11 a.m. Monday (June 6) in Fisher Hall 101.

Trivedi's presentation is titled "Thinking Catalysis/Materials: Step by Step for Energy and Environment Applications."

Read the abstract on the University Events Calendar.

This program/lecture is partially funded/sponsored by the Visiting Professor Program, which is funded by a grant to the Office of the Provost from the State of Michigan's King-Chávez-Parks Initiative.

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.

Sigrid Resh (CFRES/ESC) is the principal investigator on a project that has received a $60,000 research and development grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

The project is titled "Expanding KISMA's reach across both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems."

Yousef Darestani (CEGE) is a co-author of a paper on wind-surge-wave fragility assessment of wood poles selected as the Editor's Choice in the Journal of Structural Engineering.

Editor's Choice selections may be chosen for each issue of the journal by the chief editor. The selected paper is featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library.

The paper is titled "Parametrized Wind–Surge–Wave Fragility Functions for Wood Utility Poles."

Yahoo! News picked up a story about the TechMBA’s new hybrid program debuting in the Grand Traverse area. The story, featuring quotes from Jay Meldrum (KRC), first appeared in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

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Michigan Farm News mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on $32 million in funding awarded by the U.S. Forest service to expand the use of wood products. 

Michigan Tech is one of three Michigan applicants to receive funding from the USFS.

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Michigan Tech was mentioned in an Offshore Energy story on the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s third Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.

A Husky was the winner of the Best Pitch individual category of the MECC, which endorses new marine energy ideas for capturing the power of the ocean. 

Further, the DOE selected MTU as one of the participants in the 2023 MECC.

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LouAnn Wurst (SS) was quoted by WLUC TV6 in a story on the Marquette Regional History Center presentation she gave June 1. 

Wurst discussed the findings of an archaeological project excavating five sites occupied by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company cordwood choppers and their families. The archaeological sites are located in Alger County near Munising.

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WBKB-TV 11 mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on a research project studying shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan.

The project is being conducted by researchers from MTU, Michigan State University and Louisiana State University.

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The Oscoda Press mentioned Michigan Tech in a story on the recent workings of the Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport Authority. The OWAA executive committee awarded a $6,000 pilot scholarship to an incoming Husky.

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