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Premed
student Heather Richards goal is to become
a radiologist, but she will be traveling to Port Huron for the
Miss Michigan USA pageant. Read the story, Michigan
Tech student could be the next Miss Michigan USA |
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Dr.
Jeffrey Jentzen, Medical
Examiner for the County of Milwaukee, presented a seminar: Applications of Pharmacogenomics. Dr. Jentzen is
a 1975 Michigan Tech Biological Sciences graduate. |
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Bio-Athlon
2006: High school biology students from across the
Upper Peninsula competed in the 17th annual Department of Biological
Sciences Bio-Athlon that aims to encourage interest and promote
the skills of students in biology. 2006
Bio-Athlon |
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Lt.
Governor John D. Cherry visits Michigan Tech
While touring the Michigan Tech campus, the Lt. Governor emphasized
the importance of science and engineering education in Michigan,
adding that it is surprising how many engineering and science
jobs still have to be filled by people from outside Michigan. |
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Janice
Glime has been elected to a four-year term as president
of the International Association of Bryologists. See
News Story |
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Examples
of Undergraduate Research Projects in 2005 |
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Department
of Biological Sciences welcome three new faculty
Karyn Fay, M.S.,
MT (ASCP) SH joins us as a Lecturer in the Clinical Laboratory
Science program. Dr. Nancy
Auer, previously a Research Assistant Professor
in the Department, joins the ecology faculty as an Associate
Professor. Heather Youngs becomes our newest biochemistry faculty member as an Assistant
Professor." |
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Bio-Athlon
2005: High school biology students from across the
Upper Peninsula competed in the 16th annual Department of Biological
Sciences Bio-Athlon that aims to encourage interest and promote
the skills of students in biology. 2005
Bio-Athlon |
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2005
Graduation Biological Sciences Party |
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High
school science classes take a trip to our campus and spend
the day attending their first college level lecture, participating
in a lab activity and talking with faculty and staff about
life science careers.
Photos
of West Iron County High School |
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Microbiology
Club attends the Michigan Branch of the American
Society for Microbiology Conference |
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Limnology
Class Field Trips
Selected
photos from recent field trips |
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Open
House and Family Weekend
Several hundred prospective students and their families visited
Michigan Tech this Fall for Open House and Family Weekend,
but you don't have to attend an Open House for tours of Michigan
Tech
Find
out more |
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Michael
Gundale completed his MS in Biological Sciences at
Michigan Tech in spring 2002. His work suggests that earthworms
are radically changing the forest floor in the northern U.S.,
imperilling some rare native plants in the process. News
Story |
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Biology
Teachers from South Korea Attend Workshop at Michigan
Tech. Photos and more
details |
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Summer
Youth Programs: Explorations
in Microbiology
An exploration is an intensive week-long look at a particular
field or area of interest designed to introduce you to new skills
through laboratory, classroom, and field experiences. |
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Bio-Athlon:
High school biology students from across the Upper Peninsula
competed in the 15th annual Department of Biological Sciences
Bio-Athlon, May 12. The Bio-Athlon aims to encourage interest
and promote the skills of students in biology. Bio-Athlon |
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Nancy
Auer, a research assistant professor in the Department
of Biological Sciences, and her team have been tracking lake
sturgeon on the Sturgeon River for 15 years Story
Dr. Auer
will join other faculty in the Great Lakes Ecology Institute
Aboard the EPA's RV Lake Guardian on Lake Superior in July.
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Michigan
Tech freshman Dany Peavey took a few days off
last month. She returned to school with a gold, a silver and
three bronze medals from the World Kick-Boxing/Karate Association
(WKA) championships in Ireland.
Story |
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Tropical
Biology Field Trip
In the Bahamas
Dr. Tom Snyder's
Tropical Biology class, students go to
the Bahama's for spring break and get class credit. |
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Assistant
Professor Casey Huckins , of the Department
of Biological Sciences, was awarded $64,298 for his proposal
"Micrometeorological Measurements of the Air-Water Exchange
Rates of PBTs in Lake Superior." Story |
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Fifty-six
high school biology students from throughout the Upper Peninsula
competed in the 2003 14th annual Department of Biological Sciences
Bio-Athlon, May 14. ms to encourage interest and promote the
skills of students in biology. 2003
Bio-Athlon Archive |
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Biological
Sciences participates in the Sustainable Futures Institute;
See the SFI
Web Site indluding the new Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship IGERT
Doctoral Program |
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The Remote
Sensing Institute (RSI) has developed a new internal grants
program designed to help jump-start, expand and enhance research
activities at Michigan Tech. RSI
Web Site and Grants
Page |
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Assistant
Professor Casey Huckins and graduate student Andy Carlson (Biological
Sciences) are mentioned in a Summer 2003 Trout article about
the native brook trout of Lake Superior. These trout, known
as coasters, were once common in the lake, but were driven out
of most of their original habitat by over-fishing, log drives
and the encroachment of non-native species. Huckins and Carlson
are conducting the first detailed scientific study of the effects
of reintroducing coasters to local rivers. They hope that their
research will help to preserve the species. TechTopics 8/22/03 |
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Research
Assistant Professor Nancy Auer (Biological Sciences) has received
$56,700 from Little River Bank of Ottawa Indians for her project,
"Evaluation of Recruitment Success, Habitat Preference,
and River Retention of Young Lake Sturgeon in the Manistee River."
TechTopics 1/24/03 |
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Mrs. Lillian Baklarz,
friend and benefactor to MTU and the department of
Biological Sciences visited campus. Story
and photo |
