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UPEC Board Member Wins Environmental Prize

Houghton – Nominated by the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition (UPEC), long time board member, Nancy Warren of Ewen, Michigan, has been named the winner of the Petoskey Prize for Environmental Leadership. The prize is given annually by the Michigan Environmental Council, based in Lansing. The Petoskey Prize recognizes a volunteer …

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MTU Research Scientist Studying Breastfeeding In The UP

A research scientist at Michigan Tech is looking into trends concerning breastfeeding in the Upper Peninsula. Dr. Kelly Kamm works in MTU’s Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology and she saw that data about UP mom’s and breastfeeding was severely lacking. Kamm said, “So we have a lot of data about …

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