Totally Awesome Lobbyists
by Annie Scott
February 16, 2010
Here’s what’s going on in a land far away but not so far apart from the Mitten …
Picture a surfer. What does he (or she) look like? Sound like? Act like?
If you’ve ever seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High, then I’m guessing you’re picturing Jeff Spicoli (quite [...]

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Michigan Readies Launch of Freshwater Research Front
Great Lakes Research Center at MTU campus designed to spur collaboration
by Dave Dempsey
January 16, 2010
The Great Lakes have never been sexier. Ecologically, socially and politically, they’re on the tip of the tongue.

Artist’s rendering of the new waterfront Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Tech. Courtesy Michigan Technological University.
Thwarting the [...]

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Bordering on Greatness
Michigan’s relationship with its Canadian neighbor provides a major economic advantage
by John Foren
November 16, 2009
Editor’s note: In this increasingly global economy, Michigan’s most important “foreign” relationship is close at hand, with neighboring Canada. This is the first in a regular series of features in which Dome explores major political, policy and cultural issues [...]

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