http://www.glmri.org en-us cwolosz@d.umn.edu GLMRI News Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (C-FIRE) are co-sponsoring Joan Chadde’s workshops through Michigan Technological University for K-12 teachers to learn about shipping and commerce on the Great Lakes. This is her fourth offering of the programs, and she’s taken on a new focus. This summer’s program will center in Toledo, Ohio, and focus on the lower Lakes (June 21-25, 2010). Also this summer, she had included a separate program at Houghton, MI for teachers to learn about navigation (June 28 – July 2, 2010). Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:04:00 CDT Over Sep 23-25, 2009, the GLMRI Advisory Board met in Superior, WI, with a day and a half venue of research presentations by the project principal investigators and affiliate universities. A highlight this year was a guest presentation by Dr. Sandra Knight who chairs the Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS) Action Team for Research and Development. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:04:00 CDT $950,000 for the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute is included in the budget signed by the President. The funds are intended to continue an authorized project to develop and improve economically and environmentally sustainable maritime commerce on the Great Lakes through applied research at institutions throughout the region, including Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Minnesota and Wisconsin. GLMRI was designated by George Bush’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) as one of 8 National Maritime Enhancement Institutes in June 2005. Its work is overseen by an advisory board that includes MARAD, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Great Lakes ports and shippers. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:04:00 CDT