Sonderegger Symposium Takes Place Oct. 2

Audience watches presentation

Sixteen presentations on Upper Peninsula topics were featured at the eighth annual Sonderegger Symposium at Northern Michigan University on October 2.  For complete information and symposium details click here.



News and Information
Finnish Anti Socialist League Immigration History of the Marquette Iron Range

On Saturday, Oct. 18 the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives hosted an all-day symposium on the history of immigration to the Marquette Iron Range. Full story

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Marquette, MI 49855

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Great Lakes Panel
Three expert panelists discussed issues affecting not only our region, but the world, at the Great LakesLake Image Symposium: Politics and Policy of Protecting the Great Lakes from 3-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3 in Reynolds Recital Hall of C.B. Hedgcock.. The panelists were David Dempsey, journalist and author of Great Lakes For Sale: >From Whitecaps to Bottle; Ken Sikkema, national expert on water and environmental issues and former senate majority leader; and Tom Baldini, former chairman of the International Joint Commission.

Weather in the U.P.
If you live or have ever lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, you know that weather conditions are a vital element of everyday life. Many U.P. residents love weather facts and the Center for U.P. Studies has a bunch for you.  Learn more