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Published December 29, 2010, 07:00 AM

UW-Superior researchers attend conference in Japan, visit sister city’s mayor

Matt TenEyck and Amy Eliott, associate researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute took part in the International Symposium for Sustainable Agriculture hosted Dec. 4-11 by the College of Agriculture at Ibaraki University in Japan.

By: For the Superior Telegram, Superior Telegram

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    Matt TenEyck, third from left, and Amy Eliott, fourth from left, associate researchers at UW-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute, pose with Mayor Fujio Amada, third from right, of Superior’s sister city of Ami Machi, Japan, and university faculty members and town officials. TenEyck and Elliott paid a courtesy call to the mayor while attending a scientific conference. (Submitted photo)

Matt TenEyck and Amy Eliott, associate researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Lake Superior Research Institute took part in the International Symposium for Sustainable Agriculture hosted Dec. 4-11 by the College of Agriculture at Ibaraki University in Japan.

The symposium focused on water quality, land use, and water usage of Lake Kasumigaura in Japan.

TenEyck also gave a presentation to celebrate the completion of the International Exchange Center in Ami Campus, Ibaraki University. The aim of the symposium is to provide a forum for further collaboration between Ibaraki University and universities in other countries.

In addition, the TenEyck and Eliot paid a courtesy call to Mayor Fujio Amada of Ami-machi, Superior’s Japanese sister city.

An Academic Exchange Agreement encourages the exchange of academic information, students, and researchers between UW-Superior and the Ibaraki University system. Researchers from LSRI have been participating, sharing research ideas, and promoting the international exchange of researchers and students between the two universities.

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