Michigan Technological University

Generations of Discovery:
the Campaign for Michigan Tech

Contributions to Michigan Tech help fund many important areas, none more so than our students. They receive financial assistance in the form of scholarships and fellowships, often thanks to alumni and friends of Michigan Tech. Generations of Discovery: the Campaign for Michigan Tech is targeting support for students to ensure they can continue their studies here. All the campaign priorities are on the website.

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Wolf-Moose Winter Study on Isle Royale

New York Times readers are following Michigan Tech researcher John Vucetich as he and Rolf Peterson bundle up and fly low, tracking the winter comings and goings of the wolves of Isle Royale. Vucetich, a wildlife ecologist in the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, is writing a series of columns for the Times' "Scientist at Work" feature.

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From All Over the State,
What Makes Michigan Great

We're gearing up for the biggest event of the year—Winter Carnival! Join the Michigan Tech campus community for our annual winter celebration, from February 8 to 12. With towering snow statues, quirky competitions, and even a show from Comedy Central alum Bo Burnham, we can’t wait for you to see what makes Michigan great.

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SAE Clean Snowmobile Challenge on Track for March

Engineering students from across North America will converge on Michigan Tech in hopes that their sled will be named the coolest, greenest snow machine.

The Clean Snowmobile Challenge, March 5-10 at the Keweenaw Research Center, is a collegiate design competition of the Society of Automotive Engineers. A total of 12 teams are registered in the internal combustion category and 5 teams in the zero emissions category.

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Superlens Breakthough Could Smash the Diffraction Limit

An inherent property of light called the diffraction limit has kept lenses from focusing in on extra-small objects like viruses. Now, Michigan Tech scientist Durdu Guney has modeled a superlens that shatters the diffraction limit throughout the visible spectrum. His work could ultimately lead to cheap, easy-to-use microscopes that let us see objects only 1/1,000th the width of a human hair.

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