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Nasser Alaraje with his embedded systems female class at Qatar University.

Hands Across the Sea—From Michigan Tech to the Middle East and Back

February 26, 2015
By Monica Lester

A Michigan Tech School of Technology faculty member finds teaching in Qatar quite different.

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Graduate students who are learning how to communicate their science work on their news releases. From the left, Anika Kuczynski, Professor Alex Mayer (standing), Patricia Spellman, Brian Danhoff, Nicholas Bolton.

PhD Students Learn to Communicate their Research

February 12, 2015
By Jennifer Donovan

Graduate students try their hand at writing news releases about the difficulties of communicating research.  

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New Power Tour student volunteers insulated this attic.

Putting Education into Action: Michigan Tech Student Spearheads Energy Prize Project

January 27, 2015
By Monica Lester

A Michigan Tech graduate student leads a community-wide effort to win $5 million energy prize.

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Superior Ideas Challenges Enterprise Students to Help Fund Their Projects

January 26, 2015
By Monica Lester

Superior Ideas, Michigan Tech's crowdfunding site,  challenges Enterprise students to compete for matching funding.

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Pushpalatha Murthy (left) and Rohini Godbole at a STEM professional women's workshop in Bangalore.

Chemistry Professor Gives Women in STEM a Step Up

January 14, 2015
By Monica Lester

Chemistry Professor Pushpalatha Murthy helps women in STEM worldwide expand their career options. 

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Senior archivist Lindsay Hiltunen in the Michigan Tech Archives.

Michigan Tech Archivists Preserve the Past for the Future

November 17, 2014
By Monica Lester

Under archivists' skilled hands, the past comes back to life in the Archives at Michigan Tech.

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Rebecca Spencer (center) with her mother and father, Chiquita and Joseph Spencer, and her sisters.

Hands-On Engineering Education Spells Success for Detroit Student

November 10, 2014
By Jennifer Donovan

A student from Detroit finds an engineering home at Michigan Tech, DAPCEP and Marathon Petroleum Company. 

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A group of CBYX scholarship winners in Germany.

German Exchange Programs Broaden 3 Tech Students' Horizons

November 4, 2014
By Monica Lester

Three Michigan Tech students travel to Germany on competitive scholarships.

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Get WISE girls discovering how much fun engineering can be.

New Superior Ideas Projects Seek Donations for K-12 Outreach Programs

October 14, 2014
By Danny Messinger

Two new Superior Ideas crowdfunding projects help drawn young people into science, technology, engineering and math.

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A Michigan Tech student intern working at Nucor.

Michigan Tech Feeding Michigan's Appetite for Skilled STEM Workers

October 10, 2014
By Jennifer Donovan

October is STEM Careers Month, and Michigan Tech is stepping up to meet the challenge. 

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