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Wisconsin-Madison's Shawn Spannbauer completes the 2010 Clean Snowmobile Challenge Endurance Run

Three Sleds Complete Clean Snowmobile Challenge Endurance Run

March 16, 2010
By Marcia Goodrich

Minnesota-Duluth, Wisconsin-Madison, North Dakota State

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Chile Earthquake

Dispatches from Chile: Faculty Members’ Children Relate their Earthquake Experiences

March 3, 2010
By Dennis Walikainen

Children of computer science faculty member Chuck Wallace and his wife, Susanna Peters, a faculty member in social sciences, relate their experiences during the Chilean earthquake.

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Middle school girls discover that science is fun

Middle School Girls Get WISE at Michigan Tech

February 17, 2010
By Kara Sokol

Local middle school girls explored the excitement of science and engineering fields at Michigan Tech's annual Get WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program. 

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Technical support experts guide transportation technology webinar participants through web-based training.

Center for Technology & Training Brings New Tools to Transportation Technology Transfer

February 10, 2010
By Jennifer Donovan

A reorganized Center for Technology & Training is bringing web-based transportation technology transfer to county road commissions, cities, towns and villages throughout Michigan and across the country.

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Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2009 Endurance Run

More MPGs on the Trail: Fuel Economy the Focus of Clean Snowmobile Challenge Twenty-ten

January 28, 2010
By Marcia Goodrich

Nineteen teams from colleges across North America's Snow Belt are building, cleaner, quieter, greener machines.

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Terry McNinch, center, and Tim Colling receive Transportation Research Board Charley Wootan Award

Terry McNinch, Tim Colling Win Transportation Research Board Award

January 20, 2010
By Jennifer Donovan

The Transportation Research Board of the National Research Council has honored Michigan Tech's Terry McNinch and Tim Colling with its Charley V. Wootan Award.

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Earthrise

The Best of the Best: 15 Years of the Astronomy Picture of the Day

January 19, 2010
By Marcia Goodrich

Physics professor Robert Nemiroff showed dozens of photos that run the gamut from modern engineering marvels to artistic fantasy.

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Michigan Tech's Winter Driving School

Snow Advisories Got You on the Skids? Sign Up for Michigan Tech’s Winter Driving School

January 18, 2010
By Marcia Goodrich

Learn to face icy roadways with confidence.

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Demonstrators in Copenhagen, where the international climate change conference is taking place.

International Climate Change Conference: Final Dispatch from Copenhagen

December 17, 2009
By Jennifer Donovan

A Michigan Tech graduate student and an undergraduate visit Copenhagen, Denmark, during the UN's international  cimate change conference. Here is their third and final report.

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Demonstrators in Copenhagen, where the international climate change conference is taking place.

International Climate Change Conference: Another Dispatch from Copenhagen

December 15, 2009
By Jennifer Donovan

In the second Dispatch from Copenhagen, undergraduate anthropology major Cate Cogger reports on her experiences at the international climate change conference.

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