Outreach

A graduate student and an undergraduate from Michigan Tech are in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week during the United Nations' international climate change conference. They send dispatches from Copenhagen. 

MichiganTech Youth Programs takes science on the road to Grand Rapids.

The public is invited to drop by between 5 and 8:30 p.m. to see raptors up close and talk with experts.

Alex Guth, PhD student, online lecturer and Kenyan geology researcher, was tapped as an expert for a National Geographic television show airing next spring.

Michigan Tech has received nearly $200,000 from the Michigan Department of Education for a professional development program for grades 5-12 physics and chemistry teachers.

Michigan Tech is one of five universities nationwide selected to receive a 2009 Ford College Community Challenge grant. The funding will enable undergraduates to work with community groups and schools to help winterize homes of elderly residents of the community. 

The Family Engineering program helps families work together to discover what engineering is, how to solve engineering problems and inspire some youngsters to pursue education and careers in engineering.

MentorNet links students and young teachers with professionals for career guidance.  

A group of Grand Rapids middle-school science teachers are spending this week at Michigan Tech, finding ways to make earth science more engaging for students.

IBM is opening a Global Rail Innovation Center in Beijing, China, and the company has tapped Michigan Tech as one of only two university partners. The other is MIT.