2009 Archive

Philanthropic support for Michigan Tech continues strong, with several recent gifts including one to endow a new House Professorship and another bringing varsity women's soccer to the University.

The generosity of a longtime donor is bringing varsity women's soccer to Michigan Tech.

Mike Gibson has spent most of his professional life trying to better understand genetic metabolic disorders that arise in children. With that knowledge, he is working to develop treatments in mice--including liver-cell transplants--that could one day be used to treat a variety of liver-based illnesses in people.

A Tech undergrad who hopes for a career in alternative energy scores an internship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Michigan Tech alumni are brewing and selling beer in Grand Rapids, Mich. 

It was the 2009 edition of the traditional Homecoming Powderpuff football game, and the action was spirited. There were a couple of differences, though: the cheerleaders were male, some in long dresses, and the players were women.

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and Michigan Technological University entered into an agreement today that provides a link between premedical students at Michigan Tech and MSU’s medical school.

The unintended consequence of crop-based biofuels may be the loss of wildlife habitat, particularly that of the birds who call this country's grasslands home. One solution: Use diverse native prairie plants to produce bioenergy instead of a single agricultural crop like corn.

Learn salsa, merengue and cumbia and then dance to the most exhilarating music on the planet.

Students, companies compare notes for job opportunities at Tech's fall Career Fair.