October 2009

Beginning with the Par and Grill restaurant, Mark Maroste, manager of the Portage Lake Golf Course, says it was a very good season. But he has even more planned for the future.

With the help of a dedicated community volunteeer, Michigan Tech is launching a campaign to plant a Memorial Grove at the east entrance to campus along Highway 41.

University Marketing and Communications has earned three Circle of Excellence Awards from District V of CASE.

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

School of Technology Developing New Program in Robotics and Industrial Automation

PhD student Tara Bal uses an unorthodox method to collect leaves from the treetops.

Native Americans, Tech community celebrate 14th annual powwow on campus.

Michigan Tech’s School of Business and Economics MBA program has been honored by the Aspen Institute’s 2009-2010 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools.

Terry Mazure and John Krystof take the silver and bronze in AIChE design challenge

The Oct. 31, 2009, Safehouse has been cancelled to help prevent the spread of flu in the community.

Effort is funded by a $2.8 million grant from the DOE National Energy Technology Lab

Where there are wildfires, there is smoke. And climate change may mean more wildfires and more intense ones. What might that mean for the health of people downwind from the smoke? 

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

Featuring performances by country music star Crystal Shawanda and amazing hoop dancer Lowrey Begay

sand castles, a tug of war and lots more

Team takes delivery on 2009 GM Saturn Vue

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.