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The PICO Mountain Observatory, in the Azores

Michigan Tech Researchers to Study Atmospheric Aerosols at PICO Mountain Research Observatory

October 18, 2011
By Marcia Goodrich

Located in the Azores, the observatory is ideal for investigating pollutants drifting east from North America.

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Graduates students with a faculty member on the Keweenaw Waterway.

Tech Bucks National Trend in Graduate Student Enrollment

October 17, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

Michigan Tech graduate enrollment is at an all-time high, while nationally the enrollment of new graduate students is down slightly. There are several reasons for Tech's success.

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Renowned Composer to Direct Students at Michigan Tech Honors Band and Choir Festival

October 14, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

Eric Whitacre visiting campus to lead Tech and high school students in concert of contemporary classical music

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Michigan Tech PhD student Azad Henareh uses remote sensing images and data to identify sudden forest loss in western Iran. The research approach and factors involved are similar to those discussed in the Oct. 14, 2011 issue of the journal Science.

Ecosystem Management Must Consider Human Impact Too

October 13, 2011
By Jennifer Donovan

Sustainable management of the world's forests and grasslands requires an understanding of how animals grazing and human activities impact change in these ecosystems.

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Business School Dedicates LSGI Trading Room

October 12, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

The new LSGI Trading Room is now home to Michigan Tech's Applied Portfolio Management Program, which invests $1 million of real money in the stock market.

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No Fear of Failure: Technology Entrepreneurs Urge Students to Go for It

October 12, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

Alumni entrepreneurs offered students and community members suggestions for starting up companies and succeeding with tomorrow's technologies.

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Engineering Student Garners Statewide Art Recognition

October 11, 2011
By Dennis Walikainen

Mechanical engineering student Jared Schlueter's self portrait in pencil has been chosen to hang in the Michigan Legislature's House Office Building in Lansing for the next year.

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