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A startling experience: Touching a Van de Graaff generator makes a girll's hair stand on end.

Making A-Ha Moments: Mind Trekkers and Industry Join Forces to Bring STEM Alive for Kids

May 7, 2013
By Danny Messinger

Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers partner with industry to take a thrilling science road show to Wisconsin school students.

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Michigan Tech Peace Corps Master's International student Mary Snyder helps villagers in Cameroon weed peanuts.

Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation

May 7, 2013
By Jennifer Donovan

The US Peace Corps names Michigan Tech number one Peace Corps Master's International program in the nation for eighth consecutive year.

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Tyler Losinski

Commencement 2013: The Last Day, the First Day

May 6, 2013
By Kevin Hodur

The Commencement ceremony is a celebration, but it is also a transition from one stage of life to another. On Saturday, we got a glimpse of the future with the first day of nearly 1,000 of our students as they became Michigan Tech graduates and alumni.

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Michigan Tech students will soon benefit from two gifts from alumni designed to support teaching and learning.

Alumni Gifts Fund Two Major Learning Initiatives at Michigan Tech

May 3, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

The Wahtera Center for Student Success and the William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning

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Michigan Tech President Glenn D. Mroz

Michigan Tech Board of Control Approves Budget, Tuition Rates

May 3, 2013
By Jennifer Donovan

Tuition rises at the lowest rate in nearly a decade

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A RISEing Star: Biomedical Engineering Student Awarded International Research Internship

May 1, 2013
By Karina Jousma

Leslie LaLonde will conduct research at the University of Hannover, in Germany, focusing on cardiac tissue graft support structures.

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beth flynn and class

The Last Class: Beth Flynn, Humanities

April 30, 2013
By Dennis Walikainen

Humanities Professor Beth Flynn teaches her last class and Tech, reflecting on the past and looking toward the future.

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Sunburns sneak up on us. A UV sensor developed by Michigan Tech students can let us know when to get in the shade. Ingram Publishing photo

Student Engineers’ Skin Patch Warns When It’s Time to Get Out of the Sun

April 30, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

When the happy face disappears, go sit under the beach umbrella.

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Permanent stents are lifesavers, but they can also cause health problems when they are in the body for a long time. Michigan Tech researchers are investigating a new stent material, zinc, that would dissolve safely after the artery has healed. iStockphoto

Zinc: The Perfect Material for Bioabsorbable Stents?

April 30, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

Some materials dissolve too quickly in the body, and some hang around forever. Zinc, however, may be just right.

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Teachers get up close and personal with an African elephant.

Michigan Teachers to Explore Africa, Use it to Inspire their Students

April 26, 2013
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech' Institute for  Leadership and Innovation is coordinating a summer trip to Africa for 15 Michigan teachers, to encourage them to find ways to bring the excitement of Africa into their classrooms.

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