Michigan Tech News

2013 Archive

A new video scoreboard will replace the current scoreboard at the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

Donors Underwrite New Video Scoreboard for Michigan Tech

February 28, 2013
By Wes Frahm

Work will begin immediately on a new $615,000 video scoreboard for the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Completion is scheduled for summer. 2013

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An artist's rendering of a new video scoreboard that will be installed at center ice in the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena.

Michigan Tech Board Approves Video Scoreboard for Ice Arena

February 28, 2013
By Jennifer Donovan

Michigan Tech Board of Control approves purchase and installation of a new video scoreboard for the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena, paid for entirely by donors.

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jason and student

Men and Women and Stress

February 27, 2013
By Dennis Walikainen

Researchers are looking at the physiological differences between men and women when it comes to handling mental stress.

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Sam Hoyt Named Tech's Fourth Academic All-American in 2012-13

February 27, 2013
By Wes Frahm

Women's basketball player Sam Hoyt joins fellow Michigan Tech student-athletes Jacob Clark (football), Matt Curtin (football) and Melanie Hoffman (soccer) on the  Academic All-America First Team.

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mayra with plant

Cold Treat to (Cool) Tech Education: Mexican Grad Student Finds a New Home

February 27, 2013
By Dennis Walikainen

A Mexican PhD candidate found out about  Michigan Tech by accident, and it turned out to be a day that changed her life. 

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dogs racing

A Tech Twist with the Sled Dogs: Students Help CopperDog 150 with Statistics, Video

February 26, 2013
By Dennis Walikainen

Michigan Tech students provide real-time statistics, videostreaming for CopperDog 150 dog sled race.

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Yun Hang Hu, the inaugural Charles and Carroll McArthur Professor at Michigan Technological University

Yun Hang Hu Appointed to McArthur Professorship

February 25, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

Honored for research productivity and teaching excellence

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Joshua Pearce's group cleans plastic milk jugs, removes the labels and shreds them into plastic before turning them into plastic filament for 3D printers.

Turning Trash into Cash . . . and Saving Energy

February 25, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

3D printers may soon let nearly anyone turn milk jugs into valuable products, says Joshua Pearce.

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An 8th-grade Hancock Mind Trekker watches a

Eighth Graders Find Out How Much Fun Science Can Be

February 25, 2013
By Danny Messinger

Eighth graders in Hancock, Mich., Gear Up for hands-on science excitement.

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Michigan Tech President Glenn Mroz, left, cuts the ribbon for the Fernstrum Family Adaptable Classroom alongside Sean, Paul and Todd Fernstrum and Bill Predebon, chair of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics.

High-Tech Classrooms Usher in a New Era of Teaching

February 22, 2013
By Marcia Goodrich

Supported by a $130,000 gift from the Fernstrum families

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