Update on Social Media Threat

Based on information from Yik Yak and Michigan Tech Information Technology, a suspect in Thursday's social media threat was taken into custody late Thursday night and is currently lodged in Houghton County Jail. The University will have more information later in the morning.

Michigan Technological University is a public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, Michigan, and is home to more than 7,000 students from 55 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan’s flagship technological university offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, computing, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.