Michigan Tech News Archives

February 18, 2019

Jobs versus Death Toll: Calculating Corporate Death Penalties

For every coal mining job in the U.S. one American dies every year from coal-fired,
electricity-based air pollution. For every tobacco job, four Americans die from direct
and second-hand smoke exposure.

Is there a threshold an entire industry crosses when it does more harm than good? Michigan Technological University researchers set out to examine the question with . . . Read More

February 15, 2019

Michigan Technological University’s Lei Pan Part of First DOE Lithium-Ion Recycling R&D Center

Graphite bubbles form during froth flotation, a technique used in mining engineering,
which forces hydrophobic materials to the top as froth (in this case, graphite), and
allows valuable cathode materials to sink to the bottom so they can be recovered and
recycled.

Michigan Tech part of collaboration aimed at creating national supply of lithium-based battery materials and spurring electric vehicle industry. . . . Read More

February 13, 2019

All That Jazz: Christianson a Member of Grammy Nominated Ensemble

Mike Christianson (teal jacket playing trombone), an assistant professor in the Department
of Visual and Performing Arts, performs with the John Hollenbeck (in hat) Large Ensemble.
The band was nominated for a Grammy for their album

Mike Christianson is many things to many people — educator, band director, composer. Now we can add "Grammy-nominated performer" to . . . Read More

February 07, 2019

Phi Kappa Tau Wins Statue Competition

Phi Kappa Tau captured the Winter Carnival month-long statue competition with

The winners have been announced in the Snow Statue Competition at Michigan Technological University’s Winter Carnival. This year's theme is "Years. . . Read More

February 05, 2019

All Night Long — Winter Carnival Revs Up

Students dance to music provided by Sound and Lighting Services in a snow-supported
sound system, during the annual All-Nighter.

Students at Michigan Technological University will salute innovation and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). And they’ll do it using little more . . . Read More

February 01, 2019

Business Student Leads 2019 Winter Carnival Planning

Business student Dan Schudlich is this year's Blue Key president.

Meet this year’s Blue Key President, Dan Schudlich. . . . Read More

January 28, 2019

Caresoft Global Gifts Multimillion-Dollar Technology to Michigan Tech

Caresoft Global has donated a ground-breaking automotive benchmarking technology to
Michigan Tech.

The University is the first in the nation to introduce and include a ground-breaking automotive benchmarking technology into its mechanical engineering curriculum. . . . Read More

January 25, 2019

Huskies Mush: First-of-its-kind Club is Ready to Race

Alaskan huskies Captain and Luke on a practice run with The Mushing Club at Michigan
Tech. Photo credit: Evan Smith

The Mushing Club at Michigan Technological University runs its first race, the Beargrease 40, in Duluth, Minnesota, on Sunday. . . . Read More

January 08, 2019

Petoskey Senior Awarded Impact Scholarship

Michigan Techâ€™s School of Business and Economics has named incoming student Victoria
Cameron of Petoskey, Michigan, as the 2019-20 full Impact Scholarship Competition
recipient.

Michigan Technological University's School of Business and Economics announces incoming student Victoria Cameron as the 2019-20 Impact Scholarship Competition. . . Read More

December 21, 2018

Legislature Grants Planning Authorization for Michigan Tech H-STEM Complex

The Michigan Legislature has granted planning authorization for Michigan Tech's H-STEM
Complex.

Michigan Tech will seek final approval for construction and renovation projects to house integrated engineering and science educational programs to improve. . . Read More

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