Michigan Tech News Archives


This Must Be the Place

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Students and faculty with a passion for robotics are making Michigan Tech a destination for all things robots and automation. To meet the needs of a quickly evolving industry, the University's scholars and researchers are using their multidisciplinary acumen to . . . Read More

If, Then: The Origins of Handshake

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Today, Handshake is the career app of choice for every Fortune 500 company, every Ivy League school, and 92 percent of the nation's top-ranked colleges and universities. Valued at $3.5 billion, the company is leading the revolution in connecting talent . . . Read More

National Security: A Keweenaw Specialty

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For more than seven decades, the Copper Country has been a hub for engineering, manufacturing, testing, and research aimed at national security. Now, Michigan Tech and local business leaders have banded together to strengthen their collective voice amid the United . . . Read More

Research in Focus

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Students learn best when they do real work that matters. Undergraduate research at Michigan Tech is built on this simple idea. It shapes classrooms and labs across campus and field sites around the region, where undergraduates are encouraged to engage . . . Read More

Research in Focus: The Education of Experience

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Hands-on, practical education is the hallmark of engineering education at Michigan Tech. So when Samantha Cooper '27 saw the opportunity to conduct research with Assistant Professor Maria Gencoglu in a part of the chemical engineering field unfamiliar to her, she . . . Read More

Research in Focus: Huskies Seek the CURE

Paul Goetsch working with a sample in the lab while a student watches.

In Michigan Tech's biology teaching lab, undergraduate students research potential cancer cures with help from the humble worm. At Michigan Tech, undergraduate students join the quest for new cancer treatment under the guiding hand of Paul Goetsch, a biological . . . Read More

Robert's Rules of Order

Robert Schneider sitting in his office with his hand on his chin.

Threading the halls with Robert Schneider between classes is not a linear experience. Neither is conversation. Waysides, detours, and sidetracks abound, fruitful territory for the musician turned mathematician. Schneider, an assistant professor of mathematical sciences, is well known . . . Read More

Q&A with Coach Bill Muckalt

Bill Muckalt on the Huskies bench during a hockey game.

Bill Muckalt was named Michigan Tech's 23rd head hockey coach last May. The Huskies welcomed him back to Tech, where he served as an assistant coach from 2011 to 2015. Muckalt grew up in Surrey, British Columbia. He won . . . Read More

1400 Townsend Drive: University News

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Launching new programs and curricula. Winning state awards. Welcoming talented new students and helping graduates land great jobs. Get a glimpse of campus happenings and student and faculty accomplishments in this edition of 1400 Townsend. Michigan Tech's fall 2025 incoming . . . Read More