Michigan Tech News Archives

April 13, 2021

Undergrad Innovation Shines at MTU Design Expo

A MIG robot prints a metal part as sparks fly from the tip of the welder on a black
background.

Michigan Tech's high-profile undergraduate innovation showcase is virtual for the second year — and reaching a broader audience. . . . Read More

April 05, 2021

MTU Builds and Broadens Food Sovereignty with Indigenous, State and University Partners

People stand in a field of waist-high tobacco plants, using shears to pick leaves.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funds for a gathering next fall focused on revitalizing Indigenous food traditions. . . . Read More

March 29, 2021

Q&A with College of Computing Dean Dennis Livesay

A man wearing glasses and a dress shirt and jacket smiles at the camera seated outside
on a college campus with walkway lights and trees in soft focus behind him

Increase enrollment. Promote diversity and inclusion. Grow the research portfolio. Michigan Technological University’s newly arrived College of Computing Dean. . . Read More

March 22, 2021

TECH SCEnE: Technology, Science and Community Engagement in Engineering

Drone image of Michigan Tech's campus, Keweenaw Waterway, and surrounding woods.

A new summer research program connects biomedical, biological sciences and electrical engineering students to Indigenous communities, environmental health and technological . . . Read More

March 22, 2021

What Early-budding Trees Tell Us About Genetics, Climate Change

A building rises toward the sky, framed by three trees that are leafing out.

Genes affect when trees put forth leaves in the spring. Understanding how could help scientists adapt trees to be more resilient to climate change. . . . Read More

March 16, 2021

Catching Electrons in Action in an Antiferromagnetic Nanowire

A diagram of a nanowire cross-section shows the interaction between atoms in the nanowire
core. Yellow atoms: germanium; red atoms: chromium; purple atoms around the outside
of the yellow-red connections: silicon shell.

The electron is one of the fundamental particles in nature we read about in school. Its behavior holds clues to new ways to store digital data. . . . Read More

March 15, 2021

MTU Celebrates World Water Day March 18-24

A stream flows through a snowy pine forest.

Michigan Tech will celebrate World Water Day 2021 March 18-24 with virtual events related to the United Nations theme, "Valuing Water." . . . Read More

March 11, 2021

Justice For All: MTU Institute Brings National Speakers for Community Discussion

books in stands and stacked on a library table with a green wall in background: from
left, counterclockwise, Ta-Nahesi Coates, Between the World and Me; On the Other Side
of Freedom, DeRay McKesson; Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer; Stamped from
the Beginning, Ibrim X. Kendi, Ruha Benjamin book cover with black woman's head and
glasses.

Injustice takes many forms. In an upcoming speaker series, Michigan Tech’s Institute for Policy, Ethics and Culture (IPEC) takes on some of the most. . . Read More

March 11, 2021

Not So Fast, Supernova: Highest-energy Cosmic Rays Detected in Star Clusters

An infrared image that uses color to depict gamma rays detected by the HAWC observatory.

The highest-energy cosmic rays come from subatomic interactions within star clusters, not supernovae, say Michigan Tech physicists and collaborators. . . . Read More

March 09, 2021

Mothers Rebuild: Solutions to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Two people in high boots stand in a wetland gathering a water sample.

Tired of actionless data about their lived pandemic experiences, a group of biology researchers — all moms themselves — strategized ways to help academic mothers. . . Read More