Michigan Tech Nordic skier Amanda Kautzer has done it again.

Kautzer has qualified for the Biathlon Junior World Championship US women’s team for the fourth year in a row. The championship will be held February 26-March 4 in Otepaa, Estonia.

More than 50 athletes competed last month at the US Junior/Youth World Championship Trials in Coleraine, Minnesota, . . . [ Full Story ]

The need for four-year highly skilled college graduates prepared to work in science, technology, engineering and math professions is growing. But demand, and the promise of good-paying jobs, isn’t enough. Nurturing a STEM workforce takes an ecosystem—interconnected components that attract, mentor, retain and graduate students from diverse backgrounds, including those who face money obstacles.

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A transdisciplinary team examined regulatory impacts on Great Lakes mercury, focusing on an Upper Peninsula tribal community with high fish consumption.

Mercury is a widespread environmental toxicant and pollutant that travels up the food chain onto people’s dinner plates. Although a global issue, mercury regulations vary worldwide. Depending on where one lives in relation to . . . [ Full Story ]

Michigan Technological University’s Sustainability Demonstration House (SDH) will soon get energy from the sun. Generous donations from several sources supplied an 8,000-watt state-of-the-art solar-battery installation to provide renewable energy to the 5,000-square-foot, six-bedroom, six-bathroom, Kettle-Gundlach home on . . . [ Full Story ]

Michigan Tech researchers have been awarded a NASA grant to study ways to extract water from gypsum rock on Mars, bringing a human trip to the red planet closer to reality.

Jeffrey Allen is the principal investigator on a project that has received 0,000 first-year funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Paul van . . . [ Full Story ]

Michigan Tech defenseman Mitch Reinke is a candidate for the 2018 Hobey Baker Award, given annually to college hockey’s top player. Initial fan voting is now open on the Hobey Baker Facebook page.

Reinke, a sophomore from Stillwater, Minnesota, is sixth in the country in assists amongst defensemen with 16, placing him second in . . . [ Full Story ]

A new world record is at stake on Saturday, February 10, when Michigan Technological University students attempt to build more than 2,036 snowmen in one hour. They’re asking campus and community to help.

The attempt, officially registered by Michigan Tech Undergraduate Student Government with Guinness World Records, requires exact specifications and documented evidence. Each . . . [ Full Story ]

“Broomball Bob,” a sailor turned sports announcer from Waterville, Maine, never misses broomball, thanks to Michigan Tech webcams.

Eighty-year-old Robert (Bob) Woodbury from Winslow, Maine, is an unabashed, die-hard broomball fan; in fact, he wants broomballers to know that he appreciates their athleticism—something he can comment on with expertise, given his tenure in sports broadcasting. Bob . . . [ Full Story ]

by Mark Wilcox

Michigan Tech Humanities Professor Emerita Glenda Gill passed away Jan. 27, in Huntsville, Alabama at the age of 78. Gill, who taught at Michigan Tech from 1990 until her retirement in 2006, was a well-respected drama instructor and theatre historian.

Born in Clarksville, Tennessee and raised in Normal, Alabama, Gill graduated from Alabama . . . [ Full Story ]

Winter Carnival curling competition begins January 27, but lower Michigan alumni gathered at Detroit Curling Club aren’t waiting to celebrate tradition and fuel Husky pride.

“Don’t throw a stone when no one’s watching; we don’t want this to turn into human bowling.”

To a regular group of curling newbies, such advice from an instructor would . . . [ Full Story ]

Michigan Technological University has the perfect summer adventure for them!

As an alumni, you know Michigan Tech is special and Michigan Tech’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP) are not your ordinary summer camp.  At this camp, participants perform chemical diagnostics, program video games, launch hand-built rockets, and analyze crime scenes! You can give your . . . [ Full Story ]

Kent Johnson receives Dave Ford Award

On October 17, 2017, Kent Johnson received Minnesota’s most distinguished award for protecting clean water.  At the annual Minnesota Water Resources conference, Johnson was given the Dave Ford Award*, which is bestowed by the conference’s planning committee to recognize individuals whose lifetime accomplishments have contributed to improving Minnesota’s water . . . [ Full Story ]

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It was a busy weekend in West Michigan for our alumni and friends!

More than 100 fans came out to support our Michigan Tech Hockey Huskies as they took on Ferris State on Saturday. Before the game the group met up at Cranker’s Brewery for a pregame social with a special visit from head . . . [ Full Story ]

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Do you know how broomball became Michigan Tech’s winter tradition? Here’s what we have heard. Share your story.

The birth of Broomball at Michigan Tech! In 1961 a group of Canadians organized a Single Day Event “Broomball Round-Robin Tournament” at Dee Stadium. No pads, helmets, or facemasks! One team of students went around . . . [ Full Story ]

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