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What do a vaccine transport container, a Mars gypsum rover, and the Split Snurfer—a bindingless snowboard that splits into skis—have in common? They’re all undergraduate student projects on display at the 18th annual Design Expo at Michigan Tech. You’re invited to come explore the breadth and depth of Michigan Tech’s …

HOUGHTON, Michigan (Tuesday, April 17, 2018) – A team including Michigan Tech student co-curators Mads Howard and John Hughes, Omega House Marketing Coordinator Carol Pfefferkorn and Anne Beffel (VPA) are creating an exhibition of mindfulness-based photographs. The Omega House Hospice of Houghton will host a series of images by students of Beffel’s Art and …

You won’t need your snow shoes to take part in this weekend’s Sisu Shuffle. The annual 5K run and walk takes place this Saturday at 11am, beginning at UP Health System—Portage in Hancock. This is a fun, family event that is not timed it’s free to participate. Health and Fitness …

A Michigan Tech team has returned home after a recent trip to the nation’s capitol. The team of chemical engineering students are working on a process that recycles batteries and have gained some recognition for their efforts. People, Prosperity, and the Planet (otherwise known as P3) is a grant program …

Washington – Citing national security implications, steel production, and economic impact, Congressman Jack Bergman urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to use new funding to complete design work and begin construction on a new Poe-sized Lock. “An unexpected outage at the Poe Lock would be disastrous to the U.S. and …

ABC-10 reports months after the nurses at UP Health System—Marquette went on strike, the nurses will again be voting to authorize a strike this weekend. “We are deeply disappointed that Duke LifePoint managers have failed to address our staffing and other outstanding concerns in contract negotiations. Members will vote on …

Michigan Tech has come to an agreement on a five-year contract with their newly elected president. Beginning July 1st, Dr. Richard Koubek’s salary will be $450,000 a year and he will also be named a tenured professor. An at risk portion of his compensation is set up to $25,000, with …

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has notified Vanenkevort Tug and Barge, Inc. that he will bring a civil action against the company whose ship dragged an anchor across State bottomlands and submerged electric and petroleum pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac, causing the release of a hazardous substance and …

HOUGHTON, MI, Wednesday, April 11, 2018– The Rozsa Center and the Department of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) are excited to announce their semi-annual student showcase, titled From There to Here, featuring works of art created by Michigan Tech students who are participating in Project Learning Lab, an innovative arts …

A local teenager is paying it forward and showing her appreciation for an Upper Peninsula charity as she has enlisted the help of area businesses and raised several thousand dollars. The Beacon House is a non profit hospitality house that gives medical patients and their families a place to stay …