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Federal officials will conduct the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s emergency alert system for cell phones Wednesday. At, or around, 2:18, all cell phones will receive a message that says “”THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” All cell phones that …

The Copper Country Community Arts Center is hosting a pre-writing workshop this month called Developing a Novel. Stephanie Flint will lead a series of classes designed to prepare students to write a novel during National Novel Writing Month. Each class will go in-depth about various topics related to developing a …

HOUGHTON, Mich. – A free diabetes self-management workshop is being offered at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton to help adults with Type 2 diabetes improve their health and better manage their symptoms. The workshop provides the skills and tools needed to face the daily challenges of living with diabetes. …

Houghton, Michigan, September 28, 2018 – The Upper Peninsula Economic Development Alliance will be holding a program on health care issues in the Upper Peninsula on October 22, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern at the Magnuson Franklin Square Inn in Houghton. Registration Opens at 10:00. The keynote speaker will be …

More than 200 Great Lakes researchers will converge at the State of Lake Superior Conference Oct. 9-12, 2018 at Michigan Technological University. Lake managers, lake ecosystem stewards, university researchers, tribes, government agencies and decisionmakers will convene in Houghton to discuss the results of the latest Lake Superior scientific research and …

HOUGHTON, MI (September 26, 2018) – The next 1 Million Cups event will take place on Wednesday, October 10th at 9am at the historic Keweenaw Mountain Lodge in Copper Harbor. The event is free and open to the public, with coffee being provided. John Mueller, the new owner of the …

Own a business in Calumet and want to give the outside a facelift? The community is invited to come learn about new façade grant opportunities at an informational meeting Monday, October 8th. The meeting will be held at Keweenaw Coffee Works at 6pm. Main Street Calumet and the Keweenaw Economic …

With 368 recruiting organizations registered for the 2018 Fall Career Fair, Wednesday’s fair will be Michigan Tech’s second largest career fair to date. “We welcome back our returning corporate guests and are excited about new recruiting organizations that will quickly become old friends,” says Career Services Director Steve Patchin. “These …

The incoming class at Michigan Tech is the most diverse in the history of the University, based on this fall’s preliminary enrollment figures. Female enrollment has topped 2,000 for the first time ever and now makes up a record 28.2 percent of the student body. Also at all-time highs are …

Michigan Tech’s research expenditures are at an all-time high. Those numbers were presented to the University’s Board of Trustees at its regular meeting on Friday. Preliminary figures for the last fiscal year show expenditures to be over $78 million, an increase over the previous year by more than $7 million. …