Michigan Technological University News

Wheelchair users will be rowing their way around the trails at Michigan Technological University, thanks to a team of senior engineering students.

High school senior Nicklaus Winkel has won an Air Force ROTC Commander's Leadership Type 1 Scholarship to attend Michigan Technological University.

For Detroit Metro Airport, 2010 is shaping up to be a green year. Michigan's busiest airport and Delta Air Lines' second-largest hub will be embarking on a number of initiatives designed to reduce its energy use and help the environment.

One vehicle at a time, Michigan Technological University's fleet is turning green.

Despite heavy logging in portions of the forest nearly 80 years ago, the distribution of trillium plants on the secondary forest floor was similar to that of undisturbed areas.

Katila Howard, 20, is juggling two majors at the University of Michigan while working in Washington, D.C., this semester, helping research reports that may circulate in the hallways at Capitol Hill.

MADISON - Forget studying for finals, doing homework or getting some rest. Handed an unscheduled day off after a blizzard dropped more than a foot of snow on campus, University of Wisconsin-Madison students planned a massive snowball fight Wednesday.

U.S. researchers said they have determined climate and restoration efforts can affect how forests recover from logging.

Editor's note: This may be the worst economy in memory, but tens of millions of workers continue to tackle decisions big and small that shape their careers.

A Smoky Mountain forest's woodland herb population has shown that climate may play a role in how forest understories recover from logging, according to Purdue University research.

The Michigan Public Service Commission today approved a settlement agreement reconciling Upper Peninsula Power Company's 2008 power supply costs.

A Michigan Technological University engineer is leading a $350,000 study of how to keep power-hungry components from crashing smaller electrical grids.

A Michigan Technological University engineer is leading a $350,000 study of how to keep power-hungry components from crashing smaller electrical grids.

The O.L. Pfaffman Construction Industry Scholarship was given to Amanda Malburg, a civil engineering junior at Michigan Technological University.

It'll be a homecoming concert when singer/songwriter/musician Mark Harrod performs in Birnamwood this weekend.

As many as half a million tiny golden-winged warblers used to make the annual round trip flight from Latin America to the Midwest.

NOVEMBER 24, 2009 - Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth Director Stanley "Skip" Pruss announced today that $74,296 in grants have been awarded for biomass energy demonstration projects.

It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate . Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.

It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate . Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug.

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