Kantamneni Involved in Energy Prize Semifinals

Houghton Makes Energy Prize Semifinals by Jennifer Donovan, director of news and media relations Tomorrow, Houghton County is hosting a community-wide celebration as Georgetown University announces that the county has advanced to the semifinals in the national Georgetown University Energy Prize. Many Michigan Tech faculty, staff and students are helping promote Houghton County’s entry, an . . .

Copper Country Programmers Host Game Jam and Hour of Code

Local middle- and high-school students have recently engaged in coding activities with the help of Copper Country Programmers (CCP). The Michigan Tech CCP team is led by Associate Professor Charles Wallace, Lecturer Leo Ureel, and graduate student John Earnest in the computer science department. CCP is a weekly computer programming club for kids in grades . . .

“Hour of Code” Brings Computer Programming to Houghton High School

This is Computer Science Education Week, and computer science students and faculty from Michigan Tech are bringing the thrill of computer coding to Houghton High School every day. It’s part of a worldwide initiative called Hour of Code, designed to interest young people in computer coding.   Associate Professor Charles Wallace and Lecturer Leo Ureel, along with three . . .