Sarah Weinreis completed her BS in Chemistry at Michigan Technological University in 2008, but her dream was to help high school students succeed in science and mathematics. She found a path to her goal through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, which enabled her to earn her teacher certification. The Noyce program, run by the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, placed her at Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, MI, a high-needs urban school… [read more]
Exactly what role the thousands of different small RNAs play has been a puzzle. Now, Guiliang Tang, an associate professor of biological sciences, has developed a way to put a single small RNA out of commission and observe what happens when it can’t do its job… [read more]
Roxane Gay, who received her PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from the Department of Humanities in 2010, has had a story, “North Country,” selected for the 2012 edition of Best American Short Stories, published by Houghton Mifflin Co. Gay is the coeditor of [PANK] Magazine… [read more]
Assistant Professor of Psychology Edward Cokely has led an initiative to develop the Berlin Numeracy Test, which began in 2007 at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. The study addresses risk literacy–the ability to comprehend and act on information about life’s many risks… [read more]
Randall (Randy) Isaacson took a BS in Biological Sciences (’86) and an MS in Rhetoric and Technical Communications (’88) from Michigan Tech and turned them into a successful health care marketing and advertising career. On March 1 and 2, he will return to campus as the third speaker in the Scott Pattullo Visiting Executive Series… [read more]
Air Force ROTC took the overall crown at the Winter Carnival awards ceremony Saturday night. It had been a decade since the Air Force ROTC won, said Jayna Weingarden, Winter Carnival chair for the Air Force ROTC. “We put in a lot of hard work…” [read more]
The Graduate School has announced the recipient of a Graduate Student Government (GSG) Outstanding Service Award is PhD Candidate Shreya Kumar. Shreya is a graduate Teaching Assistant in the Computer Science Department. GSG as a liaison between the administration and grad students at Michigan Tech… [read more]
The Michigan Tech chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has been selected as one of the 2011 Outstanding SPS Chapters. This is the second year in a row that the local chapter has earned such a distinction from the Zone Councilors and Associate Zone Councilors. “This chapter makes a great push to keep alumni involved…” [read more]
The GSG held its annual research colloquium on February 2-3, 2012. The 1st place award for a research presentation went to Huan Yang, Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Science. 2nd place went to Valoree Gagnon, Department of Social Sciences… [read more]