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A Husky remembered

HOUGHTON — The Huskies Pep Band mourned one of its members with a candlelight vigil at the Husky statue Wednesday night. Kenny Bragg died in a house explosion while visiting relatives downstate in December. His parents, Don and Hope Bragg, both Michigan Tech alumni, were also killed, as ...

Mont Ripley reopens after warm weather closure

RIPLEY — Long lines of skies and snowboarders came out Saturday for the reopening of Mont Ripley. The Michigan Technological University ski hill had opened in December, but shut down again before Christmas due to abnormally warm temperatures and rain. There’d been 4 inches of rain in ...

Michigan Tech reacts to death of student

The Michigan Tech community reacts to a student’s death in a downstate explosion in late December. Senior Kenny Bragg died in a house explosion on Dec. 30 near Whitmore Lake, Michigan, along with his parents and sister: Hope Bragg, Don Bragg and Elizabeth Bragg. Richard Pruden, Kenny’s ...

BLAST KILLS TECH STUDENT

HOUGHTON — A Michigan Technological University student was one of four family members, including two Tech alumni, killed in a home explosion last week in Washtenaw County. Tech senior Kenny Bragg, his sister Elizabeth Bragg, and his parents Don and Hope Bragg were killed Saturday in the ...

MTU delegation works with the world at climate change conference

Delegations from 199 countries and over 100,000 people gathered Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023 in Dubai for the UN climate change conference, known as the 28th Conference of the Parties or COP28. At this annual gathering, the delegates from around the world gathers to create global climate action ...

Freedom of Speech concerns dominate MTU Board meeting

HOUGHTON — There’s time allotted at each meeting of the Michigan Tech Board of Trustees for the public to address the board. Usually, it passes in silence.  Not so last Friday. Four speakers—a community resident, a graduate student, a professor and a former dean—stepped up during ...