The 41 North Film Festival will return to Houghton this weekend. The free annual film festival is presented by the College of Sciences and Arts, Department of Humanities and Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Michigan Tech University. This year begins at 5 p.m. today with a shorts ...

HOUGHTON — Friday and Saturday, the Rozsa Center stage will be transformed into an intimate jazz club for two themed concerts involving three Michigan Tech jazz bands. The shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. both nights. Director of Jazz Studies Adam Meckler loves having the bands play Backstage ...

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University’s Board of Trustees heard a fall enrollment update at its meeting Friday morning. The fall enrollment of 7,320 is the highest since 1983, said Kyle Rubin, Tech’s assistant vice president for enrollment. Applications were up 143% over last ...

HOUGHTON — The culture and cuisine of dozens of countries were celebrated again Saturday during the 34th Parade of Nations and Multicultural Food Festival. About 40 countries marched in this year’s parade, said Chair Machel Borsum, manager of international student and scholar services at ...

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University’s fall enrollment is the highest it has been in 40 years. The 7,230 students on campus this semester represent a 3.5% jump over last year. They include 1,463 first-year students. Tech starts reaching out to students early in their high school ...

HOUGHTON — The sidewalks from Michigan Technological University to downtown Houghton were filled with Michigan Technological University students learning about their new home Saturday for Tech’s annual Afternoon on the Town event. About 45 minutes before the end of the event, 960 students ...