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 ...
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 ...
HOUGHTON, Mich. — The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) announced today an $838,000 grant to Michigan Technological University (MTU) that will support a major expansion of semiconductor education and training programs across the Upper Peninsula while responding to Michigan’s increased demand for skilled technicians and engineering professionals in the semiconductor industry. “Michigan is not only among the first states in the nation with a consortium that has successfully identified the key skills and competencies employers need to drive future microchip industry ...
HOUGHTON — A Michigan Technological University student group’s display inviting students to spray paint messages on a replica of the Berlin Wall drew controversy Friday after students added comments attacking transgender people and other groups. The student group Young Americans for Freedom had set up the display on Walker Lawn to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as part of its annual Freedom Week celebration. Students could spray paint messages on two large boards, including over messages already on the board. Andrew Feys, president of Tech’s ...
HOUGHTON — The poster for “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.” lists a few key bands from the indie rock collective — Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, Elf Power and Of Montreal. But alongside them, there’s also a “Sgt. Pepper”-ish gallery of ...
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 program titled Animated Encounters. The festival will end with a showing of 32 Sounds at 7 p.m. Sunday. The festival includes a variety of shorts, documentary and feature films, most of which have struck chords this festival season and have generated considerable awards buzz. Dr. Erin Smith is ...
