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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM is designed to integrate STEM subjects and the art of design in the classroom. These programs aim to teach students to think critically and have an engineering or design approach towards real-world problems while building on their mathematics and science base.

GVSU’s Muskegon Innovation Hub Launches New Award Program

MUSKEGON - Grand Valley State University's Muskegon Innovation Hub is launching a new award program that will recognize and celebrate the most innovative ideas on the Lakeshore. Nominations for the Hub's new "Lakeshore Innovator of the Year" award open today, and can be submitted through January 31 at 5 p.m. "The Muskegon Innovation Hub is

By |2019-01-09T19:26:26-05:00January 9th, 2019|STEM|
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LTU’s Stefani Names Winners Of Holiday Window Walk, Talks Design Center

ROYAL OAK - On this segment of M2 Techcast, Lawrence Tech’s Christopher Stefani, Managing Director of the Detroit Center for Design + Technology, talks about the winners of LTU's 2018 Holiday Window Walk competition and what else happens at the design center in downtown Detroit. Christopher Stefani To listen, click on https://soundcloud.com/mike-brennan-841872555/e153-ltu-design-center  

By |2019-01-06T14:17:07-05:00January 6th, 2019|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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New STEM Building At Michigan Tech Takes Step Forward

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University officials announced Friday that the state Legislature has granted planning authorization for Michigan Technological University’s H-STEM Engineering and Health Technologies Complex. Part of the University’s five-year capital outlay plan and capital project request, the H-STEM Complex was approved by the Michigan Tech Board of Trustees in 2017. Phase 1 of

By |2019-01-05T19:17:57-05:00January 5th, 2019|ESD, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Lands Sun, Earth, Universe – NASA, NISE Production

DETROIT - A new exhibition has landed at the Michigan Science Center Sun, Earth, Universe, a collaboration between NASA and the National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Net), is designed to engage audiences in the awe-inspiring fields of Earth and space science and reinforces MiSci’s commitment to aerospace education. MiSci is one of 52 locations

By |2018-12-06T18:48:17-05:00December 6th, 2018|STEM|
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Michigan Science Center Offers Free Admission Days This Winter

DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center is ready to inspire curious minds of all ages with free general admission days this winter. General admission includes access to more than 250 amazing hands-on exhibits, live stage shows, Spark!Lab from the Smithsonian, Kids Town gallery, STEM Playground space and more, including MiSci’s newest exhibition - Sun, Earth,

By |2018-12-06T17:39:16-05:00December 6th, 2018|STEM|
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January 2018 Michigan Meteor Provides Trove Of Scientific Insights

ANN ARBOR — On the night of Jan. 16, a meteor burst in the skies over Michigan, producing a fireball that was seen by people across seven U.S. states and in the Canadian province of Ontario. More than 600 sightings of the fireball were reported, along with reports of shaking and thunder-like rumbling. Numerous fragments

By |2018-08-22T10:57:46-04:00August 21st, 2018|ESD, STEM|
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Marburger STEM Center Update With Executive Director Collins

ROYAL OAK - What is the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University? Executive Director Sibrina Collins explains in this segment of M2 Techcast. In September, the STEM Center celebrates is third anniversary. It was founded with a $20 million donation from Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer, who once took classes at LTU when he was

By |2018-08-16T10:30:46-04:00August 16th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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AccelerateKID Educates Young Folks On STEAM Subjects, Provides Summer Camps

ROYAL OAK - AccelerateKID is an organization that educates young kids on subjects related to STEAM, while offering summer camps, classes, and clubs every month at locations in Wixom and Madison Heights, not to mention partners all around metro Detroit that offers workshops. Founder Thanh Tran provides all the details in this segment of M2

By |2018-07-18T15:02:09-04:00July 18th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEM|
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Michigan Science Center CEO Matthews Leaves STEM-Hub; Replaced By COO

DETROIT - Tonya Matthews, president and CEO of the Michigan Science Center, has left the downtown Detroit STEM-hub to pursue other opportunities in the STEM community.  Matthews was the facility’s first full-time CEO. Her departure is effective immediately and current COO, John Anderson has become acting CEO on an interim basis while the board of

By |2018-07-03T21:10:00-04:00July 3rd, 2018|Featured, STEM|
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LTU Faculty Publishes Paper On Movie Black Panther’s Vibranium On The Periodic Table

SOUTHFIELD – In the movie “Black Panther,” the fictional element called vibranium has amazing chemical and physical properties. But a chemist would want to know – where would it go on the Periodic Table of the Elements? Two faculty members at Lawrence Technological University have just had an academic paper published that has a bit

By |2018-06-12T19:00:46-04:00June 12th, 2018|Science, STEM|
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