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The December 3, 2021 edition of Tech Today—Michigan Technological University's daily internal newsletter. Tech Today is produced by University Marketing and Communications.

by Allison Mills, University Marketing and Communications Through remote instruction, hybrid classes and adaptive lesson plans, Department of Chemistry instructors helped their students through the pandemic. None of them want to do it again — but the pandemic, and its challenges and silver linings, varied between instructors, students and classes.  Some profs learned they liked online lectures and want to keep them. Some dreaded hybrid class prep, with its inevitable tech issues and 600-plus separate containers needed to run a single lab experiment. They’re grateful for teaching assistan...

by University Marketing and Communications Has the pandemic impacted your research, scholarship or creative works? If so, University Marketing and Communications wants to share your story in a series of guest blogs on the University research blog, Unscripted.  From closed labs to canceled concerts and gallery shows, to animal and human subject research restrictions, COVID-19 altered many parts of the research, scholarship and creative works ecosystem. Nearly all of the people who work within this area were affected — both those who actively produce these works and those who support t...

by Facilities Management Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the most recent information from the Michigan Department of Transportation. The original date of the traffic shift was Monday (July 26). Phase 3 of construction for the US-41 Road Project is scheduled to begin Wednesday (July 28), and changes to the traffic pattern will occur. During Phase 3 of construction: US-41 will no longer have two-way traffic. Northbound traffic will be rerouted onto Cliff Drive and around the back of campus. Southbound traffic will be shifted onto the new pavement on the northbound side o...

by Administration The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum now has a Facebook page. Visit the museum's Facebook page online, then Like or Follow the page for superb photos of mineral specimens, updates, deals and more!  Alumna Amanda DeCesare Named a Rising Star by Progressive Railroading by Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering Husky alumna Amanda DeCesare has been named a Rising Star by Progressive Railroading. DeCesare completed both her A.A.S. in civil engineering technology and her B.S. in construction management at Michigan Tech, graduating in 2005 and 2007, respectively. She is ...