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"We were together. I forget the rest..." -- Walt Whitman
Michigan Technological University | Houghton County
ALWAYS ON
Animal Health Considerations Before, During and After the County Fair
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” -- Mahatma Gandhi:
Blueberry Pancakes!
The foodway path of Blueberry pancakes runs deep through the American Midwest, blending Native American traditions with 20th-century agricultural innovation. Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region had long used wild blueberries to mix into cornmeal flatbreads and porridges. With link to campus student-run Bevier Café named after food science and home economics chemist Isabel Bevier.
Summer Sabbatica
Even rest has its measure. While topic presentation will continue according to our CALENDAR our daily colloquia will not resume until August 20.
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Seed the Future
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St. Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises members in more than 100 countries.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Scarborough Fair
Summer Concert May 3, 2025, sung by the University Singers in St. Alban's Church: A medieval ballad with spring imagery in its herbs (parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme), symbolizing love and renewal.
Ædificare & Utilization
Educational facility construction is the closest we come to a $100+ billion perpetual motion machine. In the Monthly Construction Spend report we find confirmation that -- at a rate of $138B annually -- US education industry is the largest building construction market in the world. With upwards of 45 million square feet the University of Michigan has the largest measure of square footage of any campus in the world; hence our 35+ year interest in managing cost through the global standards system.
Why You Need Standards
"When we talk about standards in our personal lives, we might think about the quality we expect in things such as restaurants and first dates. But the standards that exist in science and technology have an even greater impact on our lives. Technical standards keep us safe, enable technology to advance, and help businesses succeed. They quietly make the modern world tick and prevent technological problems that you might not realize could even happen..."