Critical Play, Pitfalls and Game Design

Dr. Ahu Yolaç’s biography on LTU’s College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) faculty page references “critical play,” which she mentions as one of her main research interests. The term originally popularized in a 2009 book by Mary Flanagan entitled Critical Play: Radical Game Design is at the center of Yolaç’s educational philosophy. As she explains […]
Anatomy of a National Championship: LTU Captures First ACHA Hockey Title

You could make the case that Lawrence Technological University is becoming NCU, or National Championship University. On March 12, the LTU Blue Devils’ hockey team captured its first-ever American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 3 national crown, becoming the third LTU program in the last 12 months to earn a national title, joining Women’s Lacrosse in […]
Physics Matters! It’s the Study of Everything For the uninitiated or for the just plain intimidated, physics can boggle the mind.

But as Dr. George Moschelli explained, “Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its behavior and motion through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. Physics has applications in every scientific and technological discipline including medical science, astronomy, materials science, data science, and every type of engineering.” Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, […]
A Successful Launch, A Promising Future Introducing LTU’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies

If you were going to build a degree program from scratch, what would you put into the mix? How about equity, diversity, cultural understanding, kindness? Would you also toss in student-centered, compassionate, academically rigorous, holistic? For the last two years, Lawrence Tech has been building exactly that kind of Master of Science in Physician Assistant […]
Game Software Development: Not A Game, But Fun All The Same

One of the most popular programs offered in the Computer Science major in the College of Arts and Sciences is, no joke, Game Software Development. This concentration is serious business, said José González-Belmonte , Assistant Professor of Practice in the Math and Computer Science Department. “Making games is very different from playing games.” Video games have come […]
Business + IT Professors Collaborate on Cutting-Edge Research

In 2021, Lawrence Tech established the LTU Faculty Research Fellowship to support its strategic goal of increasing research funding to $10 million annually by 2027. This opportunity is offered to all faculty. If awarded, the LTU Fellows work with a multi-disciplinary team to develop a competitive proposal, receive support for program expenses, and receive other […]
Business Data Analytics Turning Big Data into Big Decisions

“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” – PETER SONDERGAARD SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND GLOBAL HEAD OF RESEARCH AT GARTNER, INC. At a technological university, you’d expect LTU to not only respond to current technological trends but be a trendsetter. And LTU doesn’t disappoint. In the College of […]
Critical Practice: Learning Experience and Rite of Passage

A charrette is a process of collaborative planning which brings together disparate talents bound by a common purpose. Meeting in small sub-groups, participants of varying backgrounds share insight, imagination, and ingenuity, then reconvene in a larger session to develop and implement a working strategy together. Etymologically speaking, the word goes back to 19th century Paris […]