Princeton Review: Lawrence Tech among nation’s best
SOUTHFIELD–Lawrence Technological University has again been listed among the nation’s top colleges by the academic publisher Princeton Review. LTU is included in “The Best 389 Colleges,” the company’s annual list of top colleges and universities in the nation, now available at bookstores and online. The Princeton Review chose the colleges based on data it collects […]
Calling all innovators: $250,000 in prizes available for the best industrial decarbonization solutions
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, Whirlpool Corporation, Gerdau, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Breakthrough Energy, announced the launch of the Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge. The challenge aims to discover and support groundbreaking technologies and startups focused on decarbonizing the […]
Lawrence Tech to offer Photoshop certificate preparation course
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University will offer a 12-week Adobe Photoshop Certificate Preparation course this fall. The course is part of LTU’s growing Professional Development Certificates program. The classes will be offered Tuesdays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 3 and concluding Dec. 19, via Zoom sessions with a trained instructor. Topics will include creating composites, […]
LTU-ISM collaboration’s mini-MBA summer program wraps up
SOUTHFIELD—An app to help you make healthier eating choices even when ordering fast food. A robot to help elderly and disabled people with everyday tasks. A robotic receptionist for professional offices. Those were the ideas pitched by students from around Michigan and the Chicago area, who spent a week learning the ins and outs of […]
Wayne-Westland middle schoolers learn STEM skills in LTU summer program
SOUTHFIELD — Using 12-foot aluminum poles, middle school students from the Wayne-Westland Community Schools carefully dipped water sample collection jars into the Evans Branch of the Rouge River, a clay-bottomed stream that flows through the campus of Lawrence Technological University. A Wayne-Westland middle schooler pulls a sample out of the Evans Branch of the Rouge […]
LTU professor gets grant to analyze disease outbreaks through wastewater
SOUTHFIELD–Between the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in preventing serious illness or death, and the rise of home testing, it’s become difficult to determine the true number of COVID-19 cases in any community. But a Lawrence Technological University professor has received a federal grant to determine the number of cases in a community accurately by a […]
LTU to host online Graduate Student Open House events
SOUTHFIELD—Looking to boost your career prospects with a graduate degree? Lawrence Technological University will host a series of free online lunchtime open houses for various graduate degree programs from July 18 to July 27. The complete list of programs is available at https://www.ltu.edu/admissions/graduate/gradevents, where registration is also available. All programs begin at 12:30 p.m. Details on the […]
LTU student wins Student Veterans of America scholarship
SOUTHFIELD—A Lawrence Technological University student is one of eight national recipients of a $10,000 Google-Student Veterans of America scholarship. The LTU recipient, Travis Bowman of Belleville, is a double major in computer science in LTU’s College of Arts and Sciences and robotics engineering in its College of Engineering. He is currently serving in the Air […]
Denied high school ceremony, Dearborn student gets scholarship to LTU
SOUTHFIELD—A few weeks ago, Hatem Gelan was one frustrated recent high school graduate. Today, though, he uses words like “fortunate” and “grateful” to describe his current mood. A full tuition scholarship to Lawrence Technological University will do that to a person. At the end of his high school studies, Hatem was late for a mandatory […]
Foss inducted into CoBIT Hall of Fame
SOUTHFIELD–Auto industry entrepreneur and philanthropist Donald A. Foss was inducted Friday into the Lawrence Technological University College of Business and Information Technology’s Hall of Fame. Foss, a car dealer who founded the auto finance firm Credit Acceptance Corp. and the auto retailer CARite, died in August 2022. The foundation he established in 2016, the Car […]
