Bosch Community Fund backs LTU Summer STEM Series with $26k

SOUTHFIELD—The Bosch Community Fund has supported Lawrence Technological University’s Summer STEM Series for middle schoolers with a $26,355 grant. The grant supports the program, paying for meals, stipends for LTU student assistants and chaperones, instructor costs, and laboratory equipment. The Summer STEM Series (S3) is for students entering seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Its curriculum […]
LTU, partners launching Healthcare Violence Reduction Center

SOUTHFIELD—Workplace violence in the healthcare industry has been on the rise for more than a decade. According to studies, more than 50 nurses a day are attacked in the United States, 40% of healthcare workers say they have experienced workplace violence in the past two years, and 85% of emergency room physicians say that workplace […]
Indian students joining LTU this fall for MBA program

SOUTHFIELD—The initial cohort of 10 students from India’s Pune Institute of Business Management will arrive at Lawrence Technological University’s Southfield campus soon for a year of learning under a joint LTU-PIBM Master of Business Administration program. The program was the product of a longtime friendship between LTU President Tarek Sobh and Raman Preet, founder and […]
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator secures $360,000 grant from Walters Family Foundation

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced that it has been awarded a $360,000 grant from the Walters Family Foundation. This funding will be instrumental in bolstering Centrepolis Accelerator’s mission to support innovative hardtech startups and small businesses by providing access to seasoned Experts in Residence (EiRs). These EiRs, with over 20 years of […]
Centrepolis, EGLE to hold webinar on clean energy projects in underserved communities

SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, will hold a webinar July 31 on “Partnering with Underserved Communities on Clean Energy Projects and Manufacturing.” According to Centrepolis Accelerator CEO Dan Radomski, the webinar “will provide insights into significant federal and local government programs […]
Registration is open for LTU’s fall semester

SOUTHFIELD—Registration is now open for classes at Lawrence Technological University in the upcoming fall 2024 semester. LTU offers more than 100 certificate, associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs. Included are fast-growing fields like biomedical engineering, business data analytics, computer engineering, cybersecurity, game design and development, nursing, product design, robotics, physician assistant studies, and more. […]
LTU connected car research session ends with successful demonstration, presentation

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s summer autonomous and connected car research program for undergraduate students from around the nation wrapped up its successful third year Tuesday, with seven students making a final presentation after successfully programming two cars to drive themselves around a test track in an LTU parking lot. Students participating in this year’s session, funded […]
LTU hosts connected car demonstration, MDOT transportation career day

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University Tuesday hosted about 80 high school students, college interns, and young people interested in transportation careers Tuesday, July 17, in a career exploration event arranged by the Michigan Department of Transportation, LTU, and HNTB Corp., with assists from the Road Commission of Oakland County, Ann Arbor-based P3 Mobility, and the city of […]
LTU professor wins second NSF grant for student travel, professional development

SOUTHFIELD—Ahad Ali, associate professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical, Robotics, and Industrial Engineering at Lawrence Technological University, has been awarded a $26,306 grant from the National Science Foundation to support travel and professional development for college students to attend a professional conference. Specifically, the grant will fund travel and conference registration for […]
LTU gets $1.7 million federal grant to improve rural healthcare

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received a $1.7 million five-year federal grant to improve the availability of healthcare in rural areas of Lower Michigan. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, will place second-year students in LTU’s Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program in rural […]