Keep kids busy during school shutdown with cool science experiments from Lawrence Tech

Here are a couple of cool experiments you can do during this time of “social distancing” to keep your kids’ minds active. If you are a teacher looking for demonstrations to do for your students remotely, these experiments are perfect for that as well.

Coronavirus concerns prompt LTU to postpone Commencement, teach online through May

Lawrence Technological University will move to online education for the balance of the Spring 2020 semester and has postponed its scheduled May 9 Commencement ceremony to December. Lawrence Tech President Virinder Moudgil announced the moves in an e-mail to students, faculty, and staff Tuesday night, in response to growing concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic.

LTU Cisler Lecture postponed

Due to the current situation related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the scheduled March 24 Walker L. Cisler Memorial Lecture at Lawrence Technological University has been postponed, and will be rescheduled for a date this fall. The exact date has yet to be determined. In the lecture, a biotech expert from the University of Michigan, Gil Omenn, was to speak on how issuing "grand challenges" to the scientific community has produced major advances in everything from space science to medicine.

LTU in nation's top third for student services spending

Lawrence Technological University ranks in the top one-third of private, nonprofit, four-year colleges in spending on student services, according to a new survey from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Lawrence Tech to host 500+ scholars at research event March 13

More than 500 educators and researchers are expected to gather at Lawrence Technological University March 13 for the annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters (MASAL).

LTU's Marburger STEM Center gives high school students hands-on experience with drone technology

On Saturday, Feb. 8, a group of 10 high school students visited Lawrence Technological University’s Marburger STEM Center to learn about drones during one of LTU’s Xtreme Science Saturdays programs.