Month: October 2023
S&T students to write and perform plays in 24 hours
Six new 10-minute plays will be written, directed and performed by Missouri S&T students during the Overnight Theatre Festival at Leach Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 4.
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Critical minerals expertise leads Missouri S&T to be named one of nation’s Tech Hubs
Missouri S&T’s expertise in critical minerals and materials research has led to its selection as one of 31 Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs (Tech Hubs) funded through the CHIPS and Science Act.
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Flying object in Roswell attributed to S&T Miners — not aliens
Earlier this month, a large, white object carrying a string of pink boxes was seen floating through the sky not far from Roswell, New Mexico, but no one is blaming aliens, as was the case during the community’s 1947 UFO incident.
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Is secondhand smoke from vapes less toxic than from traditional cigarettes?
According to the National Youth Tobacco Survey in 2020, 33.8% of U.S. middle and high school students report that they have been exposed to secondhand e-cigarette aerosols in indoor spaces. But little is known about how inhaling the heated metals, flavorings and other chemicals in the electronic cigarettes affect health.
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Former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt to open Chancellor’s Speaker Series at Missouri S&T
Missouri S&T will welcome former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt to campus as the inaugural speaker for the Chancellor’s Speaker Series. The event is free and open to the public, though guests are asked to RSVP in advance.
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Missouri S&T professor named RILEM Fellow
Dr. Dimitri Feys, an associate professor of civil engineering at Missouri S&T, has been named a Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures.
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Festivities planned for Missouri S&T Homecoming this October
Tour campus departments during open houses and cheer the Miner football team to victory as part of Missouri S&T’s 2023 MinerFest Homecoming celebration, held Oct. 27-28. Many of the homecoming events are open to the public.
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‘Questions are never stupid’
Missouri S&T chemistry professor Dr. Manashi Nath didn’t initially like chemistry in high school. She liked math and physics much more, she says. But that changed when she took a chemistry class with encouraging teachers.
Read More »Founder of Brewer Science to present eighth Stoffer Lecture
Dr. Terry Brewer, founder and president of Brewer Science, will deliver the eighth annual Stoffer Lecture at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, in Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall on the Missouri S&T campus. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be available to view online after the event.
Read More »Engineering innovation opportunities are topic of 2023 Porth Lecture at S&T
The privatization of space flight is a promising frontier for scientific exploration and the advancement of commerce, security and technology in outer space, but harnessing that potential requires infrastructure. Visiting speaker Dr. Ajay P. Malshe will discuss this and other Space 2.0 needs during the Porth Lecture at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
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