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S&T community helps with recovery after tornado rips through Rolla

Posted by on March 16, 2025

It’s not quite 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 16, and a large group of Missouri S&T students has congregated at a pavilion in Rolla’s Schuman Park, a short distance from the university’s campus.

Just a couple days ago, a sense of merriment filled the air as many of the same students took part in games and a carnival in this same location as part of S&T’s St. Pat’s celebrations. But today, the feeling is a mix of solemness and determination, as everyone has come together to help clean up their community in the aftermath of what appears to be two different tornadoes that went through Rolla.

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RESCHEDULED: Missouri S&T historian to give talk on Rolla poet

Posted by on January 31, 2025

Dr. Larry Gragg, university historian and professor emeritus of history and political science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, will present a talk titled “Inez Parker Griggs and the Rolla Community” this February. The talk is part of the Rolla Public Library’s Black History Month event series.

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Maryland lieutenant governor, S&T alumna returns to Rolla Dec. 4 for Chancellor’s Speaker Series

Posted by on November 18, 2024

Aruna Miller, lieutenant governor of Maryland and an alumna of Missouri S&T, will speak at the university Wednesday, Dec. 4 for the Chancellor’s Speaker Series.

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‘Lights, Camera, ROLLA!’ exhibit to open at Missouri S&T Oct. 1

Posted by on September 24, 2024

This October, explore the history of film at an exhibition created by the Missouri University of Science and Technology Archives and the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Rolla Research Center. The exhibition will be housed on the second floor of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library at Missouri S&T from Tuesday, Oct. 1, to Thursday, Oct. 31.

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Engineer for world’s tallest building to speak in Rolla Sept. 17

Posted by on September 5, 2024

Bill Baker, the engineer who developed the structural system for the world’s tallest building, is coming to Rolla, Missouri.  

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Rolla Town Band to perform free concerts

Posted by on June 21, 2024

The Rolla Town Band kicks off their summer concert series with Rolla’s Make Music Day concert at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, June 21, at the Downtown Band Shell in Rolla. There will be three more free concerts on June 27, July 4, and July 11, all beginning at 7:30 p.m. on the Castleman Hall Green.

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Colter shares the ‘enormous impact’ of Rolla with S&T Ph.D. grads 

Posted by on May 15, 2024

Dr. Kim D. Colter, a family medicine physician for Mercy Clinic Community Hospitalists in Washington, Missouri, shared with Ph.D. graduates of Missouri University of Science and Technology the importance Rolla, Missouri, had on his life and provided advice for their future careers. Colter spoke during the Missouri S&T Ph.D. commencement ceremony, held at 6 p.m. […]

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Two libraries team up to host eclipse events in Rolla

Posted by on February 29, 2024

The Curtis Laws Wilson Library at Missouri S&T and the Rolla Public Library are teaming up to host community events ahead of the solar eclipse this April. All eclipse events are free and open to the public.

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Rolla Town Band summer concerts begin June 21

Posted by on June 15, 2023

The Rolla Town Band will perform four concerts this summer, all free and open to the public.

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Henry Petroski: How the Rolla campus became Missouri S&T

Posted by on June 15, 2023

The following article by Henry Petroski was published in the October 2011 issue of ASEE Prism magazine.

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