Author: Andrew Careaga
Lady Miners host GLVC tournament opener
Missouri S&T will host a first-round game of the SCHEELS Great Lakes Valley Conference Basketball Championship on Sunday afternoon (Feb. 26) at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.
Eye-tracking studies: first impressions form quickly on the web
When viewing a website, it takes users less than two-tenths of a second to form a first impression, according to recent eye-tracking research conducted at Missouri University of Science and Technology. But it takes a little longer – about 2.6 seconds – for a user’s eyes to land on that area of a website that most influences their first impression.
Missouri S&T to test emergency alert system
Missouri University of Science and Technology will conduct a test of its emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.
Read More »Assessing the cost of interruptions for the military
Interruptions are a way of life, and unless we’re trying to read email on our smart phones while driving, they’re typically not life-threatening.
Read More »Robot builders come to Missouri S&T for FIRST Tech Challenge
Hundreds of tech-savvy high school students from throughout Missouri and western Illinois will put their robotic creations to the test on Saturday, Feb. 25, during the FIRST Tech Challenge, a regional robotics championship for high school students hosted by Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Daniel Shechtman to speak at S&T
Professor Daniel Shechtman, the current Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals, which turned the science of crystallography upside-down, will deliver the 23rd A. Frank Golick Lecture in Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Cheryl B. Schrader named Missouri S&T chancellor
Dr. Cheryl B. Schrader, associate vice president for strategic research initiatives and former engineering dean at Boise State University, has been selected as the next chancellor of Missouri University of Science and Technology, University of Missouri System officials announced today (Jan. 19, 2012). She will begin serving as chancellor on April 2.
Student team’s glucose sensor uses DNA instead of chemicals
People with diabetes may one day have a less expensive resource for monitoring their blood glucose levels, if research by a group of Missouri University of Science and Technology students becomes reality.
S&T professor co-edits book on visual communication
Teaching the importance of visual communication in a world increasingly dominated by images is the focus of a new book co-edited by Dr. Kathryn Northcut, associate professor of English and technical communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology and director of Missouri S&T’s technical communication programs.
Missouri S&T offers sustainability minor
Missouri University of Science and Technology now offers a multi-disciplinary minor in sustainability for S&T undergraduates. The program was approved for the 2011-2012 academic year by the Missouri S&T Faculty Senate.
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