Author: Peter Ehrhard

Melanie R. Mormile named AAAS Fellow

Posted by on March 26, 2026

Dr. Melanie R. Mormile, professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

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S&T physicist’s research helps reveal previously unseen galaxies

Posted by on March 5, 2026

Researchers affiliated with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX), including Dr. Shun Saito, an associate professor of physics at Missouri S&T, have made the largest and most accurate 3D map yet of light emitted by excited hydrogen 9 billion to 11 billion years ago in the early universe.

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Belfi named Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science

Posted by on March 4, 2026

Dr. Amy Belfi, associate professor of psychological science at Missouri S&T, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

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Miners in the Making

Posted by on February 3, 2026

The following was submitted for the CASE Dean’s February 2026 Newsletter. Miners in the Making, a STEM-focused afterschool program, is now in year two of its five-year MOCAL grant. Operated by the Kummer Center for STEM Education, the program provides safe, high-quality afterschool care for up to 100 Phelps County K–12 students each weekday 3-6 […]

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Spotlight on the education department

Posted by on February 3, 2026

The following was submitted as part of the CASE Dean’s February 2026 Newsletter. Missouri S&T has been preparing classroom teachers since 2010, laying a strong foundation well before the formal establishment of the education department in 2018. Today, 97 S&T graduates are teaching in Missouri public schools across the state—from Webster Groves to Nixa to […]

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Using philosophy for counseling: Missouri S&T lecturer publishes new book

Posted by on January 8, 2026

A Missouri S&T faculty member has published a new book that focuses on society and people’s feelings of insecurity and precariousness. Precarity, Trauma, Addiction, and Love in Philosophical Counseling, by Dr. Ross Channing Reed, a lecturer in philosophy at Missouri S&T, was released today (Thursday, Jan. 8) by Bloomsbury Publishing. Reed’s book examines how the […]

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Math is the universal language – so she can travel anywhere

Posted by on December 22, 2025

Shannen Irfan Surhyo plans to be a CEO of a major banking institute. Her first step? Deciding which discipline to major in – mathematics and statistics, economics or actuarial science.

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Banker-turned-psychologist plans future

Posted by on December 12, 2025

Ebenezer Amponsah-Danso had worked in the banking industry for six years before he decided it wasn’t a perfect fit. He moved from Ghana to Rolla, Missouri, to pursue a master’s degree in a program that focused on the aspects of work that he hadn’t previously been able to enjoy due to organizational issues and lapses. […]

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Busy doesn’t begin to describe him

Posted by on December 3, 2025

Student Council President, St. Pat’s Knight, KMNR radio DJ, Honors College member, IEEE HKN honor society member, Psi Chi honor society member, double majoring in computer science and psychology, minoring in bioinformatics and earning an undergraduate certificate in neuroscience, served on the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education Student Advisory Board, was a resident assistant […]

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Missouri S&T math student receives DOE award for research

Posted by on November 24, 2025

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named Jacob Hauck, a Ph.D. student in computational and applied mathematics at Missouri S&T, as a recipient of the 2025 DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award.

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