Author: Peter Ehrhard

Replacing your furnace filter could help protect from COVID-19

Posted by on February 24, 2021

Until a vaccine is readily available, a high-efficiency furnace filter used along with other precautions could help protect people from COVID-19 while they spend time together indoors. Dr. Yue-Wern Huang, director of S&T’s Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and a professor of biological sciences, is studying bioaerosols – the particles people release when they speak, sing […]

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Sending Miners worldwide

Posted by on February 23, 2021

Missouri S&T’s Global Engineering Program, launched in fall 2020, combines the best of humanities and STEM disciplines, preparing graduates to work in international settings by adding knowledge of another language and culture to S&T’s traditional engineering education.

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The show must go on

Posted by on February 23, 2021

When Missouri S&T took preventative measures to combat the ongoing global pandemic, many feared programs like the performing arts would take a large hit both in the classroom and on stage. Instead, S&T’s theater program continues to thrive, and the hits keep coming.

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Missouri S&T selects first time capsule contest winner

Posted by on February 18, 2021

Missouri S&T has selected its first winner of the year in the university’s time capsule contest. The 150th anniversary time capsule contest committee selected Emily Brickler’s entry of photos from Yo-Yo Ma’s and William Shatner’s visits to campus.

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Missouri S&T theater students to livestream one-woman show

Posted by on February 17, 2021

Theater students in Missouri S&T’s arts, languages and philosophy department will perform “To Bathe or Not to Bathe,” a dark-comedy memoir by Gwyneth Strope, this February.

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Missouri S&T to host virtual Career Fair on Feb. 16

Posted by on February 8, 2021

Missouri S&T students and alumni looking for full-time employment, a co-op or an internship will have the opportunity to meet with employers one-on-one without having to wait in line. The university will host its second virtual Career Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 16, through the Career Fair Plus app. On Tuesday, Feb. 9, students will be […]

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‘Make Your Website Work for You’ seminar available Feb. 23

Posted by on February 5, 2021

Business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to join a virtual seminar dedicated to website best practices to grow their business online. The seminar is hosted by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Missouri S&T and Grow with Google, a free digital skills training program from Google.

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Biomedical engineers develop ‘smart’ sensor bandages

Posted by on February 4, 2021

In a time of COVID-19 restrictions and minimal travel, many people are turning to virtual doctor appointments and consultations as a safer alternative to in-person doctor visits. Researchers at Missouri S&T are working to make this new wave of telemedicine more successful by creating an oxygen-sensing patch printed on a flexible, disposable bandage that can interact with a smartphone. This smart bandage could enable remote monitoring for the early detection of illnesses such as pressure ulcers, allowing for immediate treatment or intervention.

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Missouri S&T 150th events a part of statewide Bicentennial Alliance

Posted by on February 2, 2021

Missouri S&T’s 150th anniversary celebration is joining the state of Missouri’s Bicentennial Alliance to host a lecture series on the history and culture of the region.

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Missouri S&T’s Black history: challenges overcome

Posted by on February 2, 2021

As Dr. Larry Gragg notes in Forged in Gold: Missouri S&T’s First 150 Years, Missouri S&T was segregated until 1950, and “the campus culture well into the 20th century reflected the broader American culture of bigotry and intolerance.”

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