Author: Peter Ehrhard

Missouri S&T Observatory announces fall Visitors’ Nights

Posted by on August 15, 2016

The public is invited to view Messier object 4, a globular cluster near the Scorpio constellation, through Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 16-inch telescope on Monday, Aug. 22.

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Missouri S&T’s Opening Week starts Aug. 13

Posted by on August 12, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology will welcome approximately 1,500 new students to Rolla on Saturday, Aug. 13, for move-in day. Students will begin a week of activities geared to help them transition to university life. A variety of academic workshops will be offered throughout the week, including problem-solving, lab safety, communications and leadership.

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S&T Solar Car team earns fourth in 1,975-mile race

Posted by on August 9, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar Car Design Team earned fourth place at the American Solar Challenge. The worldwide collegiate race challenged teams to design and build solar-powered vehicles and race them 1,975 miles from Ohio to South Dakota.

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World War II historian’s latest book looks at the realities of aerial combat

Posted by on August 3, 2016

“Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II,” released in a new paperback edition on Tuesday, Aug. 2, takes an in-depth look at the dog fights that took place in the clouds above the European and the Pacific theaters of World War II. The book shares many personal accounts of American combat airmen between 1941 and 1945.

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Final Rolla Town Band concert July 21

Posted by on July 18, 2016

Hear a mix of marches, pops and classical music this month at the Rolla Town Band’s fourth and final performance of the 2016 season.

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Missouri S&T Solar Car team to race across the country

Posted by on July 18, 2016

A group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will race a solar-powered car approximately 1,800 miles against teams from around the nation in the American Solar Challenge, a competition for collegiate design teams.

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Learn more about biology at Missouri S&T’s BioBuilder workshops

Posted by on July 15, 2016

The local community and Missouri K-12 teachers can learn about the importance of synthetic biology and its role in our everyday lives by attending one of a series of hands-on, interactive summer workshop this July at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Rolla Town Band celebrates local history with July 14 concert

Posted by on July 11, 2016

Celebrate Rolla founder Edmund Ward Bishop’s 196th birthday at the Rolla Town Band’s third performance of the season.

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Rolla Town Band’s second performance July 7

Posted by on July 1, 2016

Hear a mix of pops music and marches at the second concert of the season by the Rolla Town Band this month.

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Physicist works to explain atom motion

Posted by on June 24, 2016

By laser-cooling atoms and studying their movements, a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher hopes to better understand how atoms and their components are affected and directed by environmental factors.

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