College of Arts, Sciences, and Education
Seeing the environment through a different lens
After getting a chance to photograph the rainforests of Ecuador, Missouri S&T undergraduate Zach Beers will change his equipment and prepare to shoot photos of urban landscapes this summer as he heads to Detroit for an internship.
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A cleaner coat: S&T students launch paint sustainability startup ‘MicroHues’
Adrianna Sasser and Karly Butts didn’t expect a class project at Missouri S&T to turn into a business. Now, the two are developing sustainable paints through their startup, MicroHues.
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S&T student elected to Rolla City Council
Amelia Markwell, a senior in biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been elected to the Rolla City Council as a Ward 6 representative. She was sworn in to office on Monday, April 20, and her term will expire in April 2028.
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S&T’s Renaissance Student Award goes to Jane Yates
Jane Yates, a senior in environmental engineering from Knob Noster, Missouri, has been named Missouri S&T’s Renaissance Student for 2026. Yates received the award, which included a $1,300 prize, on Tuesday, May 5, at a ceremony hosted by the arts, languages, and philosophy department.
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Speaking two universal languages
Music has been a major part of Brileigh Cates’ graduate and undergraduate education at Missouri S&T. The applied mathematics graduate student – an alto saxophone player – has led the marching band as drum major, directed the Sax Choir, and performed in the University Wind Symphony, Movie Music Ensemble, and the University Symphonic Band. She is even a member of the band’s service sorority Tau Beta Sigma.
Read More »Department spotlight: Mathematics and statistics
The following was submitted as part of the CASE Newsletter for May 2026. From foundational calculus courses serving thousands of students each year to advanced research in data science, machine learning, and computational modeling, Missouri S&T’s mathematics and statistics department continues to play a central role in the university’s academic and research mission. The department […]
Read More »New CASE faculty: Grant Kolar
The following was submitted as part of the CASE Newsletter for May 2026. Dr. Grant Kolar joined Missouri S&T in 2025 as a research professor of biological sciences. He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Microbiology and Immunology. Kolar then completed his residency in Pathology […]
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Environmental scientist Robin Verble named a Fulbright Scholar
Dr. Robin Verble, professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, will spend part of this coming summer helping expand biodiversity in insect populations in Ecuador as a 2026-27 Fulbright U.S. Scholar.
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Missouri S&T chemist first woman to earn the Galvani Medal
Dr. Shelley Minteer, the Dr. Ken Robertson Memorial Professor in Chemistry and director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability at Missouri S&T, has earned the Galvani Medal from the Italian Chemical Society.
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Westenberg earns Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. David Westenberg, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has won a Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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