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S&T’s Lusk on committee to help keep miners safe

Posted by on November 22, 2016

A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is part of a national group looking at ways to keep miners — especially underground coal miners — safe.

Dr. Braden Lusk, professor and chair of mining and nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T, is on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee to study occupational exposure to respirable coal mine dust in underground mines.

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Ten Tenors to perform at Leach Theatre

Posted by on November 22, 2016

Leach Theatre will host the Ten Tenors for a performance of their show, “Home for the Holidays” as a part of the 2016-17 Campus Performing Arts Series at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Missouri S&T music groups to perform holiday concert

Posted by on November 17, 2016

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s choirs, Concert Band and Orchestra will present their holiday concert Friday, Dec. 2, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, located at 10th and Main streets in Rolla.

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Missouri S&T pre-med student to shadow doctors in Spain

Posted by on November 16, 2016

A Missouri University of Science and Technology student has been accepted into the Atlantis Project, a premedical studies exchange program that allows college students to witness medical practices in a different country.

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Leach Theatre to hold Black Friday-style sale

Posted by on November 16, 2016

Leach Theatre at Missouri University of Science and Technology will hold a Black Friday-style sale featuring discounted tickets to select performances from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28.

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S&T engineering students to spend Thanksgiving break in Guatemala

Posted by on November 14, 2016

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will travel to Nahualate, Guatemala, to continue its work to help provide access to safe drinking water for the community of approximately 3,000 people.

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S&T students help homeless in GlobalHack

Posted by on November 14, 2016

Being civic-minded comes with rewards, both emotionally and — for Missouri University of Science and Technology students — financially.

Missouri S&T computer science and computer engineering students competed in GlobalHack 2016 in October in St. Louis, designing software to provide help to the homeless. The team ScoobyDoIt, with S&T juniors in computer science John Bagsby and Seth Kitchen, won the college division and a $100,000 prize. Also on the ScoobyDoIt team were Jacob Baird from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Tom Hood of Westminster College.

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Celebrate international education week at Missouri S&T

Posted by on November 9, 2016

Celebrate the benefits of international education at Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Global Showcase. This annual event will be held 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the Havener Center atrium on the Missouri S&T campus.

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Missouri S&T mining expert helps write new rules

Posted by on November 9, 2016

A mining expert from Missouri University of Science and Technology lent a hand in writing new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mining disclosure rules that could guide the industry for the next 20 to 30 years.

Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, associate professor of mining engineering at Missouri S&T, worked for the SEC from early February 2015 to mid-August 2016 in Washington, D.C., to craft guidelines on disclosures on mine property and payments by publicly traded mining companies. The current mining property disclosure rules have been in place for 30 years, and if accepted, the new ones — designed to bring the United States more in line with international standards — should last at least that long.

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Swing your partner round and round with the S&T Aerial Swing Dance Club

Posted by on November 8, 2016

The local community can learn to dance the Balboa, St. Louis Shag and Blues from a professional instructor at Missouri University of Science and Technology on Sunday, Nov. 13. The lessons are free and open to the public.

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