Academics & Faculty
Carrying on with calculus
The COVID-19 pandemic is making teaching in-person on college campuses more complicated. But Missouri S&T instructors are stretching their imaginations to help students in classes such as calculus – a course that is fundamental to the degree programs of nearly 90% of S&T students.
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Missouri S&T prepares engineers for a future in space mining
The moon, other planets – even asteroids – may hold promise as future sources of resources such as water, hydrogen, methane, and base and precious metals. Researchers at Missouri S&T hold a wealth of expertise in natural resource exploration and extraction as well as in critical and strategic minerals, so the university stands at the forefront of space resource exploration.
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Researchers say job candidates are rated lower in virtual interviews
New research provides some of the first solid evidence that people who watch a virtual job interview rate the candidate substantially lower than those who watch the same interview in person.
Read More »Humanities scholar shares cultural knowledge with Missouri S&T and Rolla community
From analyzing the role of women in American space culture, to enlightening inquiring minds on the historical significance of pandemics, Dr. Marie Lathers is ready to share her more than 35 years of interdisciplinary humanities studies with students and faculty of Missouri S&T and with the Rolla community.
Read More »Missouri S&T welcomes new faculty
As classes begin this week, Missouri S&T welcomes new faculty this school year with expertise ranging from big data in precision medicine to 19th-century French literature. Julia Alexander,assistant teaching professor in teacher education and certification, worked in elementary and middle school education for 11 years. She holds a master’s degree in education with an emphasis […]
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Missouri S&T starts school year with most diverse class, blended instruction
With a record number of underrepresented minorities and Hispanic students, Missouri S&T started classes Monday (Aug. 24) for the 2020-21 school with a blend of online, in-person and hybrid classes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in the Rolla area. A record 11.6 percent of Missouri S&T students enrolled in the fall […]
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New commander leads Missouri S&T Air Force ROTC with focus on inclusion
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel C. Willis has been named commander and professor of aerospace studies to lead the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (Air Force ROTC) Detachment 442 Cadre at Missouri S&T.
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Missouri S&T adjunct professor named Senior Member by National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Steven Jung, an adjunct professor at Missouri S&T who developed a specialty glass used to speed healing of open wounds, has been named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors, the NAI announced today (Tuesday, Aug. 11).
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Missouri S&T professor elected fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Dr. Christi Patton Luks, teaching professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri S&T, has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in recognition of her contributions to the chemical engineering field. A fellowship is the highest grade of membership in AIChE.
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Missouri S&T wins $1.5 million award to create cutting-edge spectrometer
Missouri S&T has received a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation to develop a new, state-of-the-art, rotational microwave Missouri S&T has received a $1.5 million award from the National Science Foundation to develop a new, state-of-the-art, rotational microwave spectrometer on its campus in Rolla.
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Sports Headlines
- Connor Benjamin Advancing to Match Play at Missouri AM
- Ten Miners from Track and Field/Cross Country Earn CSC Academic All-District
- GLVC Honors 58 S&T Student-Athletes as Br. James Gaffney Distinguished Scholars
- Miners Set a New Record for Academic All-GLVC with 308 Honorees
- Thirteen Miner Teams Earn All-Academic Honors, Matching School Record