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Chancellor and family moving off-campus while university addresses issues at residence

Posted by on October 26, 2015

While the university continues to inspect and address issues at the Chancellor’s Residence on the Missouri S&T campus, Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader and her family are moving a second time this semester. In August, the chancellor and her family moved into Missouri S&T’s Residential College. This week, the Schraders will move off-campus to a residence that […]

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Missouri S&T theatre to stage play about sexual assault

Posted by on October 23, 2015

The Miner League Theatre Players at Missouri University of Science and Technology will examine attitudes and misconceptions about sexual assault with four performances of “Good Kids.” “Good Kids” takes place after a high school party, when a girl is raped by a gang of football players. It focuses on the repercussions of the event and […]

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Missouri S&T’s Nest Home earns fifth

Posted by on October 19, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar House Design Team has earned fifth place at the 2015 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, its highest-ever finish at the competition. The Solar Decathlon was held Oct. 8-18 in Irvine, California. The team’s house, named the Nest Home, was one of fourteen entries in the competition.

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Grad George Mueller, who helped enable NASA moon landing, dies at 97

Posted by on October 18, 2015

Dr. George Mueller, a 1939 electrical engineering graduate who was credited with helping ensure NASA met President John F. Kennedy’s manned moon landing timetable, died Monday, Oct. 12, at age 97, NASA announced.

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Missouri S&T to exhibit French photographer’s work

Posted by on October 9, 2015

French artist Marie-Hélène Le Ny will visit Missouri University of Science and Technology for four days to speak about her portrait exhibit, Infinités Plurielles, and to photograph some of Missouri S&T’s female faculty in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).

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Volunteers needed for girls’ conference at Missouri S&T

Posted by on October 7, 2015

Women are needed as volunteers to serve as guides for attendees of the annual Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) conference that will be held Friday, Nov. 20, on the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Missouri S&T scholar named research ambassador for German agency

Posted by on October 5, 2015

Dr. David Westenberg, an associate professor of biological sciences and chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named a research ambassador for the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst).

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Missouri S&T iGEM team earns bronze medal

Posted by on September 30, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s chapter of iGEM, the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation, has earned a bronze medal at the iGEM 2015 Giant Jamboree, held Sept. 24-28 in Boston. The team earned the medal for its work to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats and threatens to disrupt the ecosystem.

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Fall enrollment at Missouri S&T again breaks records

Posted by on September 29, 2015

For the third year in a row, Missouri University of Science and Technology has broken enrollment records. The fall 2015 enrollment at Missouri S&T, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,889. This is the highest enrollment in the university’s history, up 2.9 percent from the official fall 2014 figure, says Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar.

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Missouri S&T solar house travels to California for competition

Posted by on September 28, 2015

A team of students at Missouri University of Science and Technology spent two years designing and building a solar-powered house filled with smart-living technology. Once it was complete, the students cut it into pieces and shipped it to California on four semitrailers to compete in an international building competition.

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