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S&T to host FIRST Tech Challenge through 2016
Following a successful three-year run, Missouri University of Science and Technology has been selected to host a regional robotics competition for high school students – the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) – for another three years. Missouri S&T will host the competition through 2016, FIRST announced April 26 during the FIRST World Championship, held at the […]
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Longtime Miner coach Dewey Allgood passed away April 23
Dewey Allgood, who served as a coach and administrator in Missouri S&T’s athletics department for 40 years and was a member of the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, April 23, at the age of 91.
Read More »State of the university: Chancellor touts return on investment
Quoting Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, Missouri University of Science and Technology Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader on Tuesday discussed the university’s plan to focus on providing a high return on investment for Missouri S&T’s students, the employers that hire them, the university’s research partners and donors.
Read More »S&T students place second in national design competition
A group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology has earned second place in an EPA competition to create an innovative, “green” infrastructure design for managing stormwater. The students earned $1,500 for their team and $8,000 in green infrastructure research funds for their institution.
Read More »S&T Baja Team primed to hit the dirt
A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology is heading to a dirt track in rural Tennessee to race its dune buggy head-to-head against 100 other Baja vehicles from collegiate teams across the country. The race is part of a competition that challenges college students to design and build an off-road vehicle capable of traversing rough terrain and water.
Read More »Undergraduate Research Conference winners declared
The winners of the ninth annual Undergraduate Research Conference have been announced. The Missouri University of Science and Technology conference featured oral and poster exhibitions that represented almost every major. Winners received a cash prize of $750, with the second and third place finishers receiving $500 and $250 respectively.
Read More »S&T students take second place at steel bridge competition
Students from Missouri University of Science and Technology won second place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Mid-Continent Student Conference.
Read More »Help S&T win Climate Leadership Awards video contest
Missouri University of Science and Technology will be recognized in two venues this month as one of 20 colleges and universities nationwide that exemplify the mission of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) to promote education, research and community involvement on sustainability issues.
S&T historian examines the lure of ‘Sin City’ in new book
Las Vegas is appealing to average people around the world because it represents an escape from the mundane, everyday cares everyone faces, says Missouri University of Science and Technology historian Larry Gragg in his latest book.
