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S&T receives $174,000 in GAANN funding

Posted by on July 15, 2009

This fall, Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $174,208 to support graduate education in materials science and engineering, the U.S. Department of Education announced this week. The funding is part of the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. It will allow six GAANN Fellows to pursue Ph.D. degrees through the […]

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Student humanitarian trip to Honduras canceled

Posted by on July 14, 2009

Political uncertainties in Honduras have led members of a student group at Missouri University of Science and Technology to cancel their humanitarian trip to Honduras.

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Historian’s new book examines Quaker community of Barbados

Posted by on July 13, 2009

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While most Americans connect the Quaker religion to the colony of Pennsylvania, the true Quaker colony of the Western Hemisphere in the 17th century was the West Indies island of Barbados, writes Dr. Larry Gragg in a new book examining how members of that religion dealt with daily life in an economy based on slave trade.

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$3 million announced for transportation center

Posted by on July 9, 2009

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s National University Transportation Center — one of only 10 in the nation — will receive more than $3 million in federal funds for its research program, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond announced.

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Mishra named fellow of international materials society

Posted by on July 7, 2009

Dr. Rajiv S. Mishra, Curators’ Professor of materials science and engineering at Missouri S&T, has been named a fellow of ASM International, an international professional society for materials information.

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Governor visits campus to sign legislation promoting science, technology education

Posted by on July 2, 2009

Missouri University of Science and Technology was the site Gov. Jay Nixon selected to sign into law two pieces of legislation promoting education in mathematics, engineering, technology and science.

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Student humanitarian trip to Honduras on hold

Posted by on July 2, 2009

Members of Missouri S&T’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter are putting an upcoming trip to Honduras on hold due to the political situation in that country.

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Military historian’s latest book uncovers ‘Band of Brothers’ falsehood

Posted by on July 1, 2009

mcmanus-7th-vol2.jpgDespite the stirring portrayal in Band of Brothers, Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division was not the first to enter Adolf Hitler’s Berchtesgaden mountain retreat near the end of World War II, says military historian Dr. John C. McManus in a new book.

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Student killed in motorcycle accident

Posted by on June 10, 2009

Ryan D. Hall, 21, of Columbia, Mo., a senior in computer engineering at Missouri S&T, was killed just after 8 p.m. Monday, June 8, in a motorcycle accident outside of Columbia.

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Student wins national service award

Posted by on June 10, 2009

A student from Missouri S&T received the highest honor presented at the annual business meeting of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH), held May 22-24 at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Ariz.

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