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Police Chief Bill Bleckman to retire after 37 years
William C. Bleckman, director of University Police at Missouri University of Science and Technology since 1992, will retire in January 2010 after a 37-year career with University Police.
Read More »Professor named to leadership of environmental group
Dr. Joel Burken, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been elected vice president of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and is on track to lead the organization in 2011.
Read More »Staff member publishes book of horror stories
Duane Barton has been writing horror stories since the first grade. Now, he has published his first collection of horror stories.
Read More »Andrew Careaga named ‘international brand master’
Marketing budgets in higher education have been decimated, which means that universities and colleges across the country – like their corporate counterparts everywhere – have had to come up with new, low-cost strategies and tactics to reach their audiences. Enter Andrew Careaga, of Missouri University of Science and Technology, the prototype of a new breed […]
Read More »Stewart Gillies named interim Rock Mechanics director
Dr. Stewart Gillies, Union Pacific Rocky Mountain Energy Mining Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named interim director of the university’s Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center. Gillies takes over for Dr. David A. Summers, Curators’ Professor of mining and nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T, who has served in the position for more than 30 years.
Read More »History tome earns international country music award
A Missouri S&T historian garnered recognition for his latest book from the International Country Music Conference this May. Dr. Patrick Huber, associate professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, received the Belmont Book Award for Best Book on Country Music. The award was presented at the group’s 2009 conference, held in Nashville in May.
Read More »S&T historian wins state book award
Dr. Shannon L. Fogg, assistant professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, recently received the 2009 Missouri Conference on History Book Award. The award is given to the best book on any historical topic written by a Missouri resident published in 2008. Fogg received the award for her book The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France: Foreigners, Undesirables, and Strangers.
Read More »Liou receives SME distinguished paper award
Dr. Frank Liou, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&T, recently received an award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) for a paper he co-authored.
Read More »Missouri S&T student Laura Confer appointed to UM Board of Curators
Laura A. Confer of Fenton, Mo., a mechanical engineering student at Missouri University of Science and Technology, began her first full day on Friday, June 5, as the student representative to the University of Missouri Board of Curators.
Nuran Ercal named Vitek Chair of Biochemistry
Dr. Nuran Ercal, professor of chemistry at Missouri University of Science and Technology and an expert in the study of lead toxicity and free radicals in biological systems, has been named the Richard K. Vitek/Foundation for Chemical Research Endowed Chair in biochemistry at Missouri S&T. The position takes effect June 1.
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