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Bluegrass band Cherryholmes to perform Oct. 12
Tickets remain for a performance by the dynamic family band Cherryholmes, a Leach Theatre special event that will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12. The performance will be held in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the Missouri S&T campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
Read More »Researchers show how green slime could help save the world
Several glass containers filled with algae-stained water sit on a table in Dr. Paul Nam’s laboratory at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Next to the big green bottles are two much smaller vials. One of the vials, labeled “biodiesel,” contains a mostly clear solution. Nam picks up the other vial, labeled “algae oil,” and gives it a shake. A small amount of dark liquid swishes around.
Read More »This is your grid on brains
Managing power networks in the future may involve a little more brain power than it does today, if researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology succeed in a new project that involves literally tapping brain cells grown on networks of electrodes.
Read More »Missouri S&T program links international students and community families
This fall, the international affairs office at Missouri S&T is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.
Read More »Leach Family Series to feature Chinese acrobats
Missouri S&T will present The Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, as part of the Leach Theatre Family Series. The performance will be held in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla, Mo. The Leach Family Series is presented by the Missouri S&T student affairs department.
Read More »Unity Day celebration at S&T to be held Oct. 22
Wednesday, Oct. 22, is Unity Day at Missouri University of Science and Technology. This year’s theme is “Turn Down Your Stereotypes: Busting Common Myths.”
Read More »S&T students are becoming real rocket scientists
Two years ago, a group of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology were involved in an informal rocketry challenge with some would-be rocket scientists from Iowa State University. The Iowa State program didn’t get off the ground that year, but the Missouri S&T students built a 12-foot-tall rocket that reached speeds approaching 1,000 mph and a height of 19,000 feet.
Read More »Fall 2008 Career Fair: students in high demand
Even in a tough economy, the future looks bright for Missouri University of Science and Technology students. A record number of employers visited the Missouri S&T campus Tuesday, Sept. 23, to try to convince some of the most highly sought after college students in the nation to come to work for their companies.
Read More »“Mammoth Follies” to be presented Oct. 8 by Leach Family Series
Missouri S&T will present the first performance in the 2008-09 Leach Theatre Family Series, “Mammoth Follies,” by Hudson Vagabond Puppets, at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8. The event will be held in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla, Mo. All tickets are $3.50 each.
Read More »KMST fall membership drive to begin Oct. 4
Public radio station KMST at Missouri S&T begins its Fall Membership Drive at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, with its popular bluegrass program, “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night.” The drive runs through the following Sunday, Oct. 12.
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