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Missouri S&T awards Chancellor’s Scholarships
Missouri University of Science and Technology awarded Chancellor’s Scholarships to a group of Missouri high school seniors for the 2021-22 academic year. To qualify for the scholarship, students must be Missouri residents, have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.75 or rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school graduation class […]
Read More »Missouri S&T to hold in-person commencement May 14-15
Missouri University of Science and Technology will honor its graduating students while following COVID-19 safety guidelines during four commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 14-15 on the Missouri S&T campus. The university will also hold a virtual ceremony for those who are unable to attend in person.
Read More »Missouri S&T faculty members receive UM System President’s Awards
The University of Missouri System announced that two members of the Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty have earned President’s Awards, the highest honor bestowed by the system, for their contributions to their universities and fields of study. A total of 17 awards were presented throughout the UM System.
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A history of Miner pranks
According to the New England Historical Society, pranks have been a part of the college experience since at least the 13th century, when students at Oxford University sent a prostitute to the cardinal in residence. The tradition of pranks came to America with the Puritans in the 1600s. Two centuries later, the tradition of college pranks […]
Read More »S&T professor is “go-to guy” for flood-control history
Dr. J. David Rogers, the Karl F. Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering, has studied major floods on every continent except Antarctica. No surprise, then, that media organizations seek him out for stories about the history of flood control.
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Staying in the game
When the COVID-19 pandemic sent colleges and universities across the county to online instruction and the public into lockdown, household supplies like toilet paper and hand soap and kitchen staples like rice and flour became hot commodities that were difficult to come by. College athletes faced a different kind of shortage. “Everyone knew gyms would […]
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Missouri S&T biosciences fighting COVID-19
Missouri S&T students who studied biosciences have been on the front lines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in the last year and others are seeing secondary patient effects every day in their health care fields. They discuss some of the toughest and most rewarding parts of their jobs and offer their best advice for the public.
Read More »Busy year in ECE
IEEE, HKN, and Radio Club ECE student groups maintained an active community even within the constraints of social distancing and other campus pandemic protocols and despite the fact that most student events moved to an online format. The IEEE student branch hosted an ice cream social, several skills workshops and Zoom study sessions. The HKN […]
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Online Automation Engineering Laboratories
The ongoing Covid-19 situation has changed the way Missouri S&T professors deliver courses, including laboratory courses. The move to online coursework in spring 2020 required tremendous dedication and resolve for most faculty, staff and students, but one lab had been prepared for this moment for years.
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New frontiers in research
Prompted by the rapid spread of COVID-19, researchers around the world began work to quickly develop tests for the virus. A group of researchers in Missouri S&T’s Lightwave Technology Laboratory joined the search and are developing a non-invasive test that produces results in less than 60 seconds.
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