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Research shows people are overconfident about identifying phishing emails
People may not be as cyber-savvy as they believe they are when it comes to identifying email phishing scams, according to Missouri S&T researchers. But employers may benefit from teaching employees how to spot phishing by regularly sending them fake phishing emails. Phishing is a method of gathering personal information, banking and credit card details, […]
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Missouri S&T joins dark energy experiment to solve accelerating cosmos mystery
Missouri S&T has joined the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment (HETDEX) as one of 11 international institutions that are collaborating to define the force causing the accelerated expansion of the universe.
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Larry Gragg’s new book details Las Vegas’ rise from regional vice destination to glittering hotspot
In his new book released in late August, Dr. Larry Gragg, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of history and political science at Missouri S&T, tells the behind-the-scenes story of Las Vegas’ meteoric rise to becoming the multi-billion dollar tourist industry it is today.
Read More »Sivadasan named S&T vice provost of enrollment management
Shobi Sivadasan, senior associate vice president for graduate and international admissions at the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut, has been named vice provost of enrollment management at Missouri S&T. Her appointment begins Oct. 1.
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Ozark Biomedical Initiative to hold Research Symposium Sept. 14
Researchers from Missouri S&T and Phelps Health, as well as other institutions, will present their research at an annual symposium hosted by the Ozark Biomedical Initiative (OBI) on Saturday, Sept. 14. The event is open to the public. The event will be held 9 a.m.– 1 p.m. in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener […]
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Las Vegas’ rise from regional vice destination to glittering hotspot detailed in new book
A Las Vegas historian is telling the behind-the-scenes story of the city’s meteoric rise into becoming the multi-billion-dollar tourist industry it is today in a new book. “The rise in Las Vegas tourism from one million visitors in 1950, to ten million in 1960 was no accident,” says Dr. Larry Gragg, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching […]
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Three ways students are saving money on textbooks
Missouri S&T is providing three options for students to save money on the purchase of textbooks as part of the University of Missouri System’s Affordable and Open Education Resources (AOER) initiative. The program began in 2017 as a way to help students save money when buying books. At Missouri S&T, each course instructor chooses course […]
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Missouri S&T partners with St. Louis College of Pharmacy on pharmacy school admissions
Aspiring pharmacists attending Missouri University of Science and Technology can now participate in a new pathway to admission into St. Louis College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program.
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Missouri S&T Mars Rover finishes in top five in international competition
For the third consecutive year, the Mars Rover Design Team at Missouri S&T was among the top five finishers in the annual University Rover Challenge, an international competition held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. The Missouri S&T team finished fifth in the international event, which was won by the Kielce University […]
Read More »American military historian reflects on 75th anniversary of D-Day
Even 75 years later, Omaha Beach is better known than understood, says Dr. John C. McManus, a military historian who has studied the battle for Omaha for 25 years. “Only two kinds of people are going to be on this beach,” Col. George Taylor, commander of the U.S. Army’s lead assault regiment on D-Day told […]
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