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Pouring the cornerstone on a better future

Posted by on October 13, 2018

The donors who paved the way to a $6.5 million lab expansion in Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall gathered on Oct. 12 to pour the cornerstone on the Advanced Construction and Materials Laboratory.

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Missouri S&T researchers win multimillion dollar grant to build fast-charging stations for electric cars

Posted by on October 9, 2018

Researchers from Missouri S&T and three private companies will combine their expertise to create charging stations for electric vehicles that could charge a car in less than 10 minutes – matching the time it takes to fill up a conventional vehicle with gasoline.

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’60s S&T rock band reunites for golden performance

Posted by on October 8, 2018

When students on the Missouri S&T campus in the 1960s weren’t listening to class lectures or lab recitations, their thoughts turned to music, and part of their soundtrack came from a student band called the Jaguars.

Formed in 1964, the Jaguars were a group of students from S&T, Rolla High School and Dixon High School. After winning the “Campus Talent 1966” competition the group went on to provide party music for a decade’s worth of Miners.

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Entrepreneurial students have new opportunity for business model and plan training, start-up money

Posted by on September 20, 2018

Missouri S&T students with entrepreneurial visions can advance their ideas and win prize money by participating in the Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) Student Accelerator, a new University of Missouri System program that kicks off with an informational workshop presented by Dr. Bonnie Bachman, professor of economics at Missouri S&T, 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in Room G-2 of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IDE).

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Two Missouri S&T professors celebrate 50 years of teaching and research excellence

Posted by on September 4, 2018

The College of Arts, Sciences, and Business (CASB) will honor Dr. Gerald L. Cohen and Dr. Gary J. Long – two professors who have shared five decades of teaching and research excellence with Missouri S&T.

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Missouri S&T welcomes 29 new faculty members

Posted by on August 22, 2018

With expertise ranging from American folklore to organic chemistry, 29 new faculty members joined Missouri S&T this fall.

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Starting College 101: Advice for new students

Posted by on August 14, 2018

Welcome to Missouri S&T! It is exciting to be a Miner, but we know that starting college can be overwhelming at times. So we turned to the experts for tips. We asked a dozen S&T students — ranging from sophomores to seniors — for their best advice on thriving during the first month of college, relieving stress and living on campus. Here’s what they had to say:

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Cleanup continues after minor fire at S&T’s McNutt Hall

Posted by on August 14, 2018

Crews are cleaning up today after a small fire broke out in a second-floor laboratory in McNutt Hall on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus.

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Missouri S&T workshops to help entrepreneurs with successful start-ups 

Posted by on July 11, 2018

For start-up businesses, knowing how and who to go to for help can mean the difference between success and failure. A three-part series – READY, SET, GO – was developed specifically to help current and aspiring entrepreneurs learn the basics of business startup. The series is being offered by the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at Missouri S&T, in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) St. Louis District Office.

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Office hours at 95: pioneering Missouri S&T professor Bill James reflects on 65 years in Rolla

Posted by on June 15, 2018

Despite spending the past 65 years in Rolla, Bill James’ thick Maine accent remains intact. He credits the links between two seemingly dissimilar locales for luring him to campus as a newly minted Iowa State University Ph.D. back in 1953. That decision would mark the start of a distinguished academic career highlighted by receiving the university’s first National Science Foundation research award, playing a key role in the formation of a Ph.D. program in chemical engineering, and establishing, in 1964, one of the university’s first research centers, the Graduate Center for Materials Research.

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