Missouri S&T’s Opening Week starts Aug. 13
Missouri University of Science and Technology will welcome approximately 1,500 new students to Rolla on Saturday, Aug. 13, for move-in day. Students will begin a week of activities geared to help them transition to university life. A variety of academic workshops will be offered throughout the week, including problem-solving, lab safety, communications and leadership.
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How kitesurfing sparked a startup idea
355SharesWhen Dave Brown was a teenager growing up around Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks, he spent a lot of his time tinkering with robots and remote control cars and building his computer business.
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S&T Solar Car team earns fourth in 1,975-mile race
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Solar Car Design Team earned fourth place at the American Solar Challenge. The worldwide collegiate race challenged teams to design and build solar-powered vehicles and race them 1,975 miles from Ohio to South Dakota.
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World War II historian’s latest book looks at the realities of aerial combat
“Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II,” released in a new paperback edition on Tuesday, Aug. 2, takes an in-depth look at the dog fights that took place in the clouds above the European and the Pacific theaters of World War II. The book shares many personal accounts of American combat airmen between 1941 and 1945.
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David Hosick to direct Project Lead The Way at Missouri S&T
David K. Hosick, senior director of school engagement for Project Lead The Way’s west central region, has been named senior director of the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) program at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He takes over for Ben Yates, who will retire in September after serving in the position for the past five years. Hosick’s appointment took effect Monday, Aug. 1
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Greening mines
For more than 150 years, The Doe Run Co. has tapped the fertile mineral resources of southeast Missouri to mine the lead, copper and zinc that remain staples of products ranging from car batteries to X-ray equipment and military satellites.
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Campus prepares to become tobacco free
15SharesMissouri University of Science and Technology will join over 1,000 other colleges and universities when it becomes a tobacco-free campus next Monday, Aug. 1, 2016).
Read More »Missouri S&T to launch first MOOC in July
Missouri University of Science and Technology will enter the world of massive open online courses when it launches its first MOOC later this month. The course, “Effective Strategies for Group Work,” is designed to give educators strategies for incorporating group work into their own classes.
Read More »Burken takes chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering department
Dr. Joel Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is now the department’s chair after signing an agreement on Thursday July 14.
Burken had been the department’s interim chair since December after previously serving as the department’s associate chair. Although his title has changed, he says he’ll still be involved in research and teaching.
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Final Rolla Town Band concert July 21
Hear a mix of marches, pops and classical music this month at the Rolla Town Band’s fourth and final performance of the 2016 season.
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