Spehr talks about unexpected career in seventh O’Keefe Lecture

Posted by on October 6, 2015

James L. Spehr, retired metallurgical engineer and alumnus of Missouri University of Science and Technology, will present a lecture in the seventh annual Dr. Thomas J. O’Keefe Lecture Series, presented by the Missouri S&T department of materials science and engineering.

Spehr’s presentation, “An Unexpected Career,” will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Planje Auditorium, 204 McNutt Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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Missouri S&T mine rescue teams take on pros

Posted by on October 5, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology recently hosted a competition designed to simulate a mine emergency. University teams competed alongside teams from industry, including Doe Run, Vulcan Materials Co. and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

Other collegiate teams competing were the Colorado School of Mines and Penn State University. In all, 21 teams competed.

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Missouri S&T scholar named research ambassador for German agency

Posted by on October 5, 2015

Dr. David Westenberg, an associate professor of biological sciences and chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named a research ambassador for the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst).

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Pink Floyd to be performed at Missouri S&T

Posted by on October 5, 2015

Pink Floyd fans know what a heartbeat, a ticking clock, a cash register and maniacal laughter have in common—the album “Dark Side of the Moon.” The famous Pink Floyd album will be performed by the touring concert series “Classic Albums Live” on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus as part of the 2015-16 Campus Performing Arts Series this October.

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See Missouri S&T’s digital art students’ projects Oct. 5

Posted by on October 2, 2015

Art students at Missouri University of Science and Technology have created new sign ideas for the campus library to help remind visitors of appropriate sound levels and other library rules.

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Missouri S&T kicks off Sarchet seminar series

Posted by on October 1, 2015

In advance of its 50th anniversary in fall 2016, the engineering management and systems engineering department at Missouri University of Science and Technology is launching the Bernie Sarchet Graduate Seminar Series.

The series is named after Dr. Bernie Sarchet, who joined Missouri S&T in the mid-1960s as the founding chair of the engineering management department.

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Asphalt conference paves the way at Missouri S&T

Posted by on October 1, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology will host its 58th annual Asphalt Conference on November 9-10.

The conference should be of interest to contractors, public agencies, consulting engineers, testing labs, aggregate producers, asphalt binder suppliers and equipment technical reps. Personal Development Hours (PDH) will be awarded.

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Missouri S&T plans to become tobacco-free by July 1, 2016

Posted by on October 1, 2015

57SharesBy July 1, 2016, Missouri University of Science and Technology intends to join more than 1,000 other colleges and universities in the U.S. by becoming a tobacco-free campus.

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Missouri S&T iGEM team earns bronze medal

Posted by on September 30, 2015

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s chapter of iGEM, the International Genetically Engineered Machine Foundation, has earned a bronze medal at the iGEM 2015 Giant Jamboree, held Sept. 24-28 in Boston. The team earned the medal for its work to combat white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of bats and threatens to disrupt the ecosystem.

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Fall enrollment at Missouri S&T again breaks records

Posted by on September 29, 2015

For the third year in a row, Missouri University of Science and Technology has broken enrollment records. The fall 2015 enrollment at Missouri S&T, officially recorded at the end of the semester’s fourth week, is 8,889. This is the highest enrollment in the university’s history, up 2.9 percent from the official fall 2014 figure, says Deanne Jackson, Missouri S&T registrar.

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