The Missouri University of Science and Technology Observatory will open its doors before dawn this weekend for visitors to view the conjunction of Jupiter and Mars through its 16-inch telescope.
Read More »Missouri University of Science and Technology mining engineering students have created things that go bump — and scream! — in the night at this year’s Haunted Mine, which opens Oct. 23 in Missouri S&T’s Experimental Mine.
“Examples of rooms are a Frankenstein room, a clown and carnival room and an exorcism room just to give a taste,” says Katherine Burke, a junior in mining engineering. “This year at the mine, we have acquired new props, and all of the rooms have different themes.”
Read More »Seven people with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology will be honored during the Miner Alumni Association’s Legends Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 23. The awards banquet is held in conjunction with Missouri S&T Homecoming festivities.
Read More »French artist Marie-Hélène Le Ny will visit Missouri University of Science and Technology for four days to speak about her portrait exhibit, Infinités Plurielles, and to photograph some of Missouri S&T’s female faculty in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Read More »The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will host a 5K run this month to raise money to support team travel expenses.
Read More »The local community can watch a parade, celebrate the 50th anniversary of the computer science department and cheer the Miner football team to victory as part of Missouri University of Science and Technology’s 2015 Homecoming celebration, held Oct. 23-24. This year’s theme is “MinerFest,” a fall festival event.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »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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