Join S&T’s Middle Eastern students for Saudi Night

Posted by on March 24, 2011

The area community is invited to learn about Middle Eastern culture and customs during Saudi Night at Missouri University of Science and Technology on Sunday, April 10. The event will be held from 5-9 p.m. in St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center.

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‘Essential Engineer’ author to discuss paradox of success and failure

Posted by on March 24, 2011

petroski-web.jpgIn his latest book The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems, Dr. Henry Petroski argues that engineers play a crucial role in the success of many of the world’s greatest achievements. In an upcoming lecture at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Petroski will also talk about why engineering failures are also important.

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Grad students recognized for research

Posted by on March 22, 2011

Thirty-two graduate students at Missouri University of Science and Technology recently presented research findings on campus as part the first annual Chancellor’s Fellows Research Poster Presentation. Chancellor’s Fellows are a select group of students who are on scholarship at Missouri S&T for academic excellence.

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Submit questions to Brooks, Shields prior to lecture

Posted by on March 21, 2011

Political and social analysts David Brooks and Mark Shields will answer emailed questions during their April 7 lecture on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus. Tickets are still available for the event.

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Students travel to Tennessee, Louisiana for spring break challenge

Posted by on March 21, 2011

Twenty-four Missouri University of Science and Technology students who will spend their spring break planting trees, performing conservation work and helping out at a homeless shelter.

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S&T students plan 5K run in St. Louis area

Posted by on March 21, 2011

The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders at Missouri University of Science and Technology is planning a 5K “Run For Water” on Saturday, April 23, at Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Rd., in Ballwin, Mo.

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S&T women finish first in mining competition

Posted by on March 21, 2011

A team of women from Missouri University of Science and Technology has won another world championship in mucking.

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S&T faculty members receive UM System President’s Awards

Posted by on March 18, 2011

Three faculty members from Missouri University of Science and Technology have received President’s Awards, the highest honor bestowed by the University of Missouri System, for excellence among the university’s four mission areas of teaching, research, service and economic development.

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S&T to hold public forum on nuclear situation in Japan

Posted by on March 17, 2011

The student chapters of Women in Nuclear and the American Nuclear Society at Missouri University of Science and Technology will be hosting a public forum on the situation with Japan’s reactors at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in the Havener Center on campus. The forum will be held in St. Pat’s Ballroom B.

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S&T research aims to make proteins ‘behave badly’

Posted by on March 14, 2011

sticky plaque researchResearchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are trying to get proteins to create the sticky plaque often associated with neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and even Mad Cow. If successful, the study would better equip researchers to prevent or find a cure for these diseases.

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