Enrollment up nearly nine percent this spring
Enrollment for the first day of classes at Missouri S&T is 6,182, an 8.9 percent increase from last year’s first day of enrollment, says Laura Stoll, Missouri S&T registrar. This is the eighth consecutive year of enrollment increases.
Read More »Levy named Maxwell C. Weiner Professor of Humanities
Dr. David W. Levy, the David Ross Boyd Professor of American History at the University of Oklahoma, has been named the 2010 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Read More »Honey gets funny at S&T’s screening of ‘Bee Movie’
Area families are invited to start the new year on a light-hearted note with DreamWorks’ Bee Movie, an animated comedy created by Jerry Seinfeld. The film will be shown on the big screen at Missouri S&T as part of the Leach Theatre Family Film Series.
Read More »Missouri S&T chancellor receives leadership award
Missouri University of Science and Technology Chancellor John F. Carney III has been selected to receive the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VI.
Read More »Australian lakes may hold clues to life on Mars
By the time Curiosity, the next Mars Rover, launches in 2011, scientists on Earth will know more about the potential for life on Mars because of microorganisms that live in Australian lakes.
Read More »Seven inducted into Missouri Academy of Chemists and Biochemists
Seven scientists with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Chemistry and Biochemistry during the academy’s induction ceremony held Oct. 23.
The academy was established in 2005 to continue the work of the former Foundation for Chemical Research, which was in existence from 1983 through 2005. The foundation worked with the alumni of the chemistry department to support and enhance the research and teaching goals of the department. Members of the academy are scientists who have made outstanding contributions to their profession.
Leach Theatre to host interactive Beatles tribute concert
Beatles fans will be asked to pick the songs to be performed and to share the memories associated with them during the live concert, “Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience.” The performance will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall.
Missouri S&T awards Garms Honorary Doctorate Degree
Irvin H. Garms of Cape Girardeau, Mo., was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering, Honoris Causa, during the commencement ceremonies of Missouri University of Science and Technology on Saturday, Dec. 19, in Rolla, Mo. Approximately 600 degrees were awarded to graduating students and approximately 4,000 guests were in attendance.
Read More »26 faculty to receive awards
Twenty-six faculty members at Missouri S&T will receive awards for their achievements, research, service or teaching for 2009 during an awards ceremony on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.
Read More »Chinese university joins S&T in transfer program
Representatives from Missouri S&T and China University of Petroleum (CUP) met recently to sign a transfer agreement between the two universities. The agreement will allow CUP students to transfer to S&T after their first two years of study in geology and geophysics.
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