Quantum dot research could lead to medical advances
Working with atomic-scale particles known as quantum dots, a Missouri University of Science and Technology biologist hopes to develop a new and better way to deliver and monitor proteins, medicine, DNA and other molecules at the cellular level.
Read More »Andrew Careaga named ‘international brand master’
Marketing budgets in higher education have been decimated, which means that universities and colleges across the country – like their corporate counterparts everywhere – have had to come up with new, low-cost strategies and tactics to reach their audiences. Enter Andrew Careaga, of Missouri University of Science and Technology, the prototype of a new breed […]
Read More »S&T wins national CASE award
The development team at Missouri University of Science and Technology, a part of the S&T university advancement division, earned a national 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Award as one of the nation’s top eight most improved fundraising programs.
Read More »The rubber is hitting the road at Missouri S&T
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are investigating ways to use rubber and resin from the guayule plant to help pave roads.
Read More »KMST adds two national programs
Public radio station KMST will begin airing two popular nationally syndicated programs, “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” and “The Diane Rehm Show.” The station gathers programming preferences from members twice a year during its membership drives as well as through surveys. After receiving substantial requests from members and listeners, the programs will be added to the […]
Read More »S&T receives $174,000 in GAANN funding
This fall, Missouri University of Science and Technology will receive $174,208 to support graduate education in materials science and engineering, the U.S. Department of Education announced this week. The funding is part of the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. It will allow six GAANN Fellows to pursue Ph.D. degrees through the […]
Read More »Stewart Gillies named interim Rock Mechanics director
Dr. Stewart Gillies, Union Pacific Rocky Mountain Energy Mining Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named interim director of the university’s Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center. Gillies takes over for Dr. David A. Summers, Curators’ Professor of mining and nuclear engineering at Missouri S&T, who has served in the position for more than 30 years.
Read More »Student humanitarian trip to Honduras canceled
Political uncertainties in Honduras have led members of a student group at Missouri University of Science and Technology to cancel their humanitarian trip to Honduras.
Read More »Historian’s new book examines Quaker community of Barbados
While most Americans connect the Quaker religion to the colony of Pennsylvania, the true Quaker colony of the Western Hemisphere in the 17th century was the West Indies island of Barbados, writes Dr. Larry Gragg in a new book examining how members of that religion dealt with daily life in an economy based on slave trade.
Read More »History tome earns international country music award
A Missouri S&T historian garnered recognition for his latest book from the International Country Music Conference this May. Dr. Patrick Huber, associate professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, received the Belmont Book Award for Best Book on Country Music. The award was presented at the group’s 2009 conference, held in Nashville in May.
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