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.
Read More »S&T historian wins state book award
Dr. Shannon L. Fogg, assistant professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, recently received the 2009 Missouri Conference on History Book Award. The award is given to the best book on any historical topic written by a Missouri resident published in 2008. Fogg received the award for her book The Politics of Everyday Life in Vichy France: Foreigners, Undesirables, and Strangers.
Read More »$3 million announced for transportation center
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s National University Transportation Center — one of only 10 in the nation — will receive more than $3 million in federal funds for its research program, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond announced.
Read More »S&T researcher gets stimulus funds to recycle silicon
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced the funding of 24 new solar projects as part of the nation’s economic stimulus efforts. One of the projects involves research at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where Dr. Lifeng Zhang is working on methods to recycle silicon wastes generated in the production of solar wafers.
Read More »Officers to receive training on how to handle college parties
Missouri University of Science and Technology is hosting a training session for law enforcement officers Friday, July 10, on ways to deal with drinking behaviors and large parties.
Read More »S&T to offer class on how to use eBay
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Small Business Technology Development Center is offering a two-part class on how to sell items on eBay from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, July 14, and Thursday, July 16, in Room 103 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
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