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Expert on risk management in engineering to give Stueck Lecture at Missouri S&T

Posted by on April 6, 2018

A National Academy of Engineering member known for her work to highlight statistical rigor and mathematical probability in infrastructure design and risk management will present the 2018 Stueck Lecture at Missouri S&T later this month. Dr. Suzanne Lacasse, technical director of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and a member of the national engineering academies in the U.S., Canada, Norway and France, will discuss “Reality-based design for robust geotechnical practice” at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 20, in Room 125 of Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall, 1401 N. Pine St. Lacasse plans to illustrate probabilistic and reliability-based design methods with case studies involving dam design, landslide runout, foundations of a historical ship museum and offshore installations.

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S&T historian’s new book chronicles America’s first female Egyptologist

Posted by on April 6, 2018

A Missouri S&T historian is telling the seemingly forgotten story of America’s first female Egyptologist.

Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science at Missouri S&T, wondered why there was so little mention of the scholarly work of Dr. Caroline Ransom Williams, America’s first university-trained female Egyptologist, in archaeology’s published history. After all…

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S&T’s Human Powered Vehicle Team ready to compete

Posted by on April 4, 2018

A team of students from Missouri S&T will travel to Pennsylvania this month to race its aerodynamically constructed bicycle as part of the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge (HPVC) East Competition.

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Missouri S&T workshop to help businesses create an online presence

Posted by on April 4, 2018

To celebrate National Small Business Week, April 29-May 5, the Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) at Missouri S&T is teaming up with Google to help small businesses get online and in front of customers.

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Take part in Missouri S&T’s 17th annual Earth Day celebration

Posted by on April 4, 2018

Plant a tree, make a bird house and learn about sustainable technologies at Missouri S&T’s Earth Day celebration.

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Missouri S&T solar car to be unveiled in April

Posted by on April 3, 2018

In preparation for its 1,700-mile journey this summer, the Solar Car Team at Missouri S&T will unveil its vehicle to the community this spring.

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S&T band to perform at Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival

Posted by on April 3, 2018

Missouri S&T’s Jazz Combo will perform as a part of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, which takes place April 18-21 in St. Louis.

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S&T research centers co-present first biomedical humanities symposium

Posted by on April 2, 2018

Seeking to stimulate collaboration between faculty and students in STEM fields with those in the social and behavioral sciences and humanities, two research centers at Missouri University of Science and Technology have joined forces to offer the university’s first biomedical humanities symposium.

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Missouri S&T digs into a fitness center expansion

Posted by on April 2, 2018

Missouri S&T will soon break ground on a $4 million fitness center expansion project that students hope will improve their way of life at the university. A groundbreaking ceremony is planned for 6:15 p.m. Thursday, April 12, on the southwest lawn of the Gale Bullman Building.

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A conversation on women in STEM

Posted by on March 30, 2018

In 1962, James Watson and Francis Crick won a Nobel Prize for determining the structure of DNA. But they couldn’t have done it without Rosalind Franklin, a physical chemist who used X-ray crystallography to make images of DNA.

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