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Plans underway to remove power plant chimneys
More than five years after successfully decommissioning Missouri S&T’s World War II-era power plant, the university plans to remove the plant’s two chimneys due to safety concerns and maintenance costs. The university plans to remove the chimneys by the end of the 2019 calendar year. Since S&T installed a geothermal energy system in 2014, the […]
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Missouri S&T bands to perform fall concert
Missouri S&T’s arts, languages and philosophy department will present its fall band concert this November.
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Researchers help plan for future of Arctic communities affected by climate change
As global temperatures warm, communities in the Arctic regions of Alaska face long-term changes to their way of life. Missouri S&T researchers are working as part of a five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) project to help those communities plan for the future.
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Community invited to S&T chancellor’s inaugural State of the University address Nov. 6
Missouri S&T Chancellor Mo Dehghani will present his first State of the University address to the campus and local communities 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6, in Leach Theatre of Missouri S&T’s Castleman Hall, located near the corner of 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The event is free and open to the public. During the […]
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Local business owners to share success stories at Women’s Entrepreneurship Day seminar
Local women entrepreneurs will share their trials and successes with other business owners during a seminar on Nov. 19 to celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. “We have an amazing group of area women business owners who will be sharing stories about their business journey,” says Karen Leatherman, business development specialist at Missouri S&T Small Business and […]
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Student ‘shark tank’-style entrepreneur competition offers $30,000 prize
Missouri S&T students with entrepreneurial ideas can advance their concepts and win prize money by participating in the Entrepreneur Quest (EQ) Student Accelerator, a University of Missouri System competition.
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Missouri S&T orchestras to perform fall concert
Missouri S&T’s arts, languages and philosophy department will present its fall orchestra concert this November.
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Veterans, military spouses invited to Veterans in Business seminar during National Veterans Small Business Week
Veterans, military spouses and others in business who want to learn more about starting or growing a business are invited to attend the Veterans in Business seminar offered by the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Missouri S&T the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Phelps County Bank. The Veterans in Business seminar will […]
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Khayat receives international lifetime achievement award
Dr. Kamal H. Khayat, Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering at Missouri S&T, was recently honored for his lifetime achievements in the field of self-consolidating concrete. The 2nd International RILEM Conference on Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials (RheoCon2) was held in conjunction with the 9th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC9) in Dresden, Germany Sept. 8-11. RILEM is the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures, and Khayat is one of only 64 named Fellows in the RILEM organization.
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EPA chief reappoints S&T environmental engineering professor to Science Advisory Board
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the 11 members of the Science Advisory Board (SAB) and invited Missouri S&T professor Dr. Joel Burken to serve another three-year term. “I am grateful to be able to serve the EPA for several more years,” says Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and chair of civil, architectural and environmental engineering […]
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