Author: Mary Helen Stoltz
S&T Academy of Chemical Engineers inducts six new members
Six professionals with ties to chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Academy of Chemical Engineers at Missouri S&T during a virtual induction ceremony held in April. The academy honors chemical engineers for contributions to their profession, leadership and involvement with Missouri S&T. It serves as an […]
Read More »Missouri S&T to hold in-person commencement May 14-15
Missouri University of Science and Technology will honor its graduating students while following COVID-19 safety guidelines during four commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 14-15 on the Missouri S&T campus. The university will also hold a virtual ceremony for those who are unable to attend in person.
Read More »Missouri S&T faculty members receive UM System President’s Awards
The University of Missouri System announced that two members of the Missouri University of Science and Technology faculty have earned President’s Awards, the highest honor bestowed by the system, for their contributions to their universities and fields of study. A total of 17 awards were presented throughout the UM System.
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A history of Miner pranks
According to the New England Historical Society, pranks have been a part of the college experience since at least the 13th century, when students at Oxford University sent a prostitute to the cardinal in residence. The tradition of pranks came to America with the Puritans in the 1600s. Two centuries later, the tradition of college pranks […]
Read More »David Enke named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor at Missouri S&T
Dr. David Enke, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor at Missouri S&T.
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Staying in the game
When the COVID-19 pandemic sent colleges and universities across the county to online instruction and the public into lockdown, household supplies like toilet paper and hand soap and kitchen staples like rice and flour became hot commodities that were difficult to come by. College athletes faced a different kind of shortage. “Everyone knew gyms would […]
Read More »ALP student accomplishments
ALP programs include students from nearly all majors across campus. And they are some very impressive students. Read more about our Renaissance Student, a language leader, an award-winning Russian scholar and a budding photographer whose work was featured in an online exhibition.
Read More »Notes from the Ozark Research Field Station
The COVID-19 pandemic created challenges for the Ozark Research Field Station’s scheduled programming, so in spring 2020, we opened our grounds to faculty and staff as a socially distanced respite with hiking, canoeing, kayaking or just getting some space outdoors to relax and refresh. We also successfully hosted the first courses that allowed students to […]
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Calculating history: Leon Hall pens history of mathematics at S&T
Ask retired mathematics chair Leon Hall how long it took to write his departmental history book, An Ideal Department: Mathematics and Statistics at MSM, UMR, and Missouri S&T, and the answer may surprise you. “I could say 35 years or even 55, but the decision to organize the stuff I had collected into a book was only five […]
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A pioneer of integration
There have to be pioneers to start an integration movement. For Missouri S&T, those pioneers were George Horne and Elmer Bell Jr. Although neither earned degrees from S&T, Horne and Bell were the university’s first two Black students.
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