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S&T finishes fifth among GLVC schools in final Director’s Cup standings

Posted by on September 12, 2011

Missouri S&T’s athletic program finished fifth among the 15 institutions in the Great Lakes Valley Conference for the 2010-11 season in the final Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings.

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Gronek earns post-season honors

Posted by on September 12, 2011

Zack Gronek, who set a school record with his 10 wins on the mound this season for the S&T baseball squad, was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association’s all-Midwest region second team for the 2011 season.

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Spring break service

Posted by on June 13, 2011

Twenty-five S&T students spent their spring break planting trees, performing conservation work and helping out at a homeless shelter as part of Miner Challenge 2011, an alternative spring break program sponsored by the university’s student life department. This is the fourth year for the program and the first year S&T sent teams to two different […]

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Protein prof tackles sticky plaque

Posted by on June 13, 2011

A Missouri S&T chemical engineer is doing his part to prevent or cure neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Mad Cow. These diseases all have one common element — amyloid plaque deposits. But they are all made up of different proteins.

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Briefly

Posted by on June 13, 2011

Engineer and author Henry Petroski says engineers play a crucial role in the success of many of the world’s greatest achievements. He spoke on “Success and Failure in Engineering: A Paradoxical Relationship” on campus in April as part of the Neil, CE’43, and Maurita Stueck Distinguished Lecture Series. Joan M. Nesbitt, former vice president for […]

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‘Tacachia’ video earns EWB honors

Posted by on June 13, 2011

A short documentary showing how Missouri S&T students helped a village in Bolivia last summer won the best short-form video award from Engineers Without Borders USA.

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Lady muckers take first — again

Posted by on June 13, 2011

The Lady Miner Mucking Team won its fifth first-place championship at the 2011 Intercollegiate Mining Competition, held in Reno, Nev., in March. Approximately 25 men’s and women’s teams from around the world participated in the annual competition. Missouri S&T placed third in the men’s division. The Missouri S&T women previously won world championships in 2009 […]

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‘Best Ever’ 2011

Posted by on June 13, 2011

Follies, street painting, the court, parade and after-parade parties kept the St. Pat’s tradition alive in Rolla this year.

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A bite of ‘The Big Apple’

Posted by on June 13, 2011

Did you ever wonder how Chicago got the nickname Windy City? Or why Philadelphia is called the City of Brotherly Love? Did you even know that Providence, R.I., is the Beehive of Industry?

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Alumni prominent on committee to find next chancellor

Posted by on June 13, 2011

Seven alumni have been selected to serve on the committee appointed to find a new Missouri S&T chancellor to replace John F. Carney III, who will retire in August. The committee of alumni, students, faculty, staff and others will work with the search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates Inc. to identify potential candidates selected by the […]

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