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Political turmoil postpones EWB trip to Honduras

Posted by on November 24, 2009

The overthrow of Honduras’ president last summer disrupted plans for S&T students to make a humanitarian trip to that country in August. But the students hope the situation will stabilize enough for them to make their trip over the semester break.

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Winds of change

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Towering above S&T’s Stonehenge, the campus’s memorial to ancient science and engineering, stands a new wind turbine capable of generating enough energy to power up to 90 percent of an average household’s needs. The turbine, installed on Aug. 13, is used primarily for student instruction and research.

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Fabulous freshmen: smart, numerous, diverse

Posted by on November 24, 2009

They’re the Missouri S&T freshman class of 2009, one of the biggest and brightest in our 139-year history. This year’s crop of first-years includes five students who have perfect ACT or SAT scores. The class average ACT score is 27.7, among the upper 10 percent in the nation and a tick above the previous year’s […]

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Fundraising program honored

Posted by on November 24, 2009

The Missouri S&T development team’s fundraising efforts have earned national recognition from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Missouri S&T received the 2009 CASE Circle of Excellence Award in July as one of the nation’s eight most improved fundraising programs.

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Book notes

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Quakers in Barbados Distinguished Teaching Professor of History Larry Gragg’s latest book, The Quaker Community in Barbados: Changing the Planter Class (University of Missouri Press), examines how the first Quaker settlers in the New World lived among the slave trade on the island of Barbados in the 17th century. The horror! The horror! Staff member […]

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The future of solar: cleaner process, better cells

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Future innovations in solar energy could be percolating in at least two Missouri S&T labs, where researchers Lifeng Zhang and Jay A. Switzer are working on separate projects.

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Explosive counterterrorism

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Grad student Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.

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Greener rubber hits the road

Posted by on November 24, 2009

In the early 1980s, author William Least Heat-Moon chronicled his travels on America’s forgotten routes in Blue Highways. Today, some Missouri S&T researchers are working on making the nation’s highways green – or at least greener.

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S&T finishes in top one-third in final Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Missouri S&T’s scoring performances at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships have allowed the university’s athletics program to finish in the top one-third of Division II in the final Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings for the 2008-09 season.

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International competitions for former, current Miners

Posted by on November 24, 2009

Two Missouri S&T athletes – one current and one former – competed in major international sporting competitions this summer.

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