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Academy inductions
This year, 26 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes a career of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students.
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‘The sky is not the limit,’ Magnus says
In her May 2012 commencement speech, former NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus, Phys’86, MS EE’90, told graduates to believe in themselves and use their problem-solving skills.
Read More »S&T awards professional degrees
Four Missouri S&T alumni received honorary professional degrees during Spring Commencement. The degrees recognize these graduates for professional achievement: C. John Brannon, Phys’85, CerE’85, Psyc’86, MS CerE’86, PhD CerE’89, a patent attorney with Brannon, Robinson, Sowers, Hughel and Doss in Indianapolis John Fairbanks, EE’71, owner of Tosshers Vending in Lincoln, Calif. Fairbanks is one of […]
Read More »Save the date: OGS Annual Weekend
Join your fellow Order of the Golden Shillelagh members April 19–21, 2013,in Rolla. For more information regarding the OGS Annual Weekend, please contact Megan Ace at 573-341-6359 or acem@mst.edu.
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Melissa Morrison: low-impact day
For 24 hours last fall, Melissa Morrisongave up some of her favorite things — chewing gum, toasted Pop-Tarts, the Internet and texting — all in an attempt to minimize her impact on the environment.
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First impressions form fast on the web
As more people use the Internet to search for information, a user’s first impressions of a website can determine whether that web surfer forms a favorable or unfavorable view of that organization, according to researchers at Missouri S&T.
Read More »From elves to angels: Researcher studies Christianization process
During medieval times, the spread of Christianity was one of the most significant developments in Europe. From 400-1400 AD, societies slowly went from believing in giants and magic to being mostly Christian.
Read More »Honorary knights
Eight S&T alumni and friends kissed the Blarney Stone after St. Pat dubbed them Honorary Knights of St. Patrick during knighting ceremonies on March 16. Thomas Markowski, a junior in petroleum engineering, portrayed St. Pat. Tom Green, president and owner of Key Sport Shop in Rolla, was named Honorary St. Pat.
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Nobel Prize winner visits S&T
Daniel Shechtman, professor of materials science at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the current Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, delivered the 23rd A. Frank Golick Lecture in Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri S&T in February. Shechtman won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of quasicrystals.
Read More »Powered by chemistry
A group of chemical engineering students took third place in the nation in a competition that required them to design and construct a shoebox-sized car capable of carrying a specified load over a given distance and then stop. Sounds easy, but there’s a twist.
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