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Save the date: Homecoming 2017

Posted by on March 23, 2017

Make plans now to return to Rolla for Homecoming 2017 Oct. 27–28. Reconnect with former classmates and enjoy the Miner spirit! More details will be published in the summer issue of Missouri S&T Magazine.

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Namesake of Whiteman AFB was a Miner

Posted by on March 23, 2017

One of the first heroes of World War II was a Miner. He was also one of the first U.S. casualties of the war during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago.

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In print

Posted by on March 23, 2017

Stealing Home: Looting, Restitution, and Reconstructing Jewish Lives in France, 1942–1947 by Shannon Fogg, chair and professor of history and political science, was published in January by Oxford University Press.

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Improving mine safety

Posted by on March 23, 2017

Braden Lusk, MinE’00, PhD MinE’06, chair and professor of mining and nuclear engineering, was invited to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee to study occupational exposure to coal mine dust in underground mines.

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Honoring new academy members

Posted by on March 23, 2017

In October, 10 alumni and friends were inducted into Missouri S&T academies. Academy membership recognizes careers of distinction and invites members to share their wisdom, influence and resources with faculty and students. Some academies hold induction ceremonies in the fall, others in the spring.

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Environment and energy are focus of new S&T center

Posted by on March 23, 2017

On Jan. 1, the Energy Research and Development Center and the Environmental Research Center at Missouri S&T combined to form the Center for Research in Energy and Environment.

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Doe Run donates $40,000 for XRF spectrometer

Posted by on March 23, 2017

A $40,000 donation from Doe Run Co. helped boost the experiential learning options for students in S&T geology and mining and metallurgical engineering programs.

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Greening mines

Posted by on November 21, 2016

Working in the Baker Greenhouse on the roof of Missouri S&T’s Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall, researchers are growing plants in mine tailings and studying whether the addition of nutrient-rich biosolids helps promotes growth.

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Formula for success

Posted by on November 21, 2016

Missouri S&T’s Formula Car Design Team won first place out of 30 teams at the Formula North competition in June in Barrie, Ontario.

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Explaining atomic motion

Posted by on November 21, 2016

By laser-cooling atoms and studying their movements, a Missouri S&T physicist hopes to better understand how environmental factors affect atoms and their components.

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