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Wish: granted
Sunday, April 10, was Joey’s Day in Rolla when the S&T athletics department helped Make-A-Wish Missouri grant an 8-year-old cancer patient’s wish to go to Disney World.
Read More »Diving in
Armaja LaRue-Hill says that if it weren’t for a crown and sash, she would still be the shy, introverted student she was in fall 2014 when she started classes at Missouri S&T. Back then, her introversion kept her from joining campus activities. Now a junior in computer science, LaRue-Hill can’t cross campus without stopping to […]
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New tools of the trade
Mining engineering students now have a better understanding of how barometric pressure and air flow can affect mine ventilation, thanks to a donation from The Doe Run Co.
Read More »St. Pat’s: S&T goes green
For a few days in March, the Missouri S&T campus — and the Rolla community — paint the town green for St. Pat’s. If you couldn’t make it back for the 108th St. Pat’s, here are a few scenes from this year’s Best Ever celebration.
Read More »In print
Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages and an expert in etymology, published Origin of the Term ‘Jazz.’
Jonathan Finch, a lecturer in philosophy, published A Crisis of Belief, Ethics and Faith.
John C. McManus, Curators’ Professor of history and political science, published Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945.
David Wright, associate professor of English and technical communication, edited a book titled Communication Practices in Engineering, Manufacturing, and Research for Food and Water Safety. The book includes a chapter by Wright titled “Cowboys and Computers: Communicating National Animal Identification in the Beef Industry.”
Read More »Baking bridges
Kristen Donnell, MS EE’03, PhD EE’10, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Missouri S&T, is using microwave energy to test concrete and rehabilitated aluminum, and in the future her work could lead to safer bridges and aircraft parts.
Read More »Manish Sharma: working to enjoy the ride
During high school, Manish Sharma often studied by candlelight. Power outages lasting six to eight hours a day were a fixture of hometown life in Khurja, India. For most of his peers, studying in America was a distant dream. But Sharma never gave up on his goal.
Read More »Partners for progress
Missouri S&T and Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla are exchanging ideas and collaborating on research, education and technology transfer thanks to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) leaders from both groups signed last summer.
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