Month: April 2008

Follow design teams online

Posted by on April 18, 2008

The spring design team season is in full swing, and the human-powered vehicle, steel bridge and concrete canoe teams were in competition this past weekend. Follow all of the action at Experience This!

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Larry Hench, inventor of Bioglass, to speak on campus

Posted by on April 18, 2008

Professor Larry Hench, inventor of Bioglass, will be giving a public lecture on "21st century challenges for materials science" at noon on Thursday, April 24, in Room 204 of McNutt. Bioglass is the first human-made material that bonds to living tissue, and it is used globally for a wide variety of therapeutic applications. In addition, […]

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Missouri S&T students advance to next round in environmental design contest

Posted by on April 17, 2008

Two teams of Missouri S&T students will advance to the next round in an environmental design competition. Sixteen teams from 10 universities participated in the contest. The judges in the Metcalf & Eddy Academic Design Competition selected two teams from Missouri S&T and three other groups to participate in videocast interviews. The other universities represented […]

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Buy your Staff Day 2008 T-shirt and win

Posted by on April 16, 2008

Staff Day 2008 T-shirts are on sale. The shirts are $7 for sizes small to XL. The shirts are $9 for sizes 2XL and 3XL. Those who purchase a Staff Day shirt will be entered into a special drawing for a one-year-free parking pass on campus and an 80GB video iPod. Contact your building coordinator […]

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Committee invites South Africa proposals

Posted by on April 16, 2008

The University of Missouri South Africa Education Program Committee is inviting proposals from those who are interested in participating in the academic exchange between the University of Missouri and South Africa. Opportunities include exchanges with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) located near Cape Town and collaborative projects between the University of Missouri and […]

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Center for Pre-College Programs has moved

Posted by on April 16, 2008

The Missouri S&T Center for Pre-College Programs has moved. The office’s new location is 215 University Center. The office’s phone number remains the same, 341-4228.

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Mucking teams finish second

Posted by on April 16, 2008

Men’s and women’s mucking teams from Missouri S&T took second place last weekend in the world mucking competition at the Experimental Mine in Rolla. Montana Tech won the overall men’s championship and Western Australia School of Mines finished first among women’s teams. Last year, the Missouri S&T women were world champs.

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Nominees for advising awards announced

Posted by on April 16, 2008

Congratulations to the nominees for 2007-2008 Outstanding Academic Advising Awards: Diana Ahmad, associate professor of history and political science; Mary Ellen Kirgan, mathematics and statistics instructor; Stuart Baur, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering; Kate Drowne, assistant professor of English and technical communication; William Fahrenholtz, associate professor of materials science and engineering; Fathi […]

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Seeking input into open-access technical workshop

Posted by on April 15, 2008

Have you ever wanted to design or build something and wished you had access to unique equipment and resources? We are looking to bring an open-access workshop to Rolla where these wishes could become a reality. We want to ask you what you want to see in our workshop: take a look at some of […]

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Library presents Best Bibliography awards at Undergraduate Research Conference

Posted by on April 14, 2008

Curtis Laws Wilson Library presented “Best Bibliography” awards to Missouri S&T students Joshua Eads, Mallary Kleeschulte, and Evan Wright during the Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference held on campus April 9. The winning papers were selected from each of the oral sessions (engineering, natural sciences, and humanities/social sciences). Winning authors demonstrated the highest combination of […]

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