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Dr. Shelley D. Minteer, the Dale and Susan Poulter Endowed Chair of Biological Chemistry at the University of Utah, has been appointed founding director of the Kummer Institute Center for

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Mining Engineering Online

Bipin N. Doshi of Mishawaka, Indiana, a retired chemical engineering executive, and Kathy Walker of Olathe, Kansas, managing director of a venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology, recently joined

Two years ago, June Kummer and her late husband, Fred S. Kummer, a 1955 Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate, made a donation that transformed Missouri S&T, the Rolla

Missouri S&T is partnering with industry, business groups and academic institutions to form the Greater St. Louis and Illinois Regional...

A multiyear fundraising initiative, Rolla Rising: The Campaign for Missouri University of Science and Technology, began in 2016 with a $150 million funding goal and ended June 30, 2021, with

RDN REPORTS rdnnews@gmail.com Dr. Stephen Roberts has been appointed vice chancellor of strategic initiatives and chief operating officer for the Kummer Institute for Student Success, Research and Economic Development at Missouri University of Science and Technology effective June 1.  Roberts currently serves as interim provost and executive vice chancellor of academic affairs at Missouri S&T and previously was founding dean of Missouri S&T’s College of Arts, Sciences, and Business.  “W...

St. Louis construction innovator Fred S. Kummer, founder of HBE Corp., dead at 92 RDN REPORTS rdnnews@gmail.com Fred S. Kummer, a Missouri University of Science and Technology graduate who grew his one-man general-contracting business into the world’s largest design-build firm for health care and financial facilities, died Friday, April 30, 2021, in St. Louis. He was 92. Starting in the basement of his home, Mr. Kummer opened a nursing home construction business in 1960. But he quickly realiz...

St. Louis Public Radio Missouri S&T is one of the University of Missouri System schools that is seeing encouraging numbers on enrollment for next year. Three University of Missouri campuses are showing signs of increased enrollment for the fall semester as they try to rebound from drops caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Compared to this time last year, the number of incoming freshmen who have accepted admission and put down a deposit is up 27% at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Mi...