Upcoming Events
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
CSTS Symposium, November 5th and 6th, 2026
"What does the AND mean in Arts and Sciences at a STEM focused university?"
Colleges of Arts & Sciences are the foundation of university education. These broadly-defined units exist across the higher education landscape and encompass diverse departments that provide students with options for major, minors, and classes both within and outside their majors. They are often home to core courses for all disciplines and introduce students to interdisciplinary approaches to key issues.
This symposium aims to ask the question: “What does the AND mean in Arts and Sciences at a STEM-focused university?” We talk about interdisciplinarity, but what does that look like in practice, and what goals does it serve? What is the future of disciplinary boundaries (if they even exist) on a STEM-focused campus? How should scholarship and research be structured in order to meet coming national and global challenges?
The Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) and the Weiner Endowment for the Humanities invite proposals for presentations about any of these questions, broadly construed. Proposals may address research, teaching, or service, commercial, technical, or artistic projects, works-in-progress, and more. The goal of this symposium is to foster discussion among researchers across many fields of study, so we can face the challenges of the work we all undertake to understand the natural, social, and political worlds.
Please submit a brief (100-250 word) abstract about your presentation by October 2nd at 11:59pm on this form: https://forms.gle/hZaQRymUpyfEKvJH9.
The symposium will take place November 5-6, 2026, at Missouri S&T. The evening of November 5th, we will host the opening reception in the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. We will open an art exhibit by Melissa Bauer, an artist whose interests in historical research and public lands informs her art. Faculty will present their work on November 6th, from 9am-4pm in the Carver/Turner Room in the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus. The lunch-time keynote speaker will be Luke Kautz, Clinical Assistant Professor of digital fabrication and 3D modeling in the GAME School (games + arts + media + engineering) at Arizona State University. He will speak about “Techno-Aesthetics and the Civic Canvas: Engineering an Infrastructure of Care.”
If you have any questions, contact Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, Director CSTS (sheppardka@mst.edu), or Dr. Margret Grebowicz, Weiner Distinguished Professor (mgrebowicz@mst.edu).
Past Events
"From Mines to Market"
Please join us April 14th, 2026, at the Havener Center - Meramec/Gasconade Room
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Dr. Diana Mason
"Memorization is not a bad word!"
Please join us April 22nd, 2026, at the Havener Center - Meramec/Gasconade Room
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
