<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/posts/doe_mchs_site_tour_september_2026.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Murray State University partners with McCracken County High School and Department of Energy for hands-on environmental science research</title><pubDate>10/30/2026</pubDate><description>Expanding a powerful regional workforce development pipeline, 50 students from McCracken County High School completed a specialized technical tour of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Paducah Site on Sept. 29.</description><author>Alex Sherwood</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.murraystate.edu/news/images/rsz_mchs_doe_site_visit.jpg" alt="group of high school students standing outside"/></image><featured/><tags><tag>Announcements</tag><tag>Campus News</tag><tag>Faculty News</tag><tag>University News</tag><tag>news</tag></tags></item>