Month: November 2002
Freshmen get their hands on design
UMR freshmen engineering students are hoping to encourage recycling and raise environmental awareness while also learning hands-on design techniques.
Read More »Boeing gift supports product innovation
A recent $245,500 gift from Boeing Co. will help fund a new Product Innovation and Creativity Center (PICC) at UMR.
Read More »UMR assists Algerian university
Through a grant from the U.S. State Department, UMR is helping an Algerian university strengthen and expand its educational programs.
Read More »UMR grad is ABC’s "Bachelor"
Aaron G. Buerge of Springfield, Mo., a 1997 UMR graduate, is the nation’s most visible bachelor. Buerge is ABC television’s "The Bachelor" this season.
Read More »Professor’s landmine destroyer one of Time magazine’s top inventions
A UMR professor’s invention that uses the power of water to disarm land mines has been chosen as one of Time magazine’s top inventions of 2002.
Read More »Connie Eggert named vice chancellor for University Advancement
Connie Eggert, executive director for advancement at the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Business and former assistant vice chancellor of marketing and development at UMR, will become UMR’s new vice chancellor for University Advancement on Dec. 1, UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas announced.
Read More »Ethics expert is new Maxwell C. Weiner Professor
Dr. Caroline Whitbeck, an expert in science and engineering ethics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named the third Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Missouri-Rolla. She will join the UMR faculty for the spring 2003 semester
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