Month: September 2005
Outreach exhibit on Lewis and Clark coming to UMR library
The University of Missouri–Rolla’s Curtis Laws Wilson Library will soon host a traveling panel exhibition commemorating the 1804 expedition of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Capt. William Clark. The exhibition celebrates the historic journey of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific, highlighting Missouri’s role in the journey.
Read More »UMR petroleum expert says gulf pipelines don’t fare well in big hurricanes
Like some of the levees in New Orleans, much of the oil producing infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico wasn’t built to withstand a hurricane as powerful as Katrina, according to a petroleum engineering expert at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Ercal to serve as interim chair of computer science at UMR
Dr. Fikret Ercal, professor and assistant chair of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named interim chair of the UMR computer science department. He will replace Dr. Daniel St. Clair, who is currently on leave from UMR. Ercal will serve in the position for approximately one year while the department conducts a […]
Read More »Whitefield named chair of chemistry at UMR
Dr. Phil Whitefield, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of the UMR Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Research, has been named chair of the chemistry department. The appointment took effect Sept. 1.
Read More »Class act: Amanda Nisbett
Annie Oakley, the talented, sharp-shooting attraction of Buffalo Bill’s wild west show, is a legend. Betty Meeks, the chipper owner of a swampy Georgian fishing lodge, is an eccentric old lady. Alma Stossel is a bright-eyed Swiss immigrant in 1880s America, concerned only about her husband’s welfare.
Read More »UMR Observatory to host three Visitors’ Nights this semester
The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department will host three Visitors’ Night during the fall semester at UMR’s astronomical observatory. Weather permitting, the public is invited to view the skies through the observatory’s 16-inch telescope.
Read More »UMR Arts series to open with Broadway musical ‘CATS’
Individual tickets go on sale Monday, Sept. 12, for the 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series. The season opens with a performance of the Broadway musical CATS.
Read More »Microfossil hunters to meet in St. Louis Sept. 18-21
Led by a University of Missouri-Rolla scientist, fossil hunters from around the world are meeting Sept. 18-21 in St. Louis to discuss new developments in the field of palynology, a branch of paleontology that is focused on microscopic evidence dating back a billion years.
Read More »Celebrate Unity Day at UMR Sept. 14
The University of Missouri-Rolla is presenting a Unity Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at the Havener Center on the UMR campus. The event is coordinated by the UMR student life department.
Read More »UMR to host opening reception for fall art exhibition Sept. 20
An opening reception for “Art Works in Rolla III,” an exhibition that celebrates the University of Missouri-Rolla’s connection to the art world with works by artists with a historical connection to UMR, will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the lobby of Castleman Hall.
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