Month: September 2005
UMR to celebrate connection to local artists in fall exhibition
This September, the University of Missouri-Rolla will celebrate its connection to the art world with an exhibition of works by area artists whose works are already in the university collection or who have taught at UMR. The show will include works that reflect the history or missions of the university, including its unique place in […]
Read More »UMR historian launches project to research the U.S. Bureau of Mines
When University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Jeff Schramm began researching the U.S. Bureau of Mines Rolla experiment station last spring, he found that almost no scholarly works about the bureau exist.
Read More »New UMR study details threats in New Madrid seismic zone
A major earthquake in the New Madrid seismic zone could affect the movement of emergency vehicles and other first response teams into and out of stricken areas if steps aren’t taken immediately to prepare bridges and other transportation infrastructures, says a team of University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »UMR welcomes Chancellor Carney
Dr. John F. Carney III was formally introduced as UMR’s chancellor Friday, Sept. 2, during a news conference held in the Havener Center.
Read More »Ozark author Donald Harington to read from his latest novel at UMR Sept. 9
Author Donald Harington, recognized by the Boston Globe as “one of America’s great contemporary authors,” will read from his latest novel, The Pitcher Shower, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus on Friday, Sept. 9.
Read More »UMR Solar House Team is going to Washington, D.C.
The way things are going, the American Dream might soon be to own your own solar house – one that’s capable of charging your own electric car. Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla have built such a house and they’re working on another.
Read More »Electrical engineering society to honor UMR professor
Dr. Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the real-time power and intelligent systems (RTPIS) laboratory at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been picked to receive the Young Outstanding Member award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Industry Applications Society (IEEE-IAS).
Read More »UMR to assist students displaced by Hurricane Katrina
UMR will immediately assist students returning home to Missouri who attend colleges that have been closed due to Hurricane Katrina.
Read More »Student Peter Shih joined the UMR Solar Car team after seeing a sign.
No, Shih didn’t have an overwhelming premonition, and he didn’t find an omen hidden in his breakfast cereal. During his first trip to the UMR campus, however, Shih saw the solar car team’s billboard – a large sign near Interstate 44 – and from that moment on, “I was hooked,” he says.
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