Month: February 2006

UMR autoclave installed, ready for business

Posted by on February 28, 2006

With its autoclave now installed, the University of Missouri-Rolla is ready to help aerospace businesses produce intricate prototypes and sub-scale, but complex, composite parts.

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UMR to host Visitors’ Night at observatory March 3

Posted by on February 27, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department will host a Visitors’ Night at UMR’s astronomical observatory at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3. The public is invited to view the moon, Mars and Saturn through the observatory’s 16-inch telescope.

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Minority students to get taste of UMR this weekend

Posted by on February 24, 2006

Sixty two minority high school students from across Missouri and one from Texas will spend this weekend at the University of Missouri-Rolla learning about college life and the fields of engineering, math and science.

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KUMR spring membership drive starts March 4

Posted by on February 23, 2006

Public radio station KUMR at the University of Missouri-Rolla begins its Spring Membership Drive at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, with its popular bluegrass program, “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night.” The drive runs through the following Saturday, March 11.

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UMR Miner swimmers offer swimming lessons to area kids

Posted by on February 23, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla Miner swimming team will offer swimming lessons for area children this spring.

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Campus Performing Arts Series brings Disney’s Belle to UMR stage

Posted by on February 23, 2006

The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series continues in March with a performance of “From Belle to Broadway” presented by Paige O’Hara and Michael Piontek.

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UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research

Posted by on February 23, 2006

University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.

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UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant

Posted by on February 23, 2006

Dr. Kai-Tak Wan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER grant from the Nano and Bio Mechanics program of the National Science Foundation for his research into the mechanical characterization of eye lenses and single cell characterization.

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UMR Family Film Series concludes with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ March 11

Posted by on February 22, 2006

The 2005-2006 season of the Family Film Festival at the University of Missouri-Rolla will end with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11. Following the film, Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle, will sign autographs.

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UMR student group co-sponsors 5-K fun run/walk

Posted by on February 22, 2006

The UMR TECHS, a peer education group at the University of Missouri-Rolla formed to educate students about personal wellness in college and beyond, will co-host a 5-kilometer race to raise funds for alcohol awareness and health education.

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