Month: November 2006
Power outage update: All UMR classes on campus cancelled Nov. 13
Classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled for Monday (Nov. 13, 2006) due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus.
Read More »Power outage forces cancellation of Monday morning classes
All classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been cancelled until noon today due to a power outage affecting most of the buildings on campus.
Read More »Does technology make life harder?
World Usability Day is observed Nov. 14 with events around the globe. The University of Missouri-Rolla is helping to sponsor a World Usability Day event from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the St. Louis Science Center.
Read More »UMR Fall Open House to be held Nov. 11
The University of Missouri-Rolla will hold the second Fall Open House of the 2006-2007 season for prospective students on Saturday, Nov. 11. This year’s activities will include a spotlight showcase on the UMR College of Arts and Sciences, the UMR School of Management and Information Systems, and various engineering programs offered at UMR.
Read More »UMR class discovers biology facts and fiction through movies
The Swamp Thing can teach moviegoers a lot about biotechnology. Biology 101 students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will learn about that and other creepy creatures in a new course to be offered on campus this spring.
Read More »Films rescheduled
Due to changed release dates, the Film Festival at the University of Missouri-Rolla has had to move the screenings of “A Prairie Home Companion” to Tuesday, Nov. 14, and “An Inconvenient Truth” to Tuesday, Dec. 5. Both films start at 7 p.m. in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus.
Read More »UMR concrete teams plaster competitors in international contest
Ten civil engineering undergraduate students from the University of Missouri-Rolla brought home nine awards, including four first-place finishes, from the American Concrete Institute’s student design competitions, held Nov. 5 in Denver.
Read More »Solar Miners to race in 2008
Representatives from the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team say they will participate in a North American solar car race in the summer of 2008.
Read More »Student artists invited to submit work for art contest at UMR
Missouri students in grades three through nine are invited to submit their artwork to the Leila Thompson Flagg Art Contest, an annual competition sponsored by the African American Cultural Recognition Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »School of Engineering recognizes 28 faculty members for teaching
Twenty-eight faculty members from the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored for their teaching in 2005-2006 on Thursday, Nov. 2.
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