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Hands-on learning leads to profits for student companies at UMR
As the spring semester recently came to an end at the University of Missouri-Rolla, some seniors were more worried about paying back small business loans than they were about paying back school loans.
Read More »UMR dedicates Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse
The man Time magazine called the "Hero for the Planet" joined UMR faculty, students and an ecologically minded alumnus to dedicate the campus’s newest facility for environmental research.
Read More »UMR to cap freshman engineering enrollment
For the third consecutive year, the University of Missouri-Rolla will close fall admissions to its nationally recognized freshman engineering program.
Read More »UMR performing arts series to feature seven shows during the upcoming season
The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature seven professional productions. All performances in the series will be held at Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
Read More »UMR team readies robot
The University of Missouri-Rolla Robotics Team is busy preparing for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, which will be held June 11-13 in Traverse City, Mich. But the team s robot, perched on a three-wheel-drive vehicle, will do all of the thinking and steering once the competition starts.
Read More »UMR student wins $2,500 scholarship
Kerrie Weinkein of Joplin, Mo., a junior in civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was picked to receive a $2,500 award from the National Society of Professional Engineers. She is the first person to receive the William R. Kimel Engineering Scholarship.
Read More »UMR to host summer camps
Students between the ages of 10 and 20 can take a behind-the-scenes look at everything from robots and explosives to geology and spaceships at summer camps and programs to be held this summer on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.
Read More »UMR to help MoDOT survey customer satisfaction
It s not often you find a business professor and a psychology professor discussing transportation. But that s exactly what two UMR researchers are doing this summer on behalf of the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT).
Read More »Boeing donation gives UMR a boost
Boeing Corp. has donated $250,000 to the University of Missouri-Rolla to support scholarships for women, minorities and financially disadvantaged students. The donation from Boeing, which is the largest employer of UMR graduates, will also help support the UMR Student Design Center, the electrical and computer engineering departments, and minority student associations on campus.
Read More »Nine receive awards during UMR Staff Recognition Day events
Nine University of Missouri-Rolla employees were honored Wednesday, June 1, for their contributions to the campus during UMR Staff Recognition Day ceremonies on campus.
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