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Area school districts honored for distinction in performance at UMR
Twenty-seven school districts in south central Missouri were honored for their "Distinction in Performance" at a banquet held at the University of Missouri-Rolla on March 23.
Read More »UMR professor offers free lectures to community
This summer, Dr. W. Nicholas Knight, professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will host a seven-week series of free lectures on battle literature.
Read More »Free summer workshops will help students, teachers ‘discover’ manufacturing processes
Two free, hands-on summer workshops designed to help students and educators alike make sense of the manufacturing process have been set at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The workshops, titled "Discover Manufacturing," are sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Advance Technological Education Program, UMR’s Manufacturing Engineering program, and the Advanced Manufacturing Center at St. Louis Community […]
Read More »UMR student groups sponsor walk for cystic fibrosis
The University of Missouri-Rolla SCRUBS, a group of students from UMR’s pre-professional health care majors, are planning a five-kilometer run/walk to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research.
Read More »John F. Carney III picked as next UMR chancellor
Dr. John F. Carney III, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., will become the next chancellor at UMR, University of Missouri President Elson S. Floyd announced today (Thursday, March 24, 2005).
Read More »Education journal publishes work by UMR scholars
Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently served as guest editor of the Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, a half-yearly publication for educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Read More »UMR to take lead in introducing engineering to state’s schools
Project Lead the Way, a national high school and middle school pre-engineering curriculum designed to attract higher numbers of young people to careers in technology and engineering, recently got a helping hand from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR physicist named fellow of American Physical Society
Dr. Michael Schulz, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of the UMR Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.
Read More »UMR English faculty give freshmen something to talk about
The English and technical communication department at the University of Missouri-Rolla is experimenting with a new program to improve freshman students’ experience during their first year at UMR by giving them something in common to talk about.
Read More »UMR students set to impress legislators
Research into the detection of wildfires using a wireless sensor network, the effects of media exposure on body-image satisfaction, and the use of electrical current to detect skin cancer are just a few of the projects University of Missouri-Rolla students will present to legislators during this year’s Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.
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