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UMR Havener Center to host student grand opening Jan. 11-13
The Havener Center, the new University of Missouri-Rolla student and campus center, will welcome UMR students back to campus in grand style this January.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Halvard E. Nystrom, associate professor of engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Modern College of Business and Science in Muscat, Oman, starting in January 2005.
Read More »UMR students compete in artificial intelligence tournament
Several computer science and computer engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla competed in the UMR computer science department’s fall 2004 Artificial Intelligence Tournament on campus in December.
Read More »Sen. Bond delivers UMR commencement address
During his Dec. 18 commencement address, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond told University of Missouri Rolla (UMR) graduates that they are society’s problem-solvers. He thanked them for the contributions they will make to every sector of the economy, particularly to our nation’s defense systems. Bond also received an honorary engineering degree from UMR.
Read More »Jerry Bayless receives UMR Chancellor Medal
Jerry Bayless of Rolla, Mo., associate dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a 45-year member of the UMR faculty, was awarded the University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor Medal during UMR’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 18.
Read More »Farouk El-Baz receives honorary degree from UMR
Dr. Farouk El-Baz of Boston, research professor and director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, received an honorary degree from UMR during winter commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, on the UMR campus.
Read More »Dr. Richard Brow named Curators’ Professor
Dr. Richard K. Brow, chair of materials science and engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named Curators’ Professor of ceramic engineering during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 18.
Read More »Abdeldjelil ‘D.J.’ Belarbi named Distinguished Teaching Professor
Dr. Abdeldjelil "D.J." Belarbi, professor of civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named a Distinguished Teaching Professor during UMR commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 18.
Read More »UMR faculty members receive excellence awards
Eighteen University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received Faculty Excellence Awards from UMR Chancellor Gary Thomas during an awards dinner Dec. 14.
Read More »32 UMR faculty members receive teaching awards
Thirty-two University of Missouri-Rolla faculty members received the Outstanding Teaching Award for 2003-2004 during a luncheon held Friday, Dec. 10, on campus.
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