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Student-run companies donate profits to local charities
Started in January as part of a new capstone business course in the School of Management and Information Systems at the University of Missouri-Rolla, two student-run companies raised enough funds to repay their business loans and raise more than $5,000 for two local charities. The course was so successful the school plans to offer it […]
Read More »UMR to offer civil engineering review program this fall
The University of Missouri-Rolla will offer a professional engineering review program for civil engineers this fall.
Read More »Campers learn about ‘skateboards,’ fuel cellsat UMR’s first Hy-Tech Camps
With more than 30 middle school and high school students on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus this week for the first-ever Hy-Tech Camps, one of the things they’re learning about is General Motor’s new AUTOnomy "skateboard" chassis, which is powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Read More »Samuel Frimpong named Quenon Chair at UMR
Dr. Samuel Frimpong, professor of mining engineering and director of the Center for Advanced Minerals and Energy Research at the University of Alberta, Canada, will be the next Robert H. Quenon Chair of Mining Engineering at UMR, effective July 1.
Read More »UMR to offer sports economics course
Did you ever wonder why professional athletes are paid so much, what salary caps mean, or what the economic impact of building a new stadium could be? This fall, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will have a chance to learn about these and other sports issues in a new course that will cover the […]
Read More »Boeing creates new scholarship program for women, minorities at UMR
Boeing representative Robert Feldmann, program manager of the E/A-18G Program, presented a $225,000 donation to fund a new Boeing Scholars Program at the University of Missouri-Rolla on June 8.
Read More »Nine receive awards during UMR Staff Recognition Day activities
Nine University of Missouri-Rolla employees were honored Wednesday, June 2, for their contributions to the campus during UMR Staff Recognition Day ceremonies on campus.
Read More »UMR offers PH.D. fellowships to study energy technology
UMR will receive more than $370,000 from the U.S. Department of Education to fund three Ph.D. fellowships to conduct research in energy technology linked with public policy making.
Read More »UMR material scientist and collaborators report on superconductivity in Nature
The latest advance toward understanding the electron transport mechanism of high-temperature superconductors, as reported in the June 3 issue of the British journal Nature, relies on materials provided by Dr. Fatih Dogan, a professor of ceramic engineering at UMR.
Read More »American experience at Normandy featured in UMR historian’s new book
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of D-Day and the Normandy invasion during World War II, UMR military historian Dr. John C. McManus has published a unique new book that examines the battle from the American perspective.
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