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Gov. Blunt stops by UMR to outline his scholarship plan for Missouri students
Gov. Matt Blunt stopped by the University of Missouri-Rolla today to outline his plan to more than double funding for needs-based scholarships and streamline state programs to make scholarships more available for Missouri students.
Read More »UMR chancellor to announce proposed name change
University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor John F. Carney III will make an announcement related to a proposed change in the institution’s name during a news conference to be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23, in St. Pat’s Ballroom A in the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »World domination is the goal for UMR’s mucking teams
Four “mucking” teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla will compete in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition March 24 in Tucson, Ariz.
Read More »UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant
A researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla has been awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to continue his research into how vehicle fleets could be used to help improve the nation’s power grid.
Read More »UMR observatory to host Visitors’ Night March 23
The moon and Saturn will be visible after sunset on Friday, March 23, and amateur astronomers and curious skywatchers will be able to view them through the University of Missouri-Rolla Observatory’s 16-inch telescope.
Read More »UMR Orchestra concert to feature guest violinist March 22
The University Orchestra will host a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in Leach Theatre of UMR’s Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. The performance is free for all students and youths under the age of 18. Tickets are $3 for the general public and are available at the door and at […]
Read More »UMR researcher to present talk on clean water technologies
Dr. Craig Adams, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will share how UMR students are bringing sustainable, safe drinking water and sanitation to communities in Central America during the final lecture of the Academy of Science’s seminar series in St. Louis.
Read More »Public invited to presidential search forums
On Tuesday, March 20, the University of Missouri Board of Curators will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla to hold a public forum to discuss the search for the UM System’s next president. The board is seeking a successor to President Elson S. Floyd, who is departing this spring to assume the presidency of Washington […]
Read More »UMR historian publishes book about opium
Today’s war on drugs is not the first battle America has fought against addiction. In her new book, University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Diana Ahmad examines the opium-smoking epidemic of the mid-19th century and finds that Chinese immigrants weren’t the problem, as is commonly believed.
Read More »UMR professor co-authors engineering textbook
John Wiley and Sons recently published the 10th edition of “Materials and Processes in Manufacturing.” One of the textbook’s co-authors is Dr. Ronald Kohser, a professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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