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After ice storm, exercise caution

Posted by on January 16, 2007

The ice storm that occurred from Friday, Jan. 12, through Sunday, Jan. 14, caused severe damage to many trees around campus. The landscape services staff has been busy identifying trees with low-hanging limbs and cordoning off those areas. For safety, please avoid those cordoned off areas and exercise caution when walking around campus. Landscape services […]

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Ph.D. student’s virtual bookshelf helps organize personal libraries

Posted by on January 16, 2007

Internet users wanting to keep track of their book and CD collections, create a wish list for next Christmas, or find the best deals for purchasing games, music and movies online may want to check out GuruLib.com, an online organizational tool developed by UMR Ph.D. student Rana Basheer.

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Huebner named chair of UMR’s materials science and engineering department

Posted by on January 16, 2007

Dr. Wayne Huebner has been named chair of the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, effective with the start of the current semester. 

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Energy audit workshop at UMR designed to save manufacturers big bucks

Posted by on January 11, 2007

Owners, mangers and engineers affiliated with small-to-medium-sized factories will learn cost-effective methods to save on industrial energy expenses at an “Energy Audit Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in Room 204 of the Havener Center on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.         

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UMR Spring 2007 Free Film Festival to feature acclaimed movies

Posted by on January 11, 2007

Beginning with Little Miss Sunshine on Tuesday, Jan. 16, this season’s University of Missouri-Rolla Free Film Festival will showcase 15 critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries.

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UMR offers new summer camp for students in grades one through six

Posted by on January 11, 2007

This summer, students in grades one through six can travel deep under the sea, to strange planets, and to faraway islands, through a summer camp offered by the University of Missouri-Rolla Center for Pre-college Programs. With the addition of Camp Invention, a nationally acclaimed program hosted throughout the country, UMR now offers summer activities for […]

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Water exercise classes held at UMR

Posted by on January 11, 2007

The distance and continuing education department at the University of Missouri-Rolla is sponsoring a water exercise program this semester at UMR.

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UMR’s Tien appointed to federal panel on mine ventilation

Posted by on January 9, 2007

Dr. Jerry Tien, an associate professor of mining engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been appointed to a federal panel that will study the use of conveyor belt tunnels in ventilating underground coal mines. The study also will look at the composition and fire-retardant properties of conveyor belt materials.

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Fire reported at UMR residence hall

Posted by on January 8, 2007

Approximately 150 University of Missouri-Rolla students were evacuated this morning from the Thomas Jefferson Residence Hall Complex on the UMR campus after a fire in the cafeteria was reported to Rolla Fire and Rescue.

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Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration, other events planned for Rolla area

Posted by on January 8, 2007

The African American Cultural Recognition Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla will sponsor or co-sponsor several local events in the coming months to celebrate diversity and promote cultural awareness. All events are open to the public.

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