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Campus Performing Arts Series brings Disney’s Belle to UMR stage
The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series continues in March with a performance of “From Belle to Broadway” presented by Paige O’Hara and Michael Piontek.
Read More »UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research
University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.
Read More »UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant
Dr. Kai-Tak Wan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER grant from the Nano and Bio Mechanics program of the National Science Foundation for his research into the mechanical characterization of eye lenses and single cell characterization.
Read More »UMR Family Film Series concludes with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ March 11
The 2005-2006 season of the Family Film Festival at the University of Missouri-Rolla will end with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11. Following the film, Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle, will sign autographs.
Read More »UMR student group co-sponsors 5-K fun run/walk
The UMR TECHS, a peer education group at the University of Missouri-Rolla formed to educate students about personal wellness in college and beyond, will co-host a 5-kilometer race to raise funds for alcohol awareness and health education.
Read More »Good to the last drop: UMR team wins coffee mug competition
Ceramic coffee mugs created by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently survived 12-foot falls onto asphalt in Coco Beach, Fla., to win the American Ceramic Society’s national Mug Drop Contest.
Read More »Annual St. Pat’s Parade in Rolla is March 18
The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla is accepting entries for the annual St. Pat’s Parade. This year’s parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, in downtown Rolla.
Read More »UMR students are seeing green
In the weeks ahead, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will bash imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs, dye food and beverages green, grow long beards, select honorary knights and elect a Queen of Love and Beauty.
Read More »UMR picked as ‘School of the Year’ by residential hall organization
The University of Missouri-Rolla was named “School of the Year” at the semi-annual business meeting of the Midwest Affiliate of the College and University Residence Halls (MACURH), held Feb. 3-5 at the University of Kansas.
Read More »‘Bridge of the future’ to open in Greene County Feb. 22
The state’s first bridge constructed of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) will officially open to travelers on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Greene County.
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