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Wanted: Graduates with petroleum engineering degrees

Posted by on November 3, 2005

As the demand for energy expands, graduates of the petroleum engineering program at the University of Missouri-Rolla are reporting record starting salaries.

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Junior high girls to discover math, science and engineering at UMR

Posted by on November 2, 2005

On Friday, Nov. 4, more than 560 seventh- and eighth-grade girls will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla campus to learn how fun science, mathematics, engineering and technology can be.

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Modern dance group to perform in UMR campus arts series

Posted by on November 1, 2005

The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series continues this month with a performance by contemporary dance company Hubbard Street 2, the newest addition to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

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UMR observatory to host Visitors’ Night

Posted by on November 1, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department will host a Visitors’ Night at UMR’s astronomical observatory at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11. The public is invited to view the moon and Mars through the observatory’s 16-inch telescope.

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Miners’ quarterback earns honors for record-setting day

Posted by on November 1, 2005

University of Missouri-Rolla quarterback Evan Gray (Tucson, Ariz./Canyon Del Oro) had a record-setting day Saturday in the Miners’ victory over Austin Peay – and has earned a pair of weekly awards for that performance.

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Mulligan makes cheerleading macho

Posted by on October 31, 2005

As a student at Olin, Iowa, high school, Phil Mulligan wasn’t a cheerleader. Mulligan, a junior in mining engineering, earned 20 varsity letters playing football, track and field, baseball, basketball and golf.

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Brazilian guitarists to perform in hurricane-relief concert

Posted by on October 26, 2005

The University of Missouri–Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will present a free benefit concert by the Brazilian Guitar Quartet on Sunday, Oct. 30.

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UMR engineering students design Halloween displays for silent auction

Posted by on October 26, 2005

With a “hands-on” philosophy of learning in mind, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are getting into the Halloween spirit. Eighty students enrolled in Engineering 101 at UMR this semester have designed Halloween crafts and gadgets for a silent auction that will take place from Friday, Oct. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Havener […]

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UMR professor’s statistical tools help DNA researchers

Posted by on October 26, 2005

A researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla is on the forefront of developing new statistical tools, ones that will help biologists and other scientists sort through massive amounts of data to find disease-causing genes.

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UMR researchers expand website to dissect frogs

Posted by on October 26, 2005

Dissecting frogs online is an everyday experience for two researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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