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UMR student hopes to break human land speed record
This October, Jerrod Bouchard will attempt to become the fastest college student to be propelled by his or her own power.
Read More »UMR set to reach 6,000-student goal
For the first time in more than two decades, the University of Missouri-Rolla expects to exceed the 6,000-student mark for fall enrollment. Enrollment on the first day of classes is expected to be 5,986, an increase of 323 students over that of fall 2006, says UMR Registrar Laura Stoll.
Read More »UMR again makes U.S. News list of top universities
The University of Missouri-Rolla is again listed in U.S. News and World Report’s annual listing of the nation’s top colleges and universities.
Read More »UMR tightens file-sharing policy
University of Missouri officials recently received several pre-litigation settlement letters addressed to students from the Recording Industry Associaton of America (RIAA). In response to the letters and the increasing number of copyright violation notices over the past year, the university has updated its policies to tighten restrictions on peer-to-peer file sharing.
Read More »Incoming freshmen to find out what experiential learning is all about
New freshmen at the University of Missouri-Rolla are about to find out what experiential learning means — before they even get to their first classes.
Read More »UMR students help to blaze a better trail along the Continental Divide
Michelle Marincel and Brian Payne are helping to blaze a better trail along the Continental Divide. The two University of Missouri-Rolla students are participating in Backpacker Magazine’s effort to make a definitive map of the Continental Divide Trail, which runs 3,100 miles from Mexico to Canada.
Read More »UMR bringing hydrogen fuel to rural Missouri
Cleaner transportation is coming to rural Missouri, thanks to a joint effort among the University of Missouri-Rolla, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, National University Transportation Center, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Logistics Agency.
Read More »UMR enters into mining engineering partnership with the University of Botswana
A delegation from the University of Botswana recently traveled to the University of Missouri-Rolla to formalize an agreement to collaborate on mining engineering endeavors.
Read More »UMR to purchase larger air whistle
The sound volume of the July 10 air whistle test on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus remained inadequate following efforts to increase the volume. Faculty and staff at several locations on campus reported being unable to hear the whistle or hearing a whistle that was not loud enough to penetrate to the interiors of many campus […]
Read More »UMR air whistle test update
Due to a lack of air volume, UMR’s campus air whistle failed to produce enough sound to be heard across campus during its Friday, July 6, test. There was enough air pressure, but not enough air volume reaching the whistle to allow it to reach its full sound potential, physical facilities officials say.
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