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UMR to award first IDE degrees during December commencement

Posted by on December 3, 2007

Jeremy Schueler and Kerry Poppa will become the first two students to be awarded bachelor of science degrees in interdisciplinary engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR boosts campus safety with new emergency alert system

Posted by on November 12, 2007

In an ongoing effort to provide the most secure academic environment possible, administrators at the University of Missouri-Rolla will implement a mass notification system (MNS) to help ensure the safety of the UMR campus. The MNS, which is scheduled to go live on Nov. 30, will deliver information and instructions in the event of an […]

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UMR historian simplifies military history for dummies

Posted by on November 8, 2007

This fall, University of Missouri-Rolla author and military historian John C. McManus will release his sixth book on military history, a down-to-earth study that covers everything from the French and Indian War through the war in Iraq. The book, titled U.S. Military History for Dummies, will be released Nov. 12.

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UMR students take first in undergraduate design competition

Posted by on November 2, 2007

Three University of Missouri-Rolla students captured first place in the 2007 Myron Zucker Student Design Competition, sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Industry Applications Society (IEEE IAS).

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UMR team places second in 24-hour programming contest

Posted by on November 1, 2007

A three-person student team from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently placed second in a 24-hour programming contest.

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Video website launched to introduce ‘Missouri S&T’

Posted by on November 1, 2007

With two months to go before UMR becomes Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), the university is launching a web-based video campaign to introduce the new name – and the university community – to the online world.

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Junior high girls to discover science and engineering at UMR

Posted by on October 26, 2007

On Friday, Nov. 9, 585 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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MBA students at UMR are looking for a good problem to solve

Posted by on October 25, 2007

Students seeking master’s of business administration degrees at the University of Missouri-Rolla have a problem. Or, rather, they need one.

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Get your green early in anticipation of historic St. Pat’s celebration

Posted by on October 24, 2007

The St. Pat’s Committee at the university of Missouri-Rolla has partnered with several businesses to sell sweatshirts and novelty items for the historic 100th annual St. Pat’s celebration next March.

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UMR’s solar house is heading home

Posted by on October 23, 2007

A team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla placed 11th overall in the Solar Decathlon, a student design competition held Oct. 12-20 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.         

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