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Chancellor urges legislative support of Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative
University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor John F. Carney III praises Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s commitment to the Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative, as expressed in the governor’s Jan. 24, 2007, State of the State address.
Read More »UMR shines in annual CASE competition
The University of Missouri-Rolla received seven awards for alumni relations, media relations, publications, radio production, and video and DVD production from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) during the CASE District VI conference held Jan. 21-23 in Kansas City, Mo.
Read More »Rectors pledge $1 million for scholarships at UMR
Stephen W. Rector, president, CEO and co-founder of RIM Operating Inc. located in Englewood, Colo., and his wife, Susan, have pledged $1 million to the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Huebner named chair of UMR’s materials science and engineering department
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.
Read More »UMR’s Tien appointed to federal panel on mine ventilation
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.
Read More »Fire reported at UMR residence hall
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.
Read More »UMR enrollment is 5,308
Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 5,308, a 6.1 percent increase from last year’s first-day enrollment, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Krishnamurthy named vice provost for research at UMR
Dr. K. Krishnamurthy has been named vice provost for research at the University of Missouri-Rolla, effective Jan. 1, 2007.
Read More »UMR signs agreement with Harbin Institute of Technology
The University of Missouri-Rolla has established a program of academic cooperation and educational exchange with Harbin Institute of Technology, which was founded in 1920 in the People’s Republic of China.
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