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Lady Muckers win world championship for UMR

Posted by on March 27, 2007

A team of female students from the University of Missouri-Rolla won a world championship in “mucking” at the Intercollegiate Mining Competition March 24 in Tucson, Ariz.         

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UMR team feels the need for human-powered speed

Posted by on March 27, 2007

A racing team at the University of Missouri-Rolla has a national reputation for engineering some of the best student-built vehicles on the road. But when it’s time for the team to compete, crazy things can happen.         

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UMR team designs amphibious dune buggy

Posted by on March 27, 2007

A team of UMR students is busy designing an off-road and off-land vehicle to compete in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Baja East competition April 12-14 in Ocala, Fla.         

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Missouri S&T proposed as new name for UMR

Posted by on March 23, 2007

University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor John F. Carney III today announced that he is asking the University of Missouri Board of Curators to approve changing the institution’s name to Missouri University of Science and Technology – Missouri S&T.

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UMR to host chemical engineering conference

Posted by on March 23, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers will host the 2007 Mid-America Regional Student Conference March 30-31.

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Gov. Blunt stops by UMR to outline his scholarship plan for Missouri students

Posted by on March 22, 2007

Gov. Matt Blunt stopped by the University of Missouri-Rolla today to outline his plan to more than double funding for needs-based scholarships and streamline state programs to make scholarships more available for Missouri students.

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UMR chancellor to announce proposed name change

Posted by on March 22, 2007

University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor John F. Carney III will make an announcement related to a proposed change in the institution’s name during a news conference to be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23, in St. Pat’s Ballroom A in the Havener Center on the UMR campus.

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World domination is the goal for UMR’s mucking teams

Posted by on March 21, 2007

Four “mucking” teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla will compete in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition March 24 in Tucson, Ariz.         

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UMR researcher to present talk on clean water technologies

Posted by on March 19, 2007

Dr. Craig Adams, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will share how UMR students are bringing sustainable, safe drinking water and sanitation to communities in Central America during the final lecture of the Academy of Science’s seminar series in St. Louis.

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Public invited to presidential search forums

Posted by on March 16, 2007

On Tuesday, March 20, the University of Missouri Board of Curators will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla to hold a public forum to discuss the search for the UM System’s next president. The board is seeking a successor to President Elson S. Floyd, who is departing this spring to assume the presidency of Washington […]

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