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UMR professor co-authors engineering textbook
John Wiley and Sons recently published the 10th edition of “Materials and Processes in Manufacturing.” One of the textbook’s co-authors is Dr. Ronald Kohser, a professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR students to assess Honduras site
Spring break will draw thousands of college students to the nation’s shoreline, but three University of Missouri-Rolla students have a different type of water on their minds.
Read More »UMR student selected to portray St. Pat
Ray Beezley, a junior in nuclear engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will portray St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers, during the 2007 St. Pat’s Celebration in Rolla. Beezley is from Osage Beach, Mo.
Read More »Irish literature expert named Weiner Professor
Dr. Dillon Johnston, former professor of English at Wake Forest University, has been named the 2007 Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor of Humanities at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He began his work with the UMR English and technical communication department in January.
Read More »St. Pat’s sweatshirts and novelty items on sale in Rolla
The St. Pat’s Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla has partnered with several businesses to sell sweatshirts and novelty items for the 99th annual St. Pat’s Celebration.
Read More »Students prepare for 99th St. Pat’s celebration
This week on the campus of the University of Missouri-Rolla, students are busy chasing imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs. Next week, several traditional events will be held in anticipation of St. Patrick’s Day.
Read More »Honorary Knights of St. Patrick named
Eight individuals have been named Honorary Knights of St. Patrick for 2007 by the University of Missouri-Rolla committee that helps organize St. Pat’s events in Rolla.
Read More »UMR announces winners of Leila Thompson Flagg Art Contest
The University of Missouri-Rolla is pleased to announce the names of the elementary and middle school students who took top awards in its 2007 Leila Thompson Flagg Art Contest. Ninety entries, from nine schools throughout the state, were judged in the contest and were on display during February in the Havener Center lobby.
Read More »Peaslee named UMR’s first Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology
Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology at UMR.
Read More »UMR campus returns to normal
Federal, state, local and campus law enforcement officials have concluded their on-site investigation into the threat posed by a UMR student which prompted a cancellation of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla today, Tuesday, Feb. 27. All campus facilities have resumed normal operation.
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