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Enrollment growth continues
UMR is experiencing dramatic enrollment growth at a time when student interest in science, computing and engineering has fallen to all-time lows.
Read More »UMR ‘hot dog’ author dishes up eatery slang and more in new book
Dr. Gerald Cohen, professor of foreign languages at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has added eatery slang to his plate of expertise with the publication of his new book, “Studies in Slang VII.”
Read More »UMR mathematics students receives scholarship
Sean Michael Eagan of Union, Mo., a senior in applied mathematics at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a $3,000 scholarship from the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
Read More »Engineering society honors UMR professor for outstanding teaching
Dr. Hank Pernicka, associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected to receive the 2006 Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Midwest Section.
Read More »UMR team does well in national big beam contest
The University of Missouri-Rolla recently received notification from the Pre-cast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute (PCI) that a team of four UMR graduate students has placed second nationally in the report category of the PCI Big Beam contest.
Read More »Switzer wins ACS award
Dr. Jay A. Switzer, Donald L. Castleman Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a senior investigator in the UMR Materials Research Center, has won the 2006 American Chemical Society Midwest Award. The award will be presented at the ACS 2006 Midwest Regional Meeting in Quincy, Ill., in October.
Read More »18 new faculty members at UMR this fall
Eighteen new faculty members, including a new provost who also holds a faculty position, began teaching and research at the University of Missouri-Rolla this fall.
Read More »Artists invited to submit work for UMR art show
Missouri artists and members of the University of Missouri-Rolla community are invited to submit their artwork to the fourth annual “Inspired by Writing” art show, which will be hosted by the UMR Writing Center.
Read More »UMR researcher picked for National Academy of Engineering symposia
Dr. Venkata Allada, professor of engineering management and systems engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of 60 engineering researchers from Japan and the United States to be selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) twelfth annual Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.
Read More »UMR students work to solve energy problems during MIT Design Summit
Fifty students from 21 universities in 13 countries, including two students from the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently returned to their home campuses after participating in a design summit hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.
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