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UMR Chancellor Carney presents restructuring plan
University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor John F. Carney III outlined the plan for an administrative restructuring at UMR at an open forum held Thursday, Feb. 1, on campus. The plan details changes that will take place when the university eliminates its three schools and one college.
Read More »UMR researcher authors textbook on neural network control
A textbook authored by a University of Missouri-Rolla professor will soon help students at universities across the country discover the importance of nonlinear control using neural networks.
Read More »UMR dean of arts and sciences Paula Lutz to head Montana program
Dr. Paula Lutz, dean of the University of Missouri-Rolla College of Arts and Sciences since 2002, has announced plans to leave UMR in June to direct the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University in Bozeman.
Read More »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.
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