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Not too late to register for UMR Robotics Camp

Posted by on June 14, 2006

It’s not too late for children ages 12 to 14 to register for the Robotics Camp, to be held June 22-24 at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Governor appoints former UMR dean to geology board

Posted by on June 7, 2006

Dr. Don L. Warner, professor emeritus of geological engineering and former dean of the School of Mines and Metallurgy at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been appointed to the state’s Board of Geologist Registration by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt. Warner’s appointment was recently confirmed by the Missouri Senate.

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For UMR team, it’s now up to the robot

Posted by on May 31, 2006

A team of students at the University of Missouri-Rolla is worried about its robot.

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Nucor endows steel technology chair at UMR

Posted by on May 25, 2006

Nucor Corp. has donated $2 million to endow a chair in the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, home to one of the nation’s largest programs in metallurgical engineering.         

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UMR receives Kauffman Foundation grant for pre-engineering education

Posted by on May 23, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla has received a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City to help improve pre-college engineering education.

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Old Timers Club recognizes recent mining engineering grad

Posted by on May 23, 2006

The Old Timers Club, a group of leaders in the mining industry, has awarded a 2006 Old Timers Award to a recent graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Engineering professor to teach at U.S. Air Force Academy

Posted by on May 23, 2006

Dr. Robert Stone, associate professor of interdisciplinary engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected as a visiting professor in the engineering mechanics department at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Detonators and Dynamite! UMR’s Explosives Camp is back

Posted by on May 22, 2006

Where else can high school students learn how to blow stuff up in a supervised environment?         

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Two UMR students win $2,000 scholarships

Posted by on May 19, 2006

Two seniors in aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently received Record Scholarships from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.

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Michigan Tech’s Dr. Warren Kent Wray named UMR Provost

Posted by on May 19, 2006

Dr. Warren K. (Kent) Wray, professor of civil engineering and former provost at Michigan Technological University (MTU) in Houghton, Mich., will become provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla effective Aug. 1, UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III announced Friday, May 19.

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