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Artists invited to submit work for UMR art show

Posted by on September 8, 2006

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.

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UMR researcher picked for National Academy of Engineering symposia

Posted by on September 5, 2006

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.

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UMR students work to solve energy problems during MIT Design Summit

Posted by on September 1, 2006

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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Record number of employers expected to recruit at UMR

Posted by on August 30, 2006

The future’s so bright at the state’s premier technological research university that students might want to consider wearing shades.

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Women hold key student leadership positions at UMR

Posted by on August 22, 2006

Although the male-to-female ratio at the University of Missouri-Rolla is still nearly 3-to-1, women aren’t the minority in student leadership. This fall marks the first time at UMR that all three top Student Council leadership positions are held by women.

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UMR, Missouri State form partnership to offer engineering degrees

Posted by on August 21, 2006

Plans to offer two engineering degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla on the Missouri State University campus in Springfield advanced with the signing today of an agreement that outlines how the two universities will work together to deliver the programs.

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U.S. News ranks UMR among top 50 engineering schools

Posted by on August 18, 2006

U.S. News and World Report has ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla undergraduate engineering program as one of the top 50 in the nation in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2007, which hits newsstands next week.

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UMR students boost Rolla economy

Posted by on August 18, 2006

With the new school year starting Monday, the Rolla region should once again see the economic boost provided by University of Missouri–Rolla students.

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Fall enrollment at UMR increases

Posted by on August 18, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla is again breaking with the national trends that show a decrease in the number of students interested in studying mathematics, engineering, and science. Enrollment on the first day of classes at UMR is expected to be 5,663, an increase of 234 students over last year’s figure of 5,429, says Laura Stoll, […]

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Ivy League quarterback is UMR’s first MBA student

Posted by on August 16, 2006

A graduate student from the Ivy League will suit up at quarterback this season for the University of Missouri-Rolla. That same quarterback, Joe Winters, is also the first student to be admitted to UMR’s new master of business administration degree program.

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