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U.S. News ranks UMR among top 50 engineering schools
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.
Read More »UMR students boost Rolla economy
With the new school year starting Monday, the Rolla region should once again see the economic boost provided by University of Missouri–Rolla students.
Read More »Fall enrollment at UMR increases
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, […]
Read More »Ivy League quarterback is UMR’s first MBA student
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.
Read More »UMR’s Brow named director of American Ceramic Society
Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering and chair of the materials science and engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named director of the American Ceramic Society. Brow’s term on the society’s board of directors will run through fall of 2009.
Read More »UMR bridge project nominated for CIF NOVA award
The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has selected the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of eight finalists for the forum’s NOVA Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction.
Read More »UMR chapter of Psi Chi wins award
Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology students, has awarded the University of Missouri–Rolla chapter of Psi Chi with a Model Chapter designation.
Read More »Perkins to direct pre-college programs at UMR
Will Perkins, former director of enrollment at the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, has been named director of the Center for Pre-college Programs (CPCP) at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The center was created in 2004 to help reverse the shrinking pipeline of students choosing math, engineering, technology and science (METS) careers. In 2005, […]
Read More »Chevron and UMR form research partnership
Chevron Corp. has pledged $1.5 million to the University of Missouri-Rolla to establish an educational and research partnership to help meet the needs of the energy industry.
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