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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.
Read More »UMR students to help Bolivians increase water supply
A team from the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at the University of Missouri-Rolla will journey into Bolivia’s rainforests next month on a fact-finding mission.
Read More »Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs
The University of Missouri-Rolla has received two new gifts from major donors to endow chairs in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.
Read More »UMR gets funding for 2007 solar house
The solar house team at the University of Missouri-Rolla is one of 20 teams that have been selected to receive $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the construction of new houses for the 2007 Solar Decathlon.
Read More »Two interim deans appointed at UMR
Two department chairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been named interim deans.
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