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UMR bridge project picked as finalist for engineering award

Posted by on April 4, 2006

The Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF) has selected University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of two finalists for the foundation’s 2006 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.

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U.S. News again ranks UMR among top graduate engineering programs

Posted by on March 31, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list five UMR programs as among the best in the country.

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KUMR’s bluegrass host to pass the mic

Posted by on March 31, 2006

The bluegrass shows on KUMR-FM (88.5) are getting a new host.

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Community invited to participate in Rolla Earth Day 2006 at UMR

Posted by on March 15, 2006

Organizers are seeking exhibits for Rolla Earth Day 2006, which will be hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla on Thursday, April 20. The theme for this year’s event is “Plant a Seed and Watch it Grow.”         

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UMR students to show legislators why research matters

Posted by on March 15, 2006

Selected students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will participate in Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, an annual event, on April 4 in Jefferson City, Mo. 

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Online student self service upgrade improves navigation

Posted by on March 13, 2006

Faculty entering mid-term grades and students preparing to register will notice some changes to Joe’SS thanks to a recent upgrade to a new version of the “self-service” PeopleSoft Student Administration System.

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UMR student to receive Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award

Posted by on March 10, 2006

Elizabeth Cudney of Ballwin, Mo., a Ph.D. student in engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will accept the Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers March 28 in Los Angeles.

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Students to learn ‘math counts’ in state contest at UMR

Posted by on March 9, 2006

A total of 145 middle school students from 35 schools in Missouri will tackle math problems at the state Mathcounts competition March 25 at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Mucking teams going Down Under to defend mining championships

Posted by on March 9, 2006

Men’s and women’s mucking teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla will try to win world championships for the third year in a row when they compete in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition April 15-16 in Kalgoorlie, Australia.         

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St. Pat’s float features flopping catfish

Posted by on March 6, 2006

In keeping with an old tradition, some students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are designing a float with moving parts for this year’s St. Pat’s Parade. The float, which features a candy-spewing tornado and a flopping catfish, is being constructed by UMR students enrolled in a class called Experiential Design. 

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