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UMR students take top prize in ASCE Geo-Congress 2006
A team from the University of Missouri-Rolla finished in first place at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Information Mining and Geotechnical Site Characterization Design competition held Feb. 26. The competition was held during ASCE Geo-Institute’s Geo-Congress 2006, a national conference that focused on “Geotechnical Engineering in the Information Technology Age.”
Read More »UMR Greeks rank among nation’s best
Students from the Panhellenic Council at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been nationally recognized for management, leadership and educational development, and membership recruitment.
Read More »Honorary St. Patrick to help induct UMR knights
For the first time in the long tradition of St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations at the University of Missouri-Rolla, a woman has been named Honorary St. Patrick. Rolla native Dottye Wolf has been chosen to be the 2006 Honorary St. Patrick. Wolf will assist in the induction of nine Honorary Knights of St. Patrick during coronation […]
Read More »ME Annex is falling down
Constructed a year before the Wright Brothers made their historic flight, the UMR Mechanical Engineering Annex is being razed to make way for the first phase of a $27.6 million expansion project and you can watch its progress.
Read More »UMR autoclave installed, ready for business
With its autoclave now installed, the University of Missouri-Rolla is ready to help aerospace businesses produce intricate prototypes and sub-scale, but complex, composite parts.
Read More »UMR Miner swimmers offer swimming lessons to area kids
The University of Missouri-Rolla Miner swimming team will offer swimming lessons for area children this spring.
Read More »Good to the last drop: UMR team wins coffee mug competition
Ceramic coffee mugs created by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently survived 12-foot falls onto asphalt in Coco Beach, Fla., to win the American Ceramic Society’s national Mug Drop Contest.
Read More »UMR students are seeing green
In the weeks ahead, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will bash imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs, dye food and beverages green, grow long beards, select honorary knights and elect a Queen of Love and Beauty.
Read More »UMR picked as ‘School of the Year’ by residential hall organization
The University of Missouri-Rolla was named “School of the Year” at the semi-annual business meeting of the Midwest Affiliate of the College and University Residence Halls (MACURH), held Feb. 3-5 at the University of Kansas.
Read More »‘Bridge of the future’ to open in Greene County Feb. 22
The state’s first bridge constructed of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) will officially open to travelers on Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Greene County.
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