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UMR to host underground mine rescue event
Mine rescues are serious business, and mining industry professionals make sure they are prepared for disasters. But so do mining engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR enrollment tops 5,600
Fall semester enrollment at UMR stands at 5,602 after four weeks – the highest enrollment for the campus in more than a decade, according to Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Advising Week set for Oct. 24-28
With Advising Week starting Monday, Oct. 24, UMR students should begin scheduling appointments to meet with their advisors to select classes for spring 2006.
Read More »Fisher is UMR’s new business administration chair
The business administration department at the University of Missouri-Rolla has a new chair. Dr. Caroline Fisher, chair and professor of business administration as of August, replaces Dr. Ray Kluczny, now a professor emeritus of business administration at UMR. Fisher has also assumed the position of associate dean of the UMR School of Management and Information […]
Read More »Ercal to serve as interim chair of computer science at UMR
Dr. Fikret Ercal, professor and assistant chair of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named interim chair of the UMR computer science department. He will replace Dr. Daniel St. Clair, who is currently on leave from UMR. Ercal will serve in the position for approximately one year while the department conducts a […]
Read More »Whitefield named chair of chemistry at UMR
Dr. Phil Whitefield, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of the UMR Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Research, has been named chair of the chemistry department. The appointment took effect Sept. 1.
Read More »Microfossil hunters to meet in St. Louis Sept. 18-21
Led by a University of Missouri-Rolla scientist, fossil hunters from around the world are meeting Sept. 18-21 in St. Louis to discuss new developments in the field of palynology, a branch of paleontology that is focused on microscopic evidence dating back a billion years.
Read More »UMR to celebrate connection to local artists in fall exhibition
This September, the University of Missouri-Rolla will celebrate its connection to the art world with an exhibition of works by area artists whose works are already in the university collection or who have taught at UMR. The show will include works that reflect the history or missions of the university, including its unique place in […]
Read More »UMR welcomes Chancellor Carney
Dr. John F. Carney III was formally introduced as UMR’s chancellor Friday, Sept. 2, during a news conference held in the Havener Center.
Read More »UMR Solar House Team is going to Washington, D.C.
The way things are going, the American Dream might soon be to own your own solar house – one that’s capable of charging your own electric car. Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla have built such a house and they’re working on another.
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