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High school students come to UMR to blow up summer camp stereotype
Stereotypical summer camps revolve around swimming and singing “Kumbaya.” At the University of Missouri-Rolla this summer, eighteen high school students are set to blow up that stereotype.
Read More »Stampede to Calgary: Stampede to Calgary: UMR solar racers start title defense in Austin
On a quest to soak up more solar glory, a team of University of Missouri-Rolla students is preparing to leave for Austin, Texas, where the North American Solar Challenge starts July 17.
Read More »UMR engineering students to help Guatemalans rebuild homes
When a major earthquake jolted Central America in January 2001, it left many Guatemalans wondering how they would rebuild their destroyed adobe homes. More than four years later, residents of Jerez are finding their answer in the hands of seven engineering students from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »William Daughton recognized by engineering education association
Dr. William Daughton, chair of the engineering management and systems engineering department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received the 2005 Bernard R. Sarchet Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.
Read More »Partnership with software giant is big for UMR
The University of Missouri-Rolla has been selected to host one of five SAP University Competency Centers in the nation. As a competency center, UMR is an applications service provider for SAP to 15 other universities.
Read More »Hands-on learning leads to profits for student companies at UMR
As the spring semester recently came to an end at the University of Missouri-Rolla, some seniors were more worried about paying back small business loans than they were about paying back school loans.
Read More »UMR dedicates Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse
The man Time magazine called the "Hero for the Planet" joined UMR faculty, students and an ecologically minded alumnus to dedicate the campus’s newest facility for environmental research.
Read More »UMR to cap freshman engineering enrollment
For the third consecutive year, the University of Missouri-Rolla will close fall admissions to its nationally recognized freshman engineering program.
Read More »UMR team readies robot
The University of Missouri-Rolla Robotics Team is busy preparing for the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, which will be held June 11-13 in Traverse City, Mich. But the team s robot, perched on a three-wheel-drive vehicle, will do all of the thinking and steering once the competition starts.
Read More »UMR student wins $2,500 scholarship
Kerrie Weinkein of Joplin, Mo., a junior in civil engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was picked to receive a $2,500 award from the National Society of Professional Engineers. She is the first person to receive the William R. Kimel Engineering Scholarship.
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