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UMR solar car completes 2,500-mile journey UMR solar car completes 2,500-mile journey
In a bid to defend its solar car racing championship, the University of Missouri-Rolla Solar Car Team has finished fourth in the 2005 North American Solar Challenge. UMR’s Solar Miner V arrived in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, completing a 10-day, 2,500-mile journey that started July 17 in Austin, Texas.
Read More »UMR wins excellence award for improvement in fund-raising
The University of Missouri-Rolla is a winner of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) 2005 CASE/Wealth ID Award for Educational Fund Raising. The award is presented for overall improvement in campus fund-raising. UMR was recognized as one of the top five most improved fund-raising programs in the nation across all research doctoral […]
Read More »UMR professor to advise Navy on global terrorism
A University of Missouri-Rolla professor has been elected to a National Academy of Science panel that will assess the U.S. Department of Navy’s role in the global war on terror.
Read More »UMR students ready to depart for Houston flight
As NASA prepares the Discovery shuttle for blast-off, a group of University of Missouri-Rolla students are prepping themselves for their own flight mission set for July 21-30 in Houston. The eight-member team is one of 20 NASA has selected from more than 100 proposals to conduct reduced-gravity experiments this summer aboard the agency’s famous “Weightless […]
Read More »Seminar to show how technology moves from universities to industries
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (CEO) at the University of Missouri-Rolla will kick-off a three-part series on the transfer of viable technologies from universities to industries with a seminar on Wednesday, August 10.
Read More »UMR chosen to host national residential life center
A group of residential life students from the University of Missouri-Rolla has been selected to host the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) National Information Center. This national office was awarded during the organization’s 2005 Conference, held in Syracuse, N.Y.
Read More »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.
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