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For UMR grad, private funding is the X factor in space exploration
University of Missouri-Rolla graduate Ed Tuck watched Space Ship One’s $10 million flight from his patio in California. As a business partner and advisor to some of the competitors for the Ansari X Prize, a challenge involving privately funded suborbital flight, Tuck had more than a passing interest.
Read More »UMR’s James Bogan receives outstanding teaching honors
Dr. James Bogan, Curators’ Teaching Professor of art history and film at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the 2005 winner of the University of Missouri System Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching. He was selected from nominations submitted by all of the university’s four campuses and received the award at the May 25 Board of Curators […]
Read More »Antonio Nanni receives award for research and creativity
Dr. Antonio Nanni, the Vernon and Maralee Jones Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is the 2005 winner of the University of Missouri System Presidential Award for Research and Creativity.
Read More »UMR team takes formula car on the road
Members of the Formula Car Design Team at the University of Missouri-Rolla have spent a lot of long nights at Lowe’s and Wal-Mart after the stores were closed.
Read More »UMR junior recognized as outstanding student leader
University of Missouri-Rolla junior Jeremiah King was recently honored for his student leadership with a $10,000 stipend. The award recognizes the student who best personifies the strengths of UMR students. It will go toward King’s 2005-2006 student fees.
Read More »Berry gets honorary degree
Dr. Bob Berry, vice president of Burns and McDonnell Engineering Co. in St. Louis, received an honorary degree from the University of Missouri-Rolla during spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 14, on the UMR campus.
Read More »Sprint CEO Gary Forsee tells grads:embrace change to change the world
Citing the rapid changes in the telecommunications industry, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer Gary D. Forsee urged the University of Missouri-Rolla’s class of 2005 to change the world by embracing change.
Read More »UMR students to compete for national EPA grant
Five students from the University of Missouri-Rolla will travel to Washington, D.C., this month to compete for the Environmental Protection Agency’s first annual People, Prosperity and Planet Award.
Read More »Engineering society to honor UMR professor for outstanding teaching
Dr. Ralph Flori Jr., assistant dean of engineering for pre-college and undergraduate programs in the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been picked to receive the 2005 National Outstanding Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
Read More »Havener Center dedication held April 23 at UMR
A public ceremony to unveil the Havener Center, the new University of Missouri-Rolla student and campus center, was held Saturday, April 23, in the building’s plaza. A reception and tours of the building followed the dedication, which included remarks by Gary Havener, the 1962 UMR mathematics graduate whose $5 million gift to UMR helped make […]
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