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Publications office receives UCDA award of excellence
The UMR office of publications recently received an award of excellence in the special event category from the University & College Designers Association (UCDA).
Read More »UMR honored for work with Rolla Technical Institute
UMR recently received the 2004 Award of Merit from the Missouri Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) for the campus’ collaboration with Rolla Technical Institute (RTI) on several research and educational projects.
Read More »Alumnus John Toomey donates $5 million for ME/AE Complex project
Plans to renovate and expand the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex moved a big step closer to reality on Friday, July 23, with the university’s announcement of a $5 million gift for the project from John and Mary Toomey of Alexandria, Va., and their family. John Toomey is a 1949 UMR graduate […]
Read More »UMR develops Missouri’s first interdisciplinary engineering program
The University of Missouri-Rolla will soon offer a new bachelor of science degree program in interdisciplinary engineering to provide more flexibility to students interested in working in new and emerging fields. The degree will be the first of its kind in Missouri and UMR will become one of the few colleges and universities in the […]
Read More »Aronstam named chair of biological sciences at UMR
Dr. Robert S. Aronstam, director and senior scientist at the Guthrie Research Institute in Sayre, Pa., has been named chair of the University of Missouri-Rolla biological sciences department. Aronstam’s appointment began July 1.
Read More »Spaces remain for UMR "Aerospace Camp"
Children ages 10 to 13 from throughout Missouri can still sign up for a three-day Aerospace Camp at the University of Missouri-Rolla, where they will launch rockets, build hot air balloons, visit with former astronaut Col. Tom Akers and more.
Read More »MIT researcher named first Wilkens professor at UMR
Dr. Steven L. Grant, a telecommunications researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, Mass., and a native of Belton, Mo., was recently named the first Roy A. Wilkens Missouri Telecommunications Professor at UMR.
Read More »UMR leaving MIAA for Great Lakes Valley Conference
The University of Missouri-Rolla has accepted an invitation to become a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference for the 2005-06 season, thus ending an affiliation with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association that dates back to 1935.
Read More »Student will be first master’s graduate from UMR’s online mining engineering program
While many college students were lounging on the beaches of Cancun during Spring Break, Julie Gallaway, assistant professor of economics and finance at the University of Missouri-Rolla, traveled to another part of Mexico, studying how small loans help people in a poverty-stricken area.
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Sports Headlines
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- Miners Hosting UIS Tuesday in Battle of GLVC Juggernauts
- Women’s Basketball Welcomes Illinois Springfield in Rescheduled GLVC Matchup
- Miners Battle RV Southern Arkansas to Close Alvy Early Memorial Classic
- Miners Shatter Four School Records at Bearcat Invitational