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Researcher to discuss top five environmental problems
A member of the National Academy of Engineering will discuss this century’s top five environmental challenges and the technological, societal and cultural advances needed to address those issues Friday, Jan. 28, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus.
Read More »UMR offers first explosives engineering minor
As the spring semester started last week, the University of Missouri-Rolla became the first university in the United States to offer a minor in explosives engineering. Also new this semester, UMR is offering a demolitions course that is the first of its kind in the nation.
Read More »UMR’s Eta Kappa Nu chapter receives national honor
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), the electrical and computer engineering honor society at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received an honorable mention in the 2003-04 Outstanding Chapter Activities program. UMR’s chapter has received the honor for four of the past five years.
Read More »Mariesa Crow named dean of UMR School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources
Dr. Mariesa Crow, the transition dean of the University of Missouri-Rolla School of Materials, Energy and Earth Resources (SoMEER) since October 2003, was named dean of the school effective Jan. 1.
Read More »UMR enrollment is 4,699
Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 4,699, slightly up from last year’s first-day enrollment, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Crackdown on file-sharing targets college campuses
As part of its campaign to deter online music theft, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is again targeting college and university campuses, where the incidence of illegal distribution of copyrighted music is high.
Read More »UMR Havener Center to host student grand opening Jan. 11-13
The Havener Center, the new University of Missouri-Rolla student and campus center, will welcome UMR students back to campus in grand style this January.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Halvard E. Nystrom, associate professor of engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Modern College of Business and Science in Muscat, Oman, starting in January 2005.
Read More »Sen. Bond delivers UMR commencement address
During his Dec. 18 commencement address, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond told University of Missouri Rolla (UMR) graduates that they are society’s problem-solvers. He thanked them for the contributions they will make to every sector of the economy, particularly to our nation’s defense systems. Bond also received an honorary engineering degree from UMR.
Read More »Jerry Bayless receives UMR Chancellor Medal
Jerry Bayless of Rolla, Mo., associate dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a 45-year member of the UMR faculty, was awarded the University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor Medal during UMR’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 18.
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