UMR to present awards during homecoming banquet
Nineteen people with ties to the University of Missouri-Rolla will be honored during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association’s Awards Banquet Saturday, Oct. 20, at UMR. The awards banquet is held in conjunction with UMR’s Homecoming celebration.
Read More »Penn State prof named UMR computer science chair
Dr. Ali Hurson, professor of computer science and engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, has been named chair of the computer science department at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The appointment will take effect Jan. 1, 2008.
Read More »UMR biologist named national microbiology scholar-in- residence
Dr. David J. Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been selected for the American Society for Microbiology Scholars-in-Residence Program. He is one of 13 biology educators in the nation to be selected.
Read More »UMR program links international students with community families
This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.
Read More »UMR Observatory to host Visitors’ Night Oct. 19
The moon will be visible after sunset on Friday, Oct. 19, and amateur astronomers, curious skywatchers and the general public will be able to view them through the University of Missouri-Rolla Observatory’s 16-inch telescope.
Read More »UMR orchestras to perform in concert Oct. 11
The University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony Orchestra and the UMR Chamber Orchestra will perform their first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in Leach Theater of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla. This will be the premier concert for the new UMR Orchestra conductor, Dr. Robert J. Cesario.
Read More »UMR Writing Center to host art show Oct. 18 through Nov. 16
Writing is the theme of an art show to be hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla Writing Center this fall. All Missouri artists, as well as UMR faculty, staff, and students, are invited to submit their work.
Read More »UMR faculty member celebrates 50 years on the job
One month into his career as a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Dr. Harry “Hank" Sauer could almost feel the sense of urgency in the air. It was October of 1957, and the Soviet Union had just launched the world’s first satellite, a basketball-sized sphere known as Sputnik I.
Read More »Emerson scholars partnership with UMR/STLCC turns 20
In 1987, the Emerson Co. and St. Louis Community College formed a partnership with the University of Missouri-Rolla to help minority students interested in studying engineering get a college degree. Twenty years and 67 graduates later, the Emerson Minority Engineering Scholarship Program is celebrating a milestone anniversary.
Read More »UMR racer records third-fastest time ever during World Human Power Speed
Human-powered vehicle racer Jerrod Bouchard, a senior in mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recorded the third-fastest time ever by a college student this week in the World Human Power Speed Challenge at Battle Mountain, Nev.
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