UMR expands emergency notification capabilities

Posted by on September 24, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla will expand its emergency notification system this fall through a partnership between the University of Missouri and 3n (National Notification Network), the leading mass notification system provider.

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UMR undergraduate gets EPA fellowship

Posted by on September 20, 2007

Hannah Bruce, a junior in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is one of 15 students nationally to receive an Environmental Protection Agency fellowship to support her studies.

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View the sky Friday evening

Posted by on September 18, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department is sponsoring a Visitors’ Night at the UMR Observatory beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21. The moon and Jupiter will be visible through the university’s 16-inch telescope.

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Art exhibit at UMR depicts travel in Africa

Posted by on September 18, 2007

“African Sojourns,” a combined painting and photography show, will open with a reception from 6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the lobby of Leach Theatre in Castleman Hall on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. The exhibition, which is sponsored by the UMR Campus Art Committee, will be on display until Dec. 15.

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Suspect in UMR bomb threats identified

Posted by on September 13, 2007

A 25-year-old New York resident with a history of mental illness is suspected to be the man responsible for making four bomb threats against the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Engineers Without Borders founder to speak Oct. 13 at UMR

Posted by on September 10, 2007

The future brings with it unprecedented demands for water, sanitation and infrastructure improvements, and engineers will be depended on to satisfy those needs, says Dr. Bernard Amadei, the founding president of Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB) and co-founder of EWB-International networks.

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Bomb threats under investigation at UMR

Posted by on September 10, 2007

On four separate occasions last week, threatening calls were made to the University of Missouri-Rolla that resulted in the evacuation of the Campus Support Facility. Each time, the building remained closed for approximately 30 minutes while UMR Police conducted a search.

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Dee Haemmerlie Montgomery named interim chair of psychology

Posted by on September 10, 2007

Dr. Dee Haemmerlie Montgomery, Curators’ Teaching Professor of psychology, has been named interim chair of that department, effective Sept. 1, 2007. She succeeds Dr. Robert Montgomery, who is now the graduate coordinator for the psychology department.

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UMR research leads to R&D 100 award

Posted by on September 6, 2007

A group of researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla is recognized in the current issue of R&D Magazine for helping to develop one of the 100 most technologically significant products in 2006.

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