UMR again makes U.S. News list of top universities
The University of Missouri-Rolla is again listed in U.S. News and World Report’s annual listing of the nation’s top colleges and universities.
Read More »UMR performing arts series to feature seven shows
The 2007-2008 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature seven professional productions. All performances in the series will be held at Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
Read More »Incoming UMR students to ‘Discover Rolla’
The University of Missouri-Rolla admissions office has teamed with the Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rolla Downtown Business Association and more than 30 local businesses to present “Discover Rolla,” a game designed to help incoming UMR students get acquainted with their home away from home. The program is part of UMR’s Orientation Week activities, held […]
Read More »Hydrogen bus on display Aug. 11
Incoming freshman, prospective students and community members are invited to check out one of the state’s first hydrogen-powered shuttle buses and learn about plans for a temporary campus service this fall at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR Curators’ Professor named IEEE fellow
Dr. James Drewniak, Curators’ Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, received a Fellow Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Read More »Give me a U
The UMR cheerleading squad earned a first place trophy and four superior ribbons at the Universal Cheerleaders Association camp held in July at Missouri State University in Springfield.
Read More »UMR tightens file-sharing policy
University of Missouri officials recently received several pre-litigation settlement letters addressed to students from the Recording Industry Associaton of America (RIAA). In response to the letters and the increasing number of copyright violation notices over the past year, the university has updated its policies to tighten restrictions on peer-to-peer file sharing.
Read More »Heat wave may stress nation’s power system
Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure are likely to make headlines this week as temperatures in the Midwest and South approach 100 degrees. The nation’s economic growth since the 1950s has “outstripped the growth of the power system,” says Dr. Mariesa Crow, the Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering […]
Read More »Dan Waddill named chair of physics at UMR
Dr. Dan Waddill, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla and senior investigator in UMR’s Graduate Center for Materials Research, has been named chair of the physics department at UMR. The appointment took effect Aug. 1.
Read More »Incoming freshmen to find out what experiential learning is all about
New freshmen at the University of Missouri-Rolla are about to find out what experiential learning means — before they even get to their first classes.
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