UMR to award honorary professional degrees

Posted by on May 3, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla will award nine honorary professional degrees during its spring commencement Saturday, May 12.         

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UMR Commencement ceremonies to be held May 12

Posted by on May 3, 2007

Spring commencement at the University of Missouri-Rolla is scheduled for May 12.

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UMR team hopes to fly high in Texas

Posted by on May 3, 2007

Members of the 2007 Advanced Aero Vehicle Group at the University of Missouri-Rolla are flying their remote-controlled aircraft in the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Aero Design Competition May 4-6 in Fort Worth, Texas.         

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Peaslee receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Posted by on May 3, 2007

Dr. Kent Peaslee, Curators’ Teaching Professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking Technology at UMR, has won the 2007 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.         

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UMR helicopter design team navigates to first-place win

Posted by on May 3, 2007

A multidisciplinary team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently beat out Georgia Tech and the University of Alabama-Huntsville to capture a first-place finish with their small unmanned helicopter. The national competition was sponsored by the Redstone Chapter of the American Helicopter Society.

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UMR Jazz Band, Combo to perform May 4

Posted by on May 3, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla Jazz Band and UMR Jazz Combo will perform in concert Friday, May 4, to mark the end of the current semester. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets, Rolla.

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UMR students present marketing plan to Mo-Sci representatives

Posted by on May 3, 2007

A more extensive website and increased presence at trade shows topped the list of techniques Mo-Sci could use to improve their profit and market share, according to a proposal developed by University of Missouri-Rolla students.

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Better World Project recognizes chancellor’s crash-safety research

Posted by on May 2, 2007

A reusable crash cylinder created by UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III is one of 100 university research projects cited in a new publication that showcases academic research that is contributing to a better world.

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Emissions research garners national EPA award for UMR

Posted by on May 1, 2007

As part of a larger consortium, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri-Rolla has developed a test that will, for the first time, allow scientists to accurately gauge the impact jet aircraft emissions have on global climate change.

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Business, information science and technology departments at UMR to merge

Posted by on May 1, 2007

Two academic departments at the University of Missouri-Rolla are merging to form one department that will focus on business and information science and technology.         

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