UMR announces $200 million Advancing Excellence Campaign

Posted by on April 19, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla has raised $111.3 million toward a $200 million goal in its current fundraising effort, the Advancing Excellence Campaign. The university publicly launched the campaign today. It has been under way since July 1, 2003.

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Leopold named UMR’s 2007 Woman of the Year

Posted by on April 18, 2007

Dr. Jennifer Leopold, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named UMR’s 2007 Woman of the Year.

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UMR researchers awarded Rudolph Hering Medal for environmental engineering

Posted by on April 18, 2007

A team of faculty and student researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla was awarded the 2007 Rudolph Hering Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for their paper, “Engineered Struvite Precipitation: Impacts of Component-ion Molar Ratios and pH.,” which was published in ASCE’s Journal of Environmental Engineering in 2005.

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Engineering dean honored with research award, fellowship

Posted by on April 18, 2007

Dr. William Schonberg, interim dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been honored with a Fraunhofer Bessel Research Award and a six-month fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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Two UMR orchestras to perform April 19

Posted by on April 18, 2007

The University Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra at the University of Missouri-Rolla will host their final concert of the semester at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in Leach Theatre of UMR’s Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.

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April 29 concert to feature original works

Posted by on April 18, 2007

The University of Missouri-Rolla Symphony Band and Symphonic Winds will host a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in Leach Theatre of UMR’s Castleman Hall, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.

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UMR students, faculty, staff to hold memorial service

Posted by on April 17, 2007

University of Missouri-Rolla faculty, staff and students will host a memorial service in response to the tragic events that took place on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16.

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UMR SAT team takes third, most-improved honors at spacecraft design competition

Posted by on April 17, 2007

A University of Missouri-Rolla team ended a 24-month spacecraft design competition by placing third and taking most-improved honors.

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Chancellor Carney issues statement on Virginia Tech tragedy

Posted by on April 17, 2007

UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III has issued the following expression of sympathy for the families and loved ones of the Virginia Tech shooting victims.

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UMR’s new concrete canoe has a dangerous design

Posted by on April 16, 2007

Depending upon concrete to keep you afloat sounds like a dangerous idea. That’s one of the reasons why the Concrete Canoe Team at the University of Missouri-Rolla has named its 2007 canoe “Dangerous Curves.”

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