Kris Swenson named UMR’s Woman of the Year
Dr. Kris Swenson, associate professor of English and technical communication at the University of Missouri-Rolla, was named the 2006 Woman of the Year at UMR Tuesday, April 18, during the campus’ annual Woman of the Year luncheon.
Read More »UMR Concrete Canoe Team prepares for annual competition
A team of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla is about to find out how its concrete canoe handles water.
Read More »UMR mucking teams finish second in Australia
Men’s and women’s “mucking” teams from the University of Missouri-Rolla have finished second in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition, held April 15-16 in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
Read More »UMR students win awards at aeronautics/astronautics meeting
Three papers presented by University of Missouri-Rolla students received awards at the 2006 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region V Student Paper Conference in Ames, Iowa, in April.
Read More »‘Green’ degree paying off for UMR graduate
Leonor Valdez-Sanchez, the state’s first environmental engineering graduate, is enjoying life outside the classroom.
Read More »Magnesium and acid powers UMR Chem-E Car to nationals
University of Missouri-Rolla students showed their chemical engineering savvy last week by placing second in chemical reaction-powered, autonomous vehicle competition in Stillwater, Okla. The car’s performance earned the team a spot in the national competition set for November in San Francisco.
Read More »Research patents to be topic of UMR seminar
The office of technology commercialization and economic development (OTCED) at the University of Missouri-Rolla is offering a free series of seminars on intellectual property issues, beginning with “The Importance of Patent Law to Research Universities” at noon on Wednesday, May 3, in the St. Pat’s Ballroom of the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »UMR student receives Judge’s Choice Award at design competition
Ryan Sitzes of Jackson, Mo., a junior in environmental engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, won a Judge’s Choice Award for special effort, perseverance, determination and courage in a design contest hosted by WERC: A Consortium for Environmental Education and Technology Development at New Mexico State University April 2-6.
Read More »UMR Blue Key, SUB to host Block Party April 22
The Blue Key National Honorary at the University of Missouri-Rolla and the UMR Student Union Board will host the seventh annual UMR Block Party Saturday, April 22, at the Havener Center on the UMR campus.
Read More »Chancellor’s ‘State of the University’ report looks to the future
In his first “State of the University” report as chancellor, Dr. John F. Carney III on Thursday (April 13, 2006) discussed plans to position UMR as one of the nation’s leading technological research universities.
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