KUMR spring membership drive starts March 4

Posted by on February 23, 2006

Public radio station KUMR at the University of Missouri-Rolla begins its Spring Membership Drive at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, with its popular bluegrass program, “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night.” The drive runs through the following Saturday, March 11.

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UMR Miner swimmers offer swimming lessons to area kids

Posted by on February 23, 2006

The University of Missouri-Rolla Miner swimming team will offer swimming lessons for area children this spring.

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Campus Performing Arts Series brings Disney’s Belle to UMR stage

Posted by on February 23, 2006

The 2005-2006 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series continues in March with a performance of “From Belle to Broadway” presented by Paige O’Hara and Michael Piontek.

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UMR joins national ‘cybersystem’ for earthquake engineering research

Posted by on February 23, 2006

University of Missouri-Rolla researchers will soon connect in cyberspace with investigators around the world to conduct and observe earthquake experiments.

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UMR researcher receives NSF CAREER grant

Posted by on February 23, 2006

Dr. Kai-Tak Wan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently received a CAREER grant from the Nano and Bio Mechanics program of the National Science Foundation for his research into the mechanical characterization of eye lenses and single cell characterization.

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UMR Family Film Series concludes with ‘Beauty and the Beast’ March 11

Posted by on February 22, 2006

The 2005-2006 season of the Family Film Festival at the University of Missouri-Rolla will end with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11. Following the film, Paige O’Hara, the voice of Belle, will sign autographs.

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UMR student group co-sponsors 5-K fun run/walk

Posted by on February 22, 2006

The UMR TECHS, a peer education group at the University of Missouri-Rolla formed to educate students about personal wellness in college and beyond, will co-host a 5-kilometer race to raise funds for alcohol awareness and health education.

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Good to the last drop: UMR team wins coffee mug competition

Posted by on February 22, 2006

Ceramic coffee mugs created by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla recently survived 12-foot falls onto asphalt in Coco Beach, Fla., to win the American Ceramic Society’s national Mug Drop Contest.

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Annual St. Pat’s Parade in Rolla is March 18

Posted by on February 22, 2006

The St. Pat’s Celebration Committee at the University of Missouri-Rolla is accepting entries for the annual St. Pat’s Parade. This year’s parade will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 18, in downtown Rolla.

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UMR students are seeing green

Posted by on February 22, 2006

In the weeks ahead, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will bash imaginary snakes with big sticks called shillelaghs, dye food and beverages green, grow long beards, select honorary knights and elect a Queen of Love and Beauty.         

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