Brewer and Shipley to perform in concert at UMR to raise hurricane-relief funds

Posted by on September 19, 2005

Folk rock duo Brewer and Shipley will headline an Oct. 6 benefit concert at the University of Missouri-Rolla to aid victims in the recovery of areas of the Gulf Coast ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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UMR to unveil official rings during Homecoming

Posted by on September 16, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla will unveil its first official UMR rings during Homecoming. The unveiling will occur during UMR’s Alumni Roundup Awards Banquet, to be held from 6:15-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Havener Center on campus.

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"Snowflake" to visit Rolla as part of UMR Family Series

Posted by on September 16, 2005

The 2005-2006 season of the Family Series at the University of Missouri-Rolla will begin with “Snowflake” at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23.

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UMR to break ground on Toomey Hall

Posted by on September 15, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla will break ground on a $24 million renovation and expansion project during a ceremony from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30., near the current site of the Mechanical Engineering Building on campus.

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UMR Homecoming events start Sept. 30

Posted by on September 15, 2005

Homecoming weekend at the University of Missouri-Rolla is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. For reservations and information about Homecoming 2005, contact the MSM-UMR Alumni Association at (573) 341-4145.

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Composite panels could provide durable alternative, say UMR researchers

Posted by on September 13, 2005

Note to the Big, Bad Wolf: Save your breath. A few huffs and puffs won’t budge the new building panels being manufactured at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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Mural depicting UMR’s history to be unveiled Sept. 30

Posted by on September 13, 2005

Jack Guth, a 1950 graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, will unveil his “MSM-UMR 20th Century” mural at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Havener Center on the UMR campus. The event is part of UMR’s Homecoming weekend ceremonies.

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Fisher is UMR’s new business administration chair

Posted by on September 13, 2005

The business administration department at the University of Missouri-Rolla has a new chair. Dr. Caroline Fisher, chair and professor of business administration as of August, replaces Dr. Ray Kluczny, now a professor emeritus of business administration at UMR. Fisher has also assumed the position of associate dean of the UMR School of Management and Information […]

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Outreach exhibit on Lewis and Clark coming to UMR library

Posted by on September 13, 2005

The University of Missouri–Rolla’s Curtis Laws Wilson Library will soon host a traveling panel exhibition commemorating the 1804 expedition of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Capt. William Clark. The exhibition celebrates the historic journey of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific, highlighting Missouri’s role in the journey.

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UMR petroleum expert says gulf pipelines don’t fare well in big hurricanes

Posted by on September 13, 2005

Like some of the levees in New Orleans, much of the oil producing infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico wasn’t built to withstand a hurricane as powerful as Katrina, according to a petroleum engineering expert at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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