Students to pitch ideas in elevator environment
In April, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla will have two minutes, about the duration of an average elevator ride, to communicate a business idea or concept and compete for cash prizes.
Read More »UMR mucking teams win championships
For the second year in a row, men’s and women’s mucking teams at the University of Missouri-Rolla have won championships in the Intercollegiate Mining Competition. The UMR mucking teams, competing against teams from around the world, took first place April 2 in Reno, Nev.
Read More »UMR scholar to receive award from electrical engineering society
Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive the Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Regional Activities Board during the organization’s conference in Colorado April 7-9.
Read More »UMR again among UMR again among U.S. News’s top grad schools
UMR is again one of the nation’s top graduate engineering schools, according to U.S. News and World Report‘s latest rankings of graduate schools. The rankings also list seven UMR programs as among the best in the country.
Read More »Area school districts honored for distinction in performance at UMR
Twenty-seven school districts in south central Missouri were honored for their "Distinction in Performance" at a banquet held at the University of Missouri-Rolla on March 23.
Read More »UMR professor offers free lectures to community
This summer, Dr. W. Nicholas Knight, professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will host a seven-week series of free lectures on battle literature.
Read More »Free summer workshops will help students, teachers ‘discover’ manufacturing processes
Two free, hands-on summer workshops designed to help students and educators alike make sense of the manufacturing process have been set at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The workshops, titled "Discover Manufacturing," are sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s Advance Technological Education Program, UMR’s Manufacturing Engineering program, and the Advanced Manufacturing Center at St. Louis Community […]
Read More »UMR student groups sponsor walk for cystic fibrosis
The University of Missouri-Rolla SCRUBS, a group of students from UMR’s pre-professional health care majors, are planning a five-kilometer run/walk to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research.
Read More »John F. Carney III picked as next UMR chancellor
Dr. John F. Carney III, former provost and vice president for academic affairs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass., will become the next chancellor at UMR, University of Missouri President Elson S. Floyd announced today (Thursday, March 24, 2005).
Read More »Education journal publishes work by UMR scholars
Dr. Steve Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, recently served as guest editor of the Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, a half-yearly publication for educators in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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