Free summer workshops will help students, teachers ‘discover’ manufacturing processes

Posted by on March 25, 2005

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 […]

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UMR student groups sponsor walk for cystic fibrosis

Posted by on March 25, 2005

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.

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John F. Carney III picked as next UMR chancellor

Posted by on March 24, 2005

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).

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Education journal publishes work by UMR scholars

Posted by on March 24, 2005

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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UMR to take lead in introducing engineering to state’s schools

Posted by on March 24, 2005

Project Lead the Way, a national high school and middle school pre-engineering curriculum designed to attract higher numbers of young people to careers in technology and engineering, recently got a helping hand from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

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UMR physicist named fellow of American Physical Society

Posted by on March 23, 2005

Dr. Michael Schulz, professor of physics at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of the UMR Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society.

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UMR English faculty give freshmen something to talk about

Posted by on March 22, 2005

The English and technical communication department at the University of Missouri-Rolla is experimenting with a new program to improve freshman students’ experience during their first year at UMR by giving them something in common to talk about.

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UMR students set to impress legislators

Posted by on March 22, 2005

Research into the detection of wildfires using a wireless sensor network, the effects of media exposure on body-image satisfaction, and the use of electrical current to detect skin cancer are just a few of the projects University of Missouri-Rolla students will present to legislators during this year’s Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

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UMR students take real-world approach to business

Posted by on March 18, 2005

Reality is all the rage on television; and at the University of Missouri-Rolla, reality-based education is just as popular. In a senior-level course designed to fit UMR’s experiential learning philosophy, 66 students from the School of Management and Information Systems are forming real-world companies this semester.

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KUMR spring membership drive a success

Posted by on March 15, 2005

Public radio station KUMR finished its eight-day spring membership drive Saturday, March 12, surpassing its monetary goal of $65,000 and adding more than 50 new members.

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