UMR enrollment is 4,699
Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 4,699, slightly up from last year’s first-day enrollment, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Crackdown on file-sharing targets college campuses
As part of its campaign to deter online music theft, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is again targeting college and university campuses, where the incidence of illegal distribution of copyrighted music is high.
Read More »UMR researchers ‘play tag’ in unique auto-id testbed
As Wal-Mart’s top 100 suppliers scurry to get radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags on their pallets in time to meet a January 2005 deadline, two researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are joining forces to figure out how to use data from those tags in the most efficient way.
Read More »UMR network security interest group performs wireless security audit
Wireless networks are spreading into many homes in America; however, many of these networks are insecure. A group of students from the University of Missouri-Rolla recently conducted an audit of the area’s wireless networks to evaluate the community’s wireless usage and to educate those with insecure networks.
Read More »UMR Havener Center to host student grand opening Jan. 11-13
The Havener Center, the new University of Missouri-Rolla student and campus center, will welcome UMR students back to campus in grand style this January.
Read More »UMR professor receives Fulbright Scholar award
Dr. Halvard E. Nystrom, associate professor of engineering management at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture and conduct research for a semester at the Modern College of Business and Science in Muscat, Oman, starting in January 2005.
Read More »UMR students compete in artificial intelligence tournament
Several computer science and computer engineering students at the University of Missouri-Rolla competed in the UMR computer science department’s fall 2004 Artificial Intelligence Tournament on campus in December.
Read More »Sen. Bond delivers UMR commencement address
During his Dec. 18 commencement address, U.S. Sen. Kit Bond told University of Missouri Rolla (UMR) graduates that they are society’s problem-solvers. He thanked them for the contributions they will make to every sector of the economy, particularly to our nation’s defense systems. Bond also received an honorary engineering degree from UMR.
Read More »Jerry Bayless receives UMR Chancellor Medal
Jerry Bayless of Rolla, Mo., associate dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla and a 45-year member of the UMR faculty, was awarded the University of Missouri-Rolla Chancellor Medal during UMR’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 18.
Read More »Farouk El-Baz receives honorary degree from UMR
Dr. Farouk El-Baz of Boston, research professor and director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University and a graduate of the University of Missouri-Rolla, received an honorary degree from UMR during winter commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 18, on the UMR campus.
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