Tag: Engineering school
UMR researcher to present talk on clean water technologies
Dr. Craig Adams, the John A. and Susan Mathes Chair of Civil Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will share how UMR students are bringing sustainable, safe drinking water and sanitation to communities in Central America during the final lecture of the Academy of Science’s seminar series in St. Louis.
Read More »Public invited to presidential search forums
On Tuesday, March 20, the University of Missouri Board of Curators will travel to the University of Missouri-Rolla to hold a public forum to discuss the search for the UM System’s next president. The board is seeking a successor to President Elson S. Floyd, who is departing this spring to assume the presidency of Washington […]
Read More »UMR historian publishes book about opium
Today’s war on drugs is not the first battle America has fought against addiction. In her new book, University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Diana Ahmad examines the opium-smoking epidemic of the mid-19th century and finds that Chinese immigrants weren’t the problem, as is commonly believed.
Read More »UMR professor co-authors engineering textbook
John Wiley and Sons recently published the 10th edition of “Materials and Processes in Manufacturing.” One of the textbook’s co-authors is Dr. Ronald Kohser, a professor of metallurgical engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »UMR students to assess Honduras site
Spring break will draw thousands of college students to the nation’s shoreline, but three University of Missouri-Rolla students have a different type of water on their minds.
Read More »St. Pat’s Queen candidates announced
Candidates for 2007 St. Pat’s Queen have been announced at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »Students to be knighted during St. Pat’s celebration
Student Knights of St. Patrick have been selected to represent University of Missouri-Rolla student organizations during coronation ceremonies at 9 p.m. Friday, March 16, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus.
Read More »UMR student selected to portray St. Pat
Ray Beezley, a junior in nuclear engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will portray St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers, during the 2007 St. Pat’s Celebration in Rolla. Beezley is from Osage Beach, Mo.
Read More »Business classes on managing human resources offered
The University of Missouri Extension Office is offering a series of training classes with the theme “HR for Small Business: Avoiding the Land Mines.” The classes will be hosted by the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Read More »‘A Kid’s Life’ is coming to Rolla
The final performance of the 2006-2007 Family Series at the University of Missouri-Rolla will be the musical “A Kid’s Life” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 9.
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