Tag: Engineering
New UMR study details threats in New Madrid seismic zone
A major earthquake in the New Madrid seismic zone could affect the movement of emergency vehicles and other first response teams into and out of stricken areas if steps aren’t taken immediately to prepare bridges and other transportation infrastructures, says a team of University of Missouri-Rolla researchers.
Read More »Ozark author Donald Harington to read from his latest novel at UMR Sept. 9
Author Donald Harington, recognized by the Boston Globe as “one of America’s great contemporary authors,” will read from his latest novel, The Pitcher Shower, on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus on Friday, Sept. 9.
Read More »UMR Fall 2005 Free Film Festival to feature several acclaimed movies
Beginning with Million Dollar Baby on Tuesday, Aug. 30, this season’s University of Missouri-Rolla Free Film Festival will showcase 13 critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries.
Read More »UMR program links international students with community families
This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.
Read More »U.S. News ranks UMR among top engineering schools, No. 52 public university
U.S. News and World Report has again ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla as one of the nation’s top engineering schools in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2006, which hits newsstands next week. UMR ranks No. 52 among the nation’s top doctoral-granting public universities.
Read More »Enrollment up again at UMR
Missouri’s technological research university is gearing up for fall semester classes to get underway on Monday. Enrollment on the first day of classes at the University of Missouri-Rolla is expected to be 5,429, an increase of 201 students over last year’s figure of 5,228, says Laura Stoll, UMR registrar. The total enrollment is now more […]
Read More »UMR‘S Bogan to present lecture on teaching experience
Dr. James Bogan, Curators’ Teaching Professor of art history and film at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will present a unique lecture titled Adventures in Pedagogy: Confessions of a Re-Habbed English Major during a reception to be held in his honor.
Read More »Stampede to Calgary: Stampede to Calgary: UMR solar racers start title defense in Austin
On a quest to soak up more solar glory, a team of University of Missouri-Rolla students is preparing to leave for Austin, Texas, where the North American Solar Challenge starts July 17.
Read More »Sprint CEO Gary Forsee tells grads:embrace change to change the world
Citing the rapid changes in the telecommunications industry, Sprint chairman and chief executive officer Gary D. Forsee urged the University of Missouri-Rolla’s class of 2005 to change the world by embracing change.
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