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UMR bridge project nominated for CIF NOVA award
The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has selected the University of Missouri-Rolla’s Greene County bridge project as one of eight finalists for the forum’s NOVA Award for Outstanding Innovation in Construction.
Read More »UMR chapter of Psi Chi wins award
Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology students, has awarded the University of Missouri–Rolla chapter of Psi Chi with a Model Chapter designation.
Read More »Perkins to direct pre-college programs at UMR
Will Perkins, former director of enrollment at the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics and Computing, has been named director of the Center for Pre-college Programs (CPCP) at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The center was created in 2004 to help reverse the shrinking pipeline of students choosing math, engineering, technology and science (METS) careers. In 2005, […]
Read More »UMR research aimed at protecting hypersonic missiles from high heat
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have received $450,000 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for the continued study of ultra-high temperature ceramics.
Read More »Chevron and UMR form research partnership
Chevron Corp. has pledged $1.5 million to the University of Missouri-Rolla to establish an educational and research partnership to help meet the needs of the energy industry.
Read More »Rolla’s steel-free bridge shows substantial benefits
The bridge that crosses Carter Creek on Southview Drive in Rolla is an unassuming structure, but researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been paying close attention to what’s hidden beneath the concrete. And so far, the researchers like what they see.
Read More »UMR performing arts series to feature eight shows during the upcoming season
The 2006-2007 season of the University of Missouri-Rolla Campus Performing Arts Series will feature eight professional productions. All performances in the series will be held at Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall on the UMR campus, 10th and Main streets in Rolla.
Read More »UMR students to help Bolivians increase water supply
A team from the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter at the University of Missouri-Rolla will journey into Bolivia’s rainforests next month on a fact-finding mission.
Read More »Donors increase endowments, establish faculty chairs
The University of Missouri-Rolla has received two new gifts from major donors to endow chairs in the civil, architectural and environmental engineering department.
Read More »Two interim deans appointed at UMR
Two department chairs at the University of Missouri-Rolla have been named interim deans.
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