Dr. Jeffrey Cawlfield, professor and interim chair of geological sciences and engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will become director of the university’s freshman engineering program, effective July 1.
Read More »For the first time ever, UMR’s May 2006 Commencement will be broadcast live on the Internet this coming Saturday morning. And, as has been the case for several years, streaming video recordings will be available on the web by late afternoon on May 13 through the facilities of the UMR Video Communications Center.
Read More »Students between the ages of 10 and 20 can take a behind-the-scenes look at everything from robots and explosives to geology and spaceships at summer camps and programs to be held this summer on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. They include:
Read More »The use of monochloramine to disinfect drinking water can cause harmful levels of lead in the water, says a University of Missouri-Rolla chemist. His research will be published in the May 15 issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology.
Read More »Three computer science alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla were inducted as members into the UMR Academy of Computer Science during the group’s banquet and induction ceremony in Rolla on April 20.
Read More »In his first “State of the University” report as chancellor, Dr. John F. Carney III on Thursday (April 13, 2006) discussed plans to position UMR as one of the nation’s leading technological research universities.
Read More »The 2005-2006 season of the Family Series at the University of Missouri-Rolla will end with “Cinderella” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 29.
Read More »Dr. Wade Robison, an expert on the ethics of the U.S. health care system, will give a lecture titled, Flipping for Health Care at noon Wednesday, April 19, in Room G-5 Humanities-Social Sciences Building on the University of Missouri-Rolla campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Read More »The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department will host a Visitors’ Night at UMR’s astronomical observatory at 9 p.m. Friday, April 7. The public is invited to view the moon, Mars and Saturn through the observatory’s 16-inch telescope.
Read More »A panel of UMR faculty and alumni will discuss globalization’s impact on higher education during a special forum to be held April 21, 2006, on the UMR campus.
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