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UMR enrollment tops 5,600
Fall semester enrollment at UMR stands at 5,602 after four weeks – the highest enrollment for the campus in more than a decade, according to Laura Stoll, UMR registrar.
Read More »Ercal to serve as interim chair of computer science at UMR
Dr. Fikret Ercal, professor and assistant chair of computer science at the University of Missouri-Rolla, has been named interim chair of the UMR computer science department. He will replace Dr. Daniel St. Clair, who is currently on leave from UMR. Ercal will serve in the position for approximately one year while the department conducts a […]
Read More »Whitefield named chair of chemistry at UMR
Dr. Phil Whitefield, professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri-Rolla and director of the UMR Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Research, has been named chair of the chemistry department. The appointment took effect Sept. 1.
Read More »UMR Observatory to host three Visitors’ Nights this semester
The University of Missouri-Rolla physics department will host three Visitors’ Night during the fall semester at UMR’s astronomical observatory. Weather permitting, the public is invited to view the skies through the observatory’s 16-inch telescope.
Read More »UMR to host opening reception for fall art exhibition Sept. 20
An opening reception for “Art Works in Rolla III,” an exhibition that celebrates the University of Missouri-Rolla’s connection to the art world with works by artists with a historical connection to UMR, will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the lobby of Castleman Hall.
Read More »UMR to celebrate connection to local artists in fall exhibition
This September, the University of Missouri-Rolla will celebrate its connection to the art world with an exhibition of works by area artists whose works are already in the university collection or who have taught at UMR. The show will include works that reflect the history or missions of the university, including its unique place in […]
Read More »UMR historian launches project to research the U.S. Bureau of Mines
When University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Jeff Schramm began researching the U.S. Bureau of Mines Rolla experiment station last spring, he found that almost no scholarly works about the bureau exist.
Read More »UMR welcomes Chancellor Carney
Dr. John F. Carney III was formally introduced as UMR’s chancellor Friday, Sept. 2, during a news conference held in the Havener Center.
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 Solar House Team is going to Washington, D.C.
The way things are going, the American Dream might soon be to own your own solar house – one that’s capable of charging your own electric car. Students at the University of Missouri-Rolla have built such a house and they’re working on another.
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