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UMR engineering students design Halloween displays for silent auction
With a “hands-on” philosophy of learning in mind, students at the University of Missouri-Rolla are getting into the Halloween spirit. Eighty students enrolled in Engineering 101 at UMR this semester have designed Halloween crafts and gadgets for a silent auction that will take place from Friday, Oct. 28, through Sunday, Oct. 30, at the Havener […]
Read More »UMR professor’s statistical tools help DNA researchers
A researcher at the University of Missouri-Rolla is on the forefront of developing new statistical tools, ones that will help biologists and other scientists sort through massive amounts of data to find disease-causing genes.
Read More »UMR’s Experimental Mine is haunted again this Halloween
The Experimental Mine at the University of Missouri-Rolla is haunted again this year and will be open to the public Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, as well as on Oct. 28-29 and Oct. 31. On the first four nights, the mine will be open from 6 p.m. until midnight. The hours for Halloween night, on […]
Read More »UMR names Parent of the Year during Family Day
The University of Missouri-Rolla announced its Parent of the Year as part of its annual Family Day celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15.
Read More »KUMR concludes successful membership drive
KUMR, the public radio station at the University of Missouri-Rolla, concluded its fall membership drive ahead of schedule Saturday by surpassing a monetary goal of $65,000 during the program “Bluegrass for a Saturday Night.” KUMR also gained more than 80 new members.
Read More »UMR finishes seventh in Solar Decathlon
UMR has finished seventh in the 2005 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The team from the University of Colorado placed first overall. Eighteen teams entered solar houses in the competition, which was held on the National Mall. Judging in ten categories was completed over the weekend.
Read More »Emerson supports UMR-USGS partnership
U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (MO-08) Monday congratulated the University of Missouri-Rolla and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mid-Continent Geographical Sciences Center in Rolla on their new partnership to better predict the affects of floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
Read More »Is hydrogen a viable fuel alternative?
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and a research investigator at the University of Missouri-Rolla has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how it might one day replace the gasoline in your vehicle’s tank.
Read More »UMR solar house reconstructed on National Mall
A solar house built by students at the University of Missouri-Rolla was the first structure to be certified for occupancy by officials of the Solar Decathlon, a competition that officially takes place Oct. 7-16 in Washington, D.C. A total of eighteen houses are being reconstructed on the National Mall for the event, which is sponsored […]
Read More »Awards presented at MSM-UMR Alumni Association Banquet
Eighteen alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored during the MSM-UMR Alumni Association’s Awards Banquet Saturday, Oct. 1, at UMR.
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Sports Headlines
- Baseball Ranks Third in Regional Rankings; Facing Lincoln in Season Finale
- Softball Ranked No. 7 in Midwest Region Rankings
- Christensen and Wiedemeier Awarded CSC Academic All-America
- Miners Host Final Regular Season Weekend, Celebrate Senior and Alumni Day
- Track & Field Prepares for GLVC Championship Weekend