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UMR names Parent of the Year during Family Day

Posted by on October 18, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla announced its Parent of the Year as part of its annual Family Day celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15.

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KUMR concludes successful membership drive

Posted by on October 17, 2005

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.

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26 UMR faculty members receive arts and sciences teaching awards

Posted by on October 17, 2005

Twenty-six faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the University of Missouri-Rolla were honored for their excellence in teaching in 2004-2005 during a reception held Friday, Oct.14.

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UMR Theatre Players to perform Mary Chase’s classic "Harvey"

Posted by on October 17, 2005

The University of Missouri-Rolla Theatre Players will take the stage this fall with “Harvey,” the 1944 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by Mary Chase.

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UMR finishes seventh in Solar Decathlon

Posted by on October 12, 2005

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.

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Emerson supports UMR-USGS partnership

Posted by on October 11, 2005

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.

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Techies to unite in St. Louis for global conference

Posted by on October 11, 2005

More than 1,500 hardcore techies from around the world will meet up in St. Louis Nov. 28-Dec. 2 to share research and discuss security and other communications-related issues in a forum led by a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.

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Is hydrogen a viable fuel alternative?

Posted by on October 11, 2005

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.

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UMR researcher to receive award from civil engineering society

Posted by on October 7, 2005

Dr. Craig Adams, the John and Susan Mathes Missouri Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, will receive the 2005 State-of-the-Art of Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) during its national conference in Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 29.

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UMR solar house reconstructed on National Mall

Posted by on October 6, 2005

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 […]

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