Tag: University of Missouri

UMR welcomes Chancellor Carney

Posted by on September 2, 2005

Dr. John F. Carney III was formally introduced as UMR’s chancellor Friday, Sept. 2, during a news conference held in the Havener Center.

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Ozark author Donald Harington to read from his latest novel at UMR Sept. 9

Posted by on September 2, 2005

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.

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UMR to assist students displaced by Hurricane Katrina

Posted by on September 1, 2005

UMR will immediately assist students returning home to Missouri who attend colleges that have been closed due to Hurricane Katrina.

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UMR offers students legal access to 1.7 million song titles

Posted by on August 31, 2005

Beginning this semester, the University of Missouri-Rolla is offering its students legal access to 1.7 million song titles.

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UMR to welcome Dr. John F. Carney III

Posted by on August 29, 2005

The UMR community will welcome Chancellor-designate John F. Carney III to campus with a news conference and ice cream social on Friday, Sept. 2.

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UMR Fall 2005 Free Film Festival to feature several acclaimed movies

Posted by on August 26, 2005

Beginning with Million Dollar Baby on Tuesday, Aug. 30, this season’s University of Missouri-Rolla Free Film Festival will showcase 13 critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries.

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UMR program links international students with community families

Posted by on August 26, 2005

This fall, the international affairs office at the University of Missouri-Rolla is again sponsoring the International Friends Program to help match international students with individuals and families in the community.

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Public radio KUMR to host annual membership picnic

Posted by on August 26, 2005

University of Missouri-Rolla public radio station KUMR will host its annual membership picnic from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at Lions Club Park on U.S. Highway 63 South in Rolla.

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UMR receives $1.4 million to further study of aircraft/aerospace emissions

Posted by on August 26, 2005

The Center of Excellence for Aerospace Particulate Research at the University of Missouri-Rolla, a leader in the study of aerospace emissions and their effect on the environment, has received a $1.185 million grant from NASA and a $259,000 grant from the California Air Resources Board to further its research in this area.

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U.S. News ranks UMR among top engineering schools, No. 52 public university

Posted by on August 19, 2005

U.S. News and World Report has again ranked the University of Missouri-Rolla as one of the nation’s top engineering schools in the magazine’s annual guidebook, America’s Best Colleges 2006, which hits newsstands next week. UMR ranks No. 52 among the nation’s top doctoral-granting public universities.

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