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New institute deals with natural hazards

By news | August 15, 2002 | Comments Off on New institute deals with natural hazards

UMR experts in earthquakes, floods and other natural hazards joined together last February to create the UMR Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute, a vehicle for promoting research into natural hazards and raising public awareness.

Washing away land mines

By news | August 15, 2002 | Comments Off on Washing away land mines

Ridding the world of land mines isn’t child’s play, but UMR researcher David Summers has learned a thing or two about neutralizing the deadly explosives from, of all things, a child’s plastic water pistol.

Dizzy Dean: the "school marms’" nemesis

By news | August 15, 2002 | Comments Off on Dizzy Dean: the "school marms’" nemesis

St. Louis Cardinals pitching great-turned-sports announcer Dizzy Dean was well known in Missouri for his broadcasting style, which was full of mangled grammar and malapropisms.