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UMR’S SOLAR CAR TEAM GEARS UP FOR AMERICAN SOLAR CHALLENGE ON ROUTE 66

By news | June 30, 2003 | Comments Off on UMR’S SOLAR CAR TEAM GEARS UP FOR AMERICAN SOLAR CHALLENGE ON ROUTE 66

Seventeen University of Missouri-Rolla students will again get their kicks — and plenty of sunshine — along old U.S. Route 66 when they compete in the American Solar Challenge, a grueling 2,300-mile trek along the historic "mother road" from Chicago to southern California.

97 years later, Union soldier’s memoir republished

By news | June 30, 2003 | Comments Off on 97 years later, Union soldier’s memoir republished

After 97 years, the only memoir written by a Union guerrilla in the American Civil War is finally being reprinted thanks in large part to John F. Bradbury Jr., senior manuscript specialist at the University of Missouri Western Historical Manuscript Collection branch at the University of Missouri-Rolla.

UMR Stonehenge one of filmmaker Kevin Smith’s "Roadside Attractions"

By news | June 9, 2003 | Comments Off on UMR Stonehenge one of filmmaker Kevin Smith’s "Roadside Attractions"

UMR Stonehenge was the subject of a recent "Roadside Attractions" feature on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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