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UMR’S transportation resource center to host conference for county engineers

By news | October 6, 2003 | Comments Off on UMR’S transportation resource center to host conference for county engineers

The University of Missouri-Rolla’s new Missouri Local Transportation Resource Center will host "MINK3 – The Conference for County Engineers," Oct. 14-15 at the St. Joseph Historic District Hotel in St. Joseph, Mo.

UMR author’s book offers new net-search approach

By news | October 3, 2003 | Comments Off on UMR author’s book offers new net-search approach

As any Internet surfer knows, a keyword search via Google or Yahoo doesn’t always yield the desired results. A new book co-authored by a University of Missouri-Rolla computer scientist outlines a method of dealing with Internet data that would improve and simplify web searches.

17th century Englishmen in Barbados weren’t degenerates, UMR historian says

By news | October 2, 2003 | Comments Off on 17th century Englishmen in Barbados weren’t degenerates, UMR historian says

Traditional views of 17th century English planters in Barbados paint them as reckless fortune-seekers who failed to create a viable society in the tropics. But University of Missouri-Rolla historian Dr. Larry Gragg challenges that widely accepted view in his new book, Englishmen Transplanted: The English Colonization of Barbados 1627-1660. The book will be published this […]