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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.

Putting a new face on security

By news | August 15, 2002 | Comments Off on Putting a new face on security

At UMR’s nuclear reactor, faculty and staff are using their faces instead of keys to gain access to secured areas. The face-recognition technology being used at the UMR reactor is an evaluation in security that could help aid the nation’s security concerns, says Dr. Akira Tokuhiro, assistant professor of nuclear engineering and director of the […]

Building a Place in the Sun

By news | August 15, 2002 | Comments Off on Building a Place in the Sun

UMR students are building a place in the sun this summer as they put the finishing touches on their solar-powered house. The solar house will be a home away from home for several students this fall, when they live in the home on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as part of the Solar Decathlon.

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