by admin | Nov 13, 2006 | Education
The University of Missouri system is teaming up with the state to promote college savings. The joint effort offers $500 scholarships to college-bound students investing in state’s MOST college savings program beginning fall of 2007. MOST is a state-sponsored plan that...
by admin | Jan 4, 2006 | Uncategorized
An expert from the state’s foremost school on mining believes Missouri’s lead mines are not vulnerable to the same hazards that caused the deaths of a dozen miners in West Virginia this week. Larry Grayson with the University of Missouri-Rolla says, first...
by admin | Dec 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
A hydrology civil engineer from the University of Missouri-Rolla has some suspicions as to what caused the catastrophic failure of a reservoir on a mountain top in southeast Missouri. The Taum Sauk Reservoir was breached and released 1.5-Billion gallons of water...
by admin | Jul 18, 2005 | Education, Transportation
The kids from the University of Missouri-Rolla are racing with the sun again. This year’s North American Solar Challenge race is underway with the Solar Miner Five running fourth after the first day. Some mechanical problems on the first day out put the UMR team...
by admin | Sep 25, 2003 | Education
Committees on the four campuses of the University of Missouri are focusing on 48 degree programs that might be eliminated for budgetary reasons. One-fourth of them are at Rolla. Seven are in Columbia. Six are on the St. Louis campus. Three are at Kansas City. That...