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Newsmakers: Tien, Worsey, Rogers

Dr. Jerry Tien comments on the Chinese coal industry in the International Herald Tribune. The Associated Press recently got the scoop on Explosives Camp. Dr. J. David Rogers discussed the state of the...

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Explosives Camp is kind of a big deal

John Schwartz of the New York Times says Camp Winnigootchee was never like this. Elsewhere: The Associated Press covered UMR’s It’s a Girl’s Thing camp. And: The Springfield News-Leader has the story...

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UMR in the news

UMR experts have been fielding media calls related to the bridge collapse in Minnesota all week. Stories quoting UMR researchers have appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Springrfield...

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UMR researchers discuss bridge collapse on PBS

Three UMR researchers recently talked to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer about the future of bridges in the wake of the Minneapolis collapse. The researchers participating in the program included Dr. John...

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UMR in the news

KY-3 in Springfield recently interviewed mine safety expert Dr. Jerry Tien and UMR Mine Rescue Team member Adam Kresler for a story related to the mining tragedy in Utah. The story is available online.

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UMR in the news: Mining

From today’s St. Lake Tribune (Aug. 22): "It’s a significant change in terms of pillars or no pillars or robbing the pillars," said Jerry Tien, a mining engineering professor at the University of...

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UMR in the news: Football

From today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Aug. 22): If you think the broiling Midwestern heat makes your job unbearable, imagine spending the summer months the way Ashton Gronewold spends them: bailing...

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UMR in the news: Career fair

The Springfield News-Leader is spreading the word about UMR’s Career Opportunities Center: UMR was recently cited by the Princeton Review as having one of the top 20 job placement programs among all...

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UMR in the News: Enrollment, Solar House, Human Power

UMR has been in the news in Springfield a lot this week. The Springfield News-Leader published a story on UMR’s enrollment successes and the UMR Solar House Team was the subject of a story on KOLR-10...

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UMR in the news: Land speed record update

Jerrod Bouchard and crew are in Nevada right now, preparing for a chance to break the collegiate human-powered land speed record. KOLR-10 (CBS) in Springfield was in Rolla last week to interview the...

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UMR in the news: McManus

Dr. John McManus has been named by the History News Network as one of its Top Young Historians.

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UMR in the news: Hydrogen highway, solar stuff

From today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch: UMR is taking part in a public-private effort to establish Missouri’s first permanent hydrogen fueling station and using a pair of hydrogen-powered shuttle buses...

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UMR in the news: Mine rescue

UMR’s annual Mine Rescue Competition was held recently, and the Associated Press was on the case: The scenario in the underground mine was grim: an unconscious victim beneath a roof near collapse,...

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UMR in the news: Solar Decathlon

CBS Sunday Morning spent a significant amount of time at the Solar Decathlon. We have received confirmation that the segment will be the “cover story” on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 9 a.m. Look for the UMR...

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UMR in the news: Coal mining careers

Yahoo News (via The Christian Science Monitor) has the scoop on coal mining careers: When Joshua Hoffman’s parents, a computer scientist and law-enforcement officer, sent their son to the University of...

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UMR in the news: Name change

From today’s Kansas City Star: “What we are seeing is institutions trying to better explain their value to their key constituents,” said Christopher Simpson, chief executive officer of...

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UMR in the news: Meth busters

This in USA Today: Greg Story, an atomic physics professor at the University of Missouri-Rolla, said the technology used in the scanner is not new. Molecules energized by ultraviolet light emit a...

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UMR in the news: Hello, is there anybody out there?

Did you hear that UMR is changing it’s name? The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has the following today: And last week, the school launched a related video campaign at hello.mst.edu. The website has short...

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UMR in the news: Petroleum engineering, Taco Bell

– Dr. Shari Dunn-Norman is quoted in a KOMU story about the shortage of petroleum engineers: "Right now we’re looking at start-up packages with 401k over 100 thousand dollars a year; it’s incredible,"...

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UMR in the news: KC Star

Who said a trip with Engineers Without Borders was supposed to be like spending Spring Break at the beach? This from the Kansas City Star: Bugs crawled in the straw mat all night, every night, nibbling...

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