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 unique color spectrum that can be measured, Story said. Even when meth is created from different chemicals, the methamphetamine molecule would emit its […]

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 SimpsonScarborough, a Washington, D.C-based branding and marketing firm that works primarily with colleges and universities. “It’s kind of like when the Boston Patriots became the New England […]

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 Missouri at Rolla (UMR), a coal mine was probably the last place they imagined higher education taking their son. Yet, as an explosives engineering […]

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 house and team members.

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, encased by rising levels of carbon monoxide and other deadly gases. Read the full story on CNN’s website.

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 to transport soldiers along a 55-mile stretch of Interstate 44 between Rolla and Lebanon News from the nation’s capital: The University of Missouri-Rolla team’s house will […]

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

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 team members. The story was supposed to air last Friday, but it has been pushed back to tonight (Monday night) and will […]

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 (CBS) and Fox newscasts in Springfield. Also, a feature story about the Human-Powered World Speed Challenge Team and its […]

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 universities in the nation. Read the full story.