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 hay. Read the full story here.

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 Missouri-Rolla. "Bob Murray may have been more aggressive based on his experience in the east which may not be applicable here." Read […]

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.

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 Myers, interim director of the national University Transportation Center at UMR; Dr. Genda Chen, interim director of the Center for Infrastructure Engineering Studies […]

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 News-Leader, the Columbia Tribune and on Fox News. Also, watch for a special announcement about a story featuring UMR researchers that will appear soon on PBS.

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 about a UMR student who proposed marriage at Bass Pro.

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 levees in New Orleans with National Geographic.