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MizzouRec prepares to host eighth annual alumni event

MizzouRec prepares to host eighth annual alumni event

Ashley Jones October 18, 2017

In recent years, the Student Recreation Complex decorated and hosted alumni-centered events to welcome back MU graduates. MizzouRec puts on the Team Mizzou Alumni Reunion, which invites Team Mizzou Alumni...

MUPD’s messaging system, MU Alert, aims to keep students updated and aware

Stephi Smith October 18, 2017

The words “MU Alert reports…” light up the phone screen. There’s been an emergency near campus. The university’s alert messaging system, MU Alert, has been active since 2009. Alerts are sent...

MU project awarded $1.25 million grant to improve STEM literacy in middle schools

MU project awarded $1.25 million grant to improve STEM literacy in middle schools

Allison Cho October 18, 2017

A team led by MU professors has received a $1.25 million Science Education Partnership Award. The grant will fund a five-year initiative that seeks to improve STEM literacy and comprehension in Missouri...

Person involved in active threat on campus is no longer a threat to campus, MU officials say

Mawa Iqbal October 18, 2017

The Columbia Police Department and the MU Police Department located and detained the subject behind an active shooter threat off campus at 12:53 p.m. MU officials confirm the subject is in custody and...

Meet the freshman female lead of Sigma Sigma Sigma’s Homecoming comedy skit

Mawa Iqbal October 18, 2017

She had never really acted before. Not in plays, not in musicals. She was a part of the makeup crew for a couple of her high school productions, but being on the actual stage was foreign to her. But that...

Homecoming royalty represent an array of organizations across campus

Brooke Collier, Siena DeBolt October 18, 2017

The polls have opened to vote on the Homecoming king and queen candidates. The court has been narrowed down to the top-10 royalty candidates from more than 130 nominees. MOVE talked to eight of the 10...

MOVE searches for the best pumpkin latte, just in time for fall

Ashley Dorf October 18, 2017

It’s officially fall, and with fall comes the plethora of pumpkin lattes. But of all the lattes in the land, only one can reign supreme. To find the best pumpkin latte, three local coffee stores and...

“Time to Listen” event fosters discussion regarding race and religion

Galen Bacharier October 17, 2017

The Fireplace Lounge in Hulston Hall was overtaken by the voices of students on Tuesday evening, as the the department of religious studies held its first “A Time to Listen” event, entitled “Race...

MU estate planning program to benefit both law students and Boone County residents

MU estate planning program to benefit both law students and Boone County residents

Morgan Smith October 17, 2017

The MU School of Law and Family Impact Center will partner to provide free estate planning services to residents of Boone County and surrounding counties through the Mizzou Law Pro Bono Estate Planning...

MSA student positions in standing committees filled for the first time

Galen Bacharier, Skyler Rossi October 17, 2017

For the first time ever, all of the Missouri Students Association positions on the Chancellor’s Standing Committees have been filled. MSA Vice President Payton Englert said that only 39 percent of the...

Two Greek houses hold fundraising event for Hurricane Harvey relief

Two Greek houses hold fundraising event for Hurricane Harvey relief

Tashfia Parvez October 17, 2017

Chi Omega and Alpha Tau Omega held a fundraiser event called Homers for Houston to raise money for Kingwood High School in Houston, one of the many schools in the area suffering from the impact of Hurricane...

Department of Energy award takes MU Grad student to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lauren Clerc October 16, 2017

The Department of Energy recently gave graduate student Alexander Myers a research award that will allow him to study at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California for three months. This...