With summer right around the corner, picnic season is also approaching. And with that comes good weather, good company and, most importantly, good food. But there is another crucial aspect to picnics,...

Rushing, rushing, rushing. Turn in term paper, turn in another term paper, pick up that last piece of extra credit. Studying, studying, studying. Final one, final two, final three, final four. Walk out...

The UM System hired the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management group to assess the mental health and sexual assault resources offered on the all four campuses. The hiring of NCHERM comes...

There is an epidemic of sexual assaults in universities and community colleges across the country that needs to be quelled, said Sen. Claire McCaskill. McCaskill, D-Mo., announced a survey of American...

More than 1,000 students, researchers and academics will converge at MU’s annual Life Sciences Week, which began Monday. The event started in 1985 as Molecular Biology Week and became Life Sciences...

Opposition to the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a proposed high-voltage direct-current power line, continues to grow as Clean Line, the Houston-based energy firm behind the project, filed [an application...

In the basement of Ellis Library, the State Historical Society’s headquarters, there’s nowhere near enough room for the thousands of illustrations by 19th century explorers, the canvases of 20th century...

**Nixon cuts $22 million from education budget** Gov. Jay Nixon last week announced that he’ll be forced to cut back on funding for education in next year’s state budget. Nixon said the cuts —...

Columbia City Council might have to reconsider a downtown student-housing development agreement after a petition filed by Columbia residents received 3,632 signatures. The petition, which disputes a development...