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MU College of Veterinary Medicine research determines genetic mutations cause rare genetic disorder

Jessica Fitzgerald • February 6, 2020

A recent discovery by Leslie Lyons and Reuben Buckley of the College of Veterinary Medicine determined a specific mutation. It started with a collaboration with the Cincinnati Zoo, in which Lyons worked...

MU calls first weather cancellation day as students return from winter break on Jan. 24

Jeb Goldman • February 6, 2020

Weather-related cancellation days are not common place for MU, and on the morning of Jan. 24, school officials did not believe they would need to call for one. They believed that postponing classes until...

New research conducted by MU Engineering could lead to water being harvested in space

Jessica Fitzgerald • February 4, 2020

A recent experiment conducted by students and faculty of the MU College of Engineering could grow into the possibility of being able to harvest water in space. Professor Chung-Lung (C.L.) Chen, assistant...

Journalist Jim Lehrer’s passing marked by long-standing legacy

Hannah Norton • February 4, 2020

Jim Lehrer, the longtime anchor for PBS NewsHour, died in his home in Washington on Jan. 23. Lehrer was born in small-town Wichita, Kansas in 1934, according to a Columbia Missourian article. His parents...

CAFNR study shows benefits in school gardening programs

Leah Vredenbregt • February 4, 2020

Since the heavy industrialization of the 1900s, the United States has seen a gradual decrease in the food and agriculture skills of its youth. A recent study from the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural...

School of Music celebrates grand opening of Sinquefield Music Center facility

Alex Espinda • February 4, 2020

The MU School of Music unveiled the new Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center Saturday, Feb. 1, a building anticipated by the school since 2015. With the new building, the school hopes to put a new spotlight...

Mizzou Pharmacy-MU Student Center announces closure to centralize resources

Lucy Caile • February 4, 2020

The closure announcement of the Mizzou Pharmacy-MU Student Center at the end of last month had phones ringing in the pharmacy most the day as students hurried to change the location of their prescriptions. Tom...

Research finds how human brain’s functions are altered after loss of limb

Hannah Norton • December 27, 2019

Typically, when a person touches something with their right hand, a certain area in the left hemisphere of the brain is ‘lit up,’ and vice versa with the left hand. In a recent research study, Scott...

MU makes three-year commitment to Aspire to diversify STEM faculty, teaching

Jeb Goldman • December 3, 2019

An Equality of Opportunity Project study states, “if women, minorities, and children from low-income families were to invent at the same rate as white men from high-income families, the rate of innovation...

New connection emerges between Special Olympics Missouri and UM System

Jessica Fitzgerald • November 28, 2019

Special Olympics Missouri announced a new partnership between MU, MU Health Care and the UM System on Nov. 6. Special Olympics ensures every athlete is included, and this partnership aims to give more...

Kemper Fellow recipients emphasize hands on, continual learning in classroom

Lucy Caile • November 26, 2019

Tension and stress run high in Botswana Blackburn’s classroom in early October as students take their capstone midterms for the School of Health Professions. Near the end of the test, Blackburn looks...

IDE holds open forum, asks public what they want in next vice chancellor

Lauren Hines • November 24, 2019

In search of the next vice chancellor of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, the Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity held open forums on Nov. 19 in the MU Student Center and Jesse Wrench Auditorium...