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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Mandatory China Day seminar draws praise, criticism

Mandatory China Day seminar draws praise, criticism

Emily Wolf November 7, 2018

The inclusion of a safety seminar for Chinese students as part of a China Student Day program has elicited mixed reactions from the students it was created to protect. The primary concern centered on MU’s...

2018 Mizzou Hall of Fame welcomes three new alumni

Emily Wolf October 22, 2018

Three MU alumni have been inducted into the 2018 Mizzou Hall of Fame. The inductees were honored at the third-annual Hall of Fame Luncheon as a part of the university’s 107th Homecoming celebration. This...

Major Garrett’s homecoming

Major Garrett’s homecoming

Laura Evans October 22, 2018

Major Garrett, chief White House correspondent for CBS News, appeared on Thursday at an event hosted by Pi Sigma Alpha, MU’s Political Science Honor Society. At 7 p.m., students, faculty and members...

Missouri Honor Medal recipients share experiences, advise student journalists

Riddhi Andurkar October 20, 2018

The 2018 Missouri Medal of Honor for Distinguished Service in Journalism was awarded to eight recipients on Oct. 16: Fortuna Calvo-Roth, Vita Harris, Peter Hessler, the IndyStar investigative team, Kevin...

MU honors first Nobel Laureate with bicycle parking space

Riddhi Andurkar October 20, 2018

It is tradition for some universities to provide their Nobel Laureates with a parking space for life. On Oct. 3, George Smith received the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry. Now it was MU’s turn to provide...

MU student composers collaborate with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

MU student composers collaborate with St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Emily Wolf October 17, 2018

Three MU student composers will have their works performed by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra this year. The opportunity arose as a joint project between the Mizzou New Music Initiative and the St. Louis...

UM System President Mun Choi shares career experiences, advises MU engineering students

Riddhi Andurkar October 11, 2018

UM System President Mun Choi spoke to engineering students and members of Pi Tau Sigma, the International Honor Society for Mechanical Engineers, about considering a different approach to their education...

MU professor publishes study on flipped classrooms at elementary level

Lauren Bishop October 9, 2018

A recent case study studies a math-certified elementary instructor who flipped her classroom and analyzes the advantages and drawbacks to the process. This study, published on Jan. 22, is one of the first...

MU professor receives 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry

MU professor receives 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Riddhi Andurkar October 4, 2018

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this morning that Dr. George Smith, MU Board of Curators Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, received the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry....

MU amongst top of SEC in enrollment

MU amongst top of SEC in enrollment

Noah Klein October 3, 2018

Last year, an article was published in The New York Times discussing MU’s drop in enrollment after the events of 2015. Now, enrollment is back up by 13 percent. While many schools in the SEC saw a decline,...

Board of Curators meet to discuss plans and goals of marketing strategies, research, funding

Board of Curators meet to discuss plans and goals of marketing strategies, research, funding

Lauren Bishop, Riddhi Andurkar October 3, 2018

The UM System Board of Curators met on Sept. 20 and 21 at the University of Missouri, Kansas City campus. The curators discussed different marketing strategies to increase enrollment, investment performance...

Task Force Report formalizes UM System leadership role specifications

Riddhi Andurkar October 1, 2018

The Board of Curators passed a document called the Task Force Report that defines the UM System’s vision, mission and guiding principles for the governance of the university system on July 19, 2018. The...