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MU transitions from Blackboard to more modern Canvas

Caroline Kealy • November 14, 2016

Up until this school year, one of the top-visited sites on most MU students’ browser sites has been the infamous Blackboard. However, the days of relying on the academic site will soon come to a close....

Coding boot camp 101: 500 MU graduates, five years, any major

Victoria Kuz • November 13, 2016

A global technology talent development company will provide a free computer coding boot camp on campus for MU students and graduates. The new program, Revature at Mizzou, was announced as a partnership...

Mun Y. Choi to be paid $530,000 yearly as UM System President

Allyson Vasilopulos • November 10, 2016

Starting March 1, Mun Y. Choi will be making a yearly base salary of $530,000 in his new role as UM System president, a number roughly $50,000 greater than what former UM System President Tim Wolfe made...

Loftin says change at MU will take time

Sylvia Maehr • November 9, 2016

Former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin said his “awakening” happened in December 2014. “I went to a forum over here that we called together right after the Ferguson verdict was announced,” Loftin...

Interactive timeline: Campus demonstrations through the years

Brendan Crowley, Brooke Collier • November 9, 2016

Exactly one year ago on Nov. 9, 2015, UM System President Tim Wolfe stepped down from his position following demands and protests from student activist group Concerned Student 1950 for his resignation....

MU School of Medicine associate dean resigns, is replaced

Caroline Kealy • November 8, 2016

Laine Young-Walker, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, is the School of Medicine’s new associate dean for student programs and professional development at...

Missouri politicians take stand on UM System funding

Caroline Kealy, Olivia Garrett • November 8, 2016

Politicians from around the state of Missouri have criticized MU in the wake of race-based protests on campus last fall, but ahead of Tuesday’s election, many candidates have spoken out in favor of higher...

Race Relations Committee remains committed in its mission of promoting a diverse campus

Jackson Kinkead • November 8, 2016

A year and a half after the creation of Faculty Council’s Race Relations Committee and a year after the MU race-based demonstrations of last fall, the committee has published [a progress report](http://facultycouncil.missouri.edu/issues/report-of-the-progress-of-the-race-relations-committee-to-the-faculty-council/RaceRelationsReport.pdf)...