University News Archives - Page 35 of 88

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)...

Graduate students now have their health care subsidized indefinitely

Libby Stanford • November 7, 2016

Graduate students will have their health care subsidized indefinitely thanks to a temporary fix in the Affordable Care Act that will allow the university to take as much time as needed to come up with...

Bright Flight scholarship faces potential reduction for spring semester

Megan Smith • November 7, 2016

Sophomore Abby Guinn, a recipient of the Bright Flight scholarship, received an unexpected email from the Office of Student Financial Aid on Oct. 9. The email informed her that all Bright Flight recipients...

Mun Y. Choi named 24th UM System president

Claire Mitzel • November 2, 2016

_Updated to reflect additional comments from University of Connecticut officials._ Mun Y. Choi, the University of Connecticut’s provost, is the UM System’s 24th president, concluding a nearly yearlong...

Cancer Research Center uses salmonella to target tumors

Brendan Crowley • November 2, 2016

Researchers at the Cancer Research Center in Columbia found that a modified strain of salmonella can be used to target and infiltrate cancerous tumors. Abraham Eisenstark, the research director at the...

Computer program analyzes presidential candidates’ rhetoric

Jackson Kinkead • November 2, 2016

Dale Musser’s new office in Naka Hall is still sparse. Like his office, the future of his new computer program, [Debate Analyzer](http://debateanalyzer.com), is just as open to change. The program...