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MU alumni pull $2 million in donations after campus tension last fall

Lily Oppenheimer • February 15, 2016

After students linked arms in celebration of the resignation of former UM System President Tim Wolfe, over 2,000 people called the MU Advancement office asking about the university, according to Vice Chancellor...

Chuck Henson presents new diversity and inclusion initiatives to Faculty Council

Claire Mitzel • February 11, 2016

Chuck Henson, interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity, shared new initiatives for diversity, including open meetings with students, at Thursday’s Faculty Council meeting. The council...

Freshman class most likely to protest in past 50 years, study finds

Emily Gallion • February 11, 2016

A [survey](http://www.heri.ucla.edu/monographs/TheAmericanFreshman2015.pdf) of more than 140,000 college students conducted at the start of the fall semester has found that this year’s class of American...

House committee votes to deny UM System a budget increase

Claire Mitzel • February 11, 2016

State lawmakers voted Wednesday to deny the UM System a $26.8 million increase in funds proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon. In his [budget proposal for fiscal year 2017](https://oa.mo.gov/sites/default/files/FY_2017_Summary_Information.pdf),...

Five things you missed at last week’s Board of Curators meeting

Taylor Blatchford • February 9, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators met last Thursday and Friday at MU to discuss the future of the UM System. **Presidential Search Update** The curators [approved the composition](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/5/curators-discuss-presidential-search-committee-and/)...

Diversity requirement begins for new students, but is subject to change

Lily Cusack • February 9, 2016

Obstacles still stand in the way of a permanent diversity course requirement at MU, but the university has held diversity training sessions for new students and implemented required trainings for administrators. Former...

UM System president talks progress, asks for patience in address to curators

Katherine Knott • February 7, 2016

Interim President Michael Middleton didn’t sugarcoat the outlook for the UM System on Friday morning during his second report to the Board of Curators. “I’ve walked the halls of the state capitol...

Curators discuss presidential search committee and construction projects

Claire Mitzel • February 5, 2016

During its meeting on Thursday at MU, the UM System Board of Curators discussed and approved a variety of topics such as construction projects and next school year’s room and board rates. Concerned Student...

Student panel speaks about diversity at Board of Curators meeting

Nancy Coleman • February 5, 2016

When Timothy Love arrived at the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate student, he considered himself ignorant, bigoted and prejudiced against the LGBTQ community. Love, now a first-year...

UPDATED: Concerned Student 1950 protests outside Board of Curators meeting

Taylor Blatchford, Claire Mitzel • February 4, 2016

Students and members of Concerned Student 1950 protested Thursday afternoon outside a UM System Board of Curators meeting in support of [suspended communications professor](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/27/melissa-click-suspended-um-system-board-curators-p/)...

Boone County Commission requests adequate funding for UM System

Thomas Oide • February 4, 2016

The Boone County Commission released a resolution statement Tuesday asking for state lawmakers to continue to adequately fund the university. “This resolution is intended to convey the sincere and strong...

Professor recognized for new approach to cancer treatment

Kyra Haas • February 4, 2016

As a fifth grader in the Indian state of Karnataka, [radiology and physics professor Kattesh Katti](http://katteshkatti.com/) borrowed chemicals from school and conducted his own experiments, such as testing...