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Interim Chancellor Hank Foley delivers first-ever State of the University address

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley delivers first-ever State of the University address

Alyssa Bessasparis January 27, 2016

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley spoke to students, faculty and administrators about inclusivity, graduate student rights and goals for the future in the first-ever State of the University address Wednesday...

MU researchers issued patent for cancer treatment

Max Fillion January 27, 2016

A team of MU professors received a U.S. patent Oct. 8, 2015, for a nuclear complex delivery method designed to actively seek out and treat cancer cells. The delivery method, titled “Radioisotope Trithiol...

MU peace studies program hosts panel discussion on terrorism

Alyssa Bessasparis January 27, 2016

MU’s peace studies program brought attention to the international issues of terrorism, racism and violence against women in a panel on Tuesday, Jan. 26. “We wanted to have an educational event that...

SAE brothers gather to remember brother and founder Chris Parsons

SAE brothers gather to remember brother and founder Chris Parsons

Allyson Sherwin January 26, 2016

A procession of mourners walked in silence to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, where they gathered to pay their respects to senior nursing student Chris Parsons, who died Sunday, Jan. 17. Over 100 people...

Senior selected for Schwarzman Scholars Program

Thomas Oide January 26, 2016

Four years ago, Anurag Chandran came to MU from Dubai. He left his family and everything he knew behind in the United Arab Emirates and started a new life in Columbia. During his first few weeks as a freshman,...

Board of Curators calls special meeting Jan. 27

Claire Mitzel January 26, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 in University Hall for a special meeting, according to a [public notice](http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/public_notices/012616_public_notice)...

Residential Life to eliminate desk supervisor position

Kyra Haas January 26, 2016

The Department of Residential Life will eliminate the desk supervisor position after the spring 2016 semester per area administrative support staff request, area coordinator Heidi Shearer wrote in an email...

Melissa Click charged with assault after Concerned Student 1950 campsite incident

Lauren Wortman, Alyssa Bessasparis January 25, 2016

MU communications assistant professor Melissa Click was charged with third-degree assault Jan. 25 in response to her actions on the Concerned Student 1950 campsite Nov. 9. In [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S3yMzEee18)...

Nixon proposes $5 million more for MU’s Thompson Center

Anna Sutterer January 25, 2016

MU’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders could serve more families in the 2017 fiscal year with a $5 million appropriation proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon. These funds are part of...

Foley speaks on Click’s tenure status

Tess Vrbin January 25, 2016

Assistant professor Melissa Click’s job is currently safe, interim Chancellor Hank Foley said at a press conference Monday, which was held in light of the [third-degree assault charge on Click](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/25/melissa-click-charged-assault-attempting-remove-st/)....

MU hopes to combat application decline with new strategies

Claire Mitzel January 25, 2016

After a decline in applications for the 2016-17 school year among prospective students, MU is working to increase enrollment numbers with a number of new strategies. MU is planning an increase of yield...

Campus renovations are underway, on track

Rashi Gupta January 24, 2016

For the last few years, MU has seen a lot of construction, including new buildings being built and old ones being renovated. Here’s an update on the current projects. **Lafferre Hall** Many of these...