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The Maneater

Kurpius announced next journalism dean

Kurpius announced next journalism dean

Covey Eonyak Son April 2, 2015

Garnett Stokes, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, announced Thursday morning that David Kurpius will be the new Missouri School of Journalism dean. The school has been without a dean since...

Faculty Council discuss mental health, academic issues

Taylor Blatchford April 2, 2015

Faculty Council turned its focus to campus mental health resources and the 2017-18 academic calendar during its Thursday meeting. ####Mental Health Christy Hutton, programming and communications coordinator...

MU research team uncovers link between fracking, endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Esther Seawell April 1, 2015

As friction and controversy continue to surround the industry of natural gas hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an MU research team is investigating the link between fracking activity and hormone disruption. Susan...

Farmer’s market connects students, food producers

Alana Saad April 1, 2015

The distinct aroma of freshly baked pies permeates the air surrounding Lowry Mall. It doesn’t take long until word gets out that Barbara Nobis, or [Grandma Barb](http://columbiafarmersmarket.org/cfm-vendors-managemymarket/),...

Sustain Mizzou will host e-waste drive

Sustain Mizzou will host e-waste drive

Jeannine Anderson April 1, 2015

In 2009, Apple released the iPhone 3GS. That same year, about 438 million new electronic products were sold — twice the sales made in 1997. The sale of mobile devices alone grew nine times during that...

Administration criticized for lack of action in race relations forum

Taylor Blatchford March 18, 2015

Students called out administrators for not taking concrete action to address race relations problems on campus in an open forum Tuesday night. “Everything you’re talking about is reactive,” one...

Faculty committee finds large differences in raise distribution across campus

Taylor Blatchford March 18, 2015

A Faculty Council committee reported last week they have discovered large discrepancies in faculty raise distribution. The committee, chaired by Bill Lamberson, professor of animal sciences, presented...

Starved and constrained, MU Libraries turn to students for funding

Starved and constrained, MU Libraries turn to students for funding

Power cords are strewn about the floor of the Grand Reading Room on the second floor of Ellis Library. These cords are a jury-rigged solution to the enduring problem of providing power to study stations...

Loftin discusses challenges to campus climate, faculty retention

Quinn Malloy March 18, 2015

When Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin assumed office on Feb. 1, 2014, MU’s campus climate was temperate, if not benign. Michael Brown was still alive and race relations had not yet grasped this campus’...

MU temporarily suspends student accused of making racist remarks

Covey Eonyak Son March 18, 2015

MU will temporarily suspend a student who allegedly made “harassing and hostile remarks” toward another student, Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin [announced Wednesday in a statement](http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2015/0318-statement-from-mu-chancellor-r-bowen-loftin-5/). According...

Provost Garnett Stokes brings experience with faculty morale and Title IX

Provost Garnett Stokes brings experience with faculty morale and Title IX

Taylor Blatchford March 18, 2015

When Garnett Stokes arrived in Columbia as MU’s second female provost ever, she immediately noticed similarities to Athens, home to the University of Georgia, where she’d spent more than 30 years as...

‘Intergroup dialogue course’ among students’ requests to improve race relations

Quinn Malloy March 11, 2015

The [U.S. Department of Justice’s March 4 report](http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf) revealed callousness and...