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RHA Blackout Dance hopes to promote sustainability

Alana Saad • April 10, 2015

The MU Residence Halls Association will host the Blackout Dance Party from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday at Tiger Plaza to encourage students to unplug their electronics and get some fresh air. The party...

Board of Curators discuss mandated Title IX training, faculty retirement

Taylor Blatchford, Quinn Malloy • April 9, 2015

The UM System Board of Curators discussed enforcement of student Title IX training and faculty retirement policies at its meeting at Missouri Science and Technology University April 9. ####Title IX Betsy...

As 110 faculty retire, MU administration sees opportunity

Quinn Malloy • April 8, 2015

By the end of this academic year, 110 tenured faculty will lock up their offices for the last time and retire from MU, university officials told The Maneater. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced in September...

UM Press aims for increased digital presence, financial sustainability

Katherine Knott • April 8, 2015

A fundraising campaign through the University of Missouri Press hopes to raise $40,000 to digitize books related to Missouri or by Missouri authors. The Missouri Essential catalog, the focus of the fundraising...

MU Green Tour takes students around sustainable buildings, features on campus

Zach Baker, Alana Saad • April 8, 2015

The Environmental Leadership Office will host the annual MU Green Tour from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, April 9. The event exposes students to the sustainable structures on campus. Free [Fretboard Coffee](http://www.fretboardcoffee.com)...

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...

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...

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/),...

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...