MU announced Friday a voluntary buyout program that will allow tenured faculty who are retirement eligible to take a one-time payment to separate from the university. According to an [MU news release](http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2014/0919-mu-announces-voluntary-separation-program-for-tenured-faculty/)...

Thomas Jefferson embodies both the best and worst of U.S. history because of his innovation in education and connection to slavery and the Trail of Tears, said Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author...

MU’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders was selected for the Autism Speaks organization’s competitive grant to fund research and the treatment of autism. Autism Speaks only...

Residents of Hudson Hall were evacuated early Sunday in response to a fire that reportedly started in room 337. According to a Columbia Fire Department [news release](http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Public_Comm/Public_Information/Press_Releases/view.php?id=2668),...

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., joked about her reputation as a moderate to lighten up the crowd in Hulston Hall on Friday. “I got 35 percent of Missouri that thinks I’m Satan on a horse,” McCaskill...

Governor Jay Nixon announced on Thursday that he will release $143.6 million to fund K-12 schools and higher education institutions after vetoing bills proposing tax cuts. Public Missouri universities...

MU and the Columbia police departments are planning to strengthen the collaboration between the two agencies and increase patrols near campus. The departments will increase their patrols in Greektown...

The School of Medicine’s Dermatology Department celebrated its 50th anniversary with a brunch and evening gala event Saturday. Former and current dermatology faculty and former students in the program...