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The Maneater

UM System task force addresses faculty salaries and benefits

Crystal Duan April 30, 2014

The UM System is discussing ways to better balance costs associated with maintaining the quality of faculty benefits packages, and trying to raise the system’s pay levels at the same time, UM Vice President...

MU’s recycling ranked 26th in national competition

Covey Eonyak Son April 24, 2014

MU [returned to the annual RecycleMania competition](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/1/28/mu-prepares-annual-recyclemania/) this year, and proved to more than 400 of the competing institutions...

Blotter

Mark Kim April 23, 2014

####1. Man arrested for first degree property damage The MU Police Department arrested Andrew R. Birmingham, 19, on April 17 at 4:12 p.m. near 6001 N. Creasy Springs Road for first degree property damage...

Report condemns university’s handling of Menu Courey case

Daniela Sirtori Cortina April 22, 2014

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin pledged to improve MU’s approach to sexual assault allegations after an external report stated the university did not properly handle a former student’s case. The University...

Kickoff Rally begins Sustainability Week

Kickoff Rally begins Sustainability Week

Mark Kim April 22, 2014

In preparation for 2014 Sustainability Week, the Sustainability Office and Environmental Leadership Office hosted the Kickoff Rally in the MU Student Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. The rally was...

UM System hires law firm to assess campus resources

Katie Pohlman April 20, 2014

The UM System hired the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management group to assess the mental health and sexual assault resources offered on the all four campuses. The hiring of NCHERM comes...

Life Sciences Week celebrates MU’s research diversity

Daniela Sirtori Cortina April 16, 2014

More than 1,000 students, researchers and academics will converge at MU’s annual Life Sciences Week, which began Monday. The event started in 1985 as Molecular Biology Week and became Life Sciences...

Ambiguity surrounding Grain Belt Express fuels opposition, skepticism across Missouri

Covey Eonyak Son April 16, 2014

Opposition to the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a proposed high-voltage direct-current power line, continues to grow as Clean Line, the Houston-based energy firm behind the project, filed [an application...

Independent counsel report ties MU failure to clarify Title IX reporting policies to Courey’s death

Crystal Duan April 12, 2014

The independent counsel hired to investigate MU student Sasha Menu Courey’s alleged sexual assault and subsequent suicide concluded that the university has flawed policies regarding incidents of sexual...

UM-St. Louis student begins duties as Board of Curators student representative

Crystal Duan April 9, 2014

UM-St. Louis graduate student Tracy Mulderig has been selected as the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators. Her term will run from 2014 to January 2016. Mulderig, who was appointed...

5 professors honored with William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence

Laurel Critchfield April 9, 2014

Every spring since 1991, outstanding teachers at MU have been recognized with the William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence. This year, five teachers were recognized: John Bennett, associate...

MU Health System project recognized for clinical care innovation

Covey Eonyak Son April 7, 2014

The MU Health System is among the few academic healthcare providers in the U.S. that will be nationally recognized for its effort to streamline services provided at its clinics. The Association of American...