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Children’s Hospital patients benefit from MRI-compatible goggles

Katie Pohlman • January 29, 2014

An 8-year-old boy can now watch “Despicable Me” while technicians capture images of his brain tumor during a two and a half hour MRI, thanks to new MRI-compatible video goggles at the MU Women's and...

MU prepares for annual RecycleMania

Covey Eonyak Son • January 28, 2014

MU will compete against hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada in the 2014 RecycleMania. The competition, run by the non-profit organization RecycleMania Inc., starts...

Meera Chandrasekhar wins national teaching award

Daniela Vidal • January 28, 2014

For professor Meera Chandrasekhar, physics is like peeling the layers of an onion. As the peeling moves past the "Aha!" layer, more understanding is achieved. Chandrasekhar, this year's recipient of Baylor...

School of Medicine to start patient-centered outcome research

Crystal Duan • January 26, 2014

The School of Medicine received a $4.5-million federal grant that will fund the new MU Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. University officials announced Dec. 19 that the grant, provided by...

Veterans Clinic celebrates opening with guest speaker

Covey Eonyak Son • January 23, 2014

A crowd filled the Hulston Hall courtroom on the afternoon of Jan. 22, where Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca spoke in celebration of opening the MU Veterans Clinic. Greca addressed several problems...

MizzouRec starts off the semester with improvements, renovations

Covey Eonyak Son • January 22, 2014

As waves of students return from winter break, more than 32,000 are anticipated to work out at the MU Student Recreation Complex in the first week alone. This year’s attendance is estimated to have...

New ResLife door security policy introduced

Kevin Graeler • January 22, 2014

All residence halls will now have restricted access at all times, according to the newly amended campus policy announced Dec. 13 by the Department of Residential Life. “While we recognize the minor...

Loftin to become chancellor

Jacob Bogage • December 5, 2013

R. Bowen Loftin, the outgoing president of Texas A&M University, will become MU's 22nd chancellor Feb. 1, 2014, the university announced Thursday. “I can tell you with great certainty on what we set...

MU reactor responds to international shortage of medical radioisotopes

Covey Eonyak Son • December 4, 2013

The MU Research Reactor Center will adjust its initial plans for maintenance to help mitigate a recent loss to the global supply of radioisotopes. Radioisotopes are essential to the diagnosis and radiotherapy...

Board of Curators plans to propose tuition increase for non-residents

Covey Eonyak Son, Crystal Duan • December 1, 2013

The UM System Board of Curators held its last fall semester meeting Nov. 21-22 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. ####Potential Tuition Raise The proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 could lead...

MU Children’s Hospital’s transport system has expanded over four decades

Samantha Kummerer • November 20, 2013

In 1973, a Volkswagen with an incubator connected to its cigarette lighter carried children in critical condition across mid-Missouri. Forty years later, a specialized team of 26 nurses and a state-of-the-art...

Female philanthropist organization donates to MedZou

Covey Eonyak Son • November 20, 2013

Mizzou Women Give has thrown its support behind [MedZou](http://medicine.missouri.edu/medzou/) to expand services for women. “(MedZou) originally had hoped to buy a mammography unit, but because that...