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Local defense attorney speaks at Know Your Rights event centering on police encounters

Local defense attorney speaks at Know Your Rights event centering on police encounters

Adam Rush September 8, 2019

The MU chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy hosted a Know Your Rights event Sept. 4 to educate students about using their constitutional rights effectively when encountering the police. Defense...

Unions Entrepreneurial Program helps students launch their businesses

Unions Entrepreneurial Program helps students launch their businesses

Alex Fulton September 3, 2019

Housey Designs, Max Fix and Yes Girl were given year-long 300 square foot spaces in the Student Center to house their startups for the school year as part of the Unions Entrepreneurial Program. The program...

MUPD finds student unresponsive in residence hall

MUPD finds student unresponsive in residence hall

Riddhi Andurkar August 22, 2019

18-year-old freshman Erik Severson was found dead in his dorm room at Excellence Hall on Wednesday. MUPD officers responded to a call to check on an unresponsive man around 4 p.m. Police are investigating,...

Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching holds forum for instructors

Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching holds forum for instructors

Wicker Perlis May 12, 2019

Professors and graduate students gathered in Townsend Hall on Monday, April 29 for the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching Forum, where instructors who had undergone FIIT training gave presentations...

College of Engineering holds second annual Research Day, shares innovation with campus

College of Engineering holds second annual Research Day, shares innovation with campus

Hannah Norton April 30, 2019

The second annual Engineering Research Day was held on April 25 and included a poster session, poster awards, special recognitions and four keynote speakers. Engineering Research Day revolves around the...

Reynolds Journalism Institute holds annual tech showcase

Reynolds Journalism Institute holds annual tech showcase

Cameron Barnard April 30, 2019

The Reynolds Journalism Institute held its annual Tech Showcase on April 23. Wendy Lee, digital media reporter for the Los Angeles Times, opened as the keynote speaker. Lee focused on the aspects of her...

MU community members gather to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour

MU community members gather to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour

Riddhi Andurkar April 30, 2019

MU community members gathered at Traditions Plaza, listening to campus employees sharing their stories about living on a wage that makes it difficult for them to make ends meet. These and other employees...

Researchers investigate discrimination experiences of MU students, parent-child communications in low income families

Laura Evans April 21, 2019

In December, the Division of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity announced the 2019-2020 IDE Excellence Grant recipients. Since then, faculty and students have been working on nine different projects chosen...

MU researcher looks into political polarization, lack of moderate voices on social media

MU researcher looks into political polarization, lack of moderate voices on social media

Laura Evans April 16, 2019

MU research has found that although partisan Twitter users became more polarized leading up to the 2016 election, polarization as a whole may be exaggerated since many moderates remained uninvolved in...

MU Sustainability Week spreads importance of sustainability through partnerships with other organizations

MU Sustainability Week spreads importance of sustainability through partnerships with other organizations

Kyndall Hubbard April 16, 2019

Sustain Mizzou held Sustainability Week April 8 through April 13, featuring a variety of events during the week to underline the significance of sustainability in students’ lives. “Sustainability...

First image of black hole revealed, MU astronomy professor gives insight

First image of black hole revealed, MU astronomy professor gives insight

Adele Du April 14, 2019

A team of researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope project revealed the first image of a black hole April 10. The image was assembled from data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world including...

Preview: Show Me Mizzou Day

Preview: Show Me Mizzou Day

Wicker Perlis April 9, 2019

Saturday is Show Me Mizzou Day, and there are 94 official activities that the public can attend to show MU pride, learn something new or just to play some games. There are two major sporting events planned...