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2019
As the presidential race heats up, the primary debates introduce the candidates to the public.

Congratulations to our new Curators' Professors: Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science William Horner, Curators’ Professor of Mathematics Aleksandr Koldobskiy, Curators’ Professor of Biological Sciences Chris Pires, Curators’ Professor of Psychological Sciences Wendy Slutske, Curators’ Professor of Chemistry Arthur Suits.
William T. Horner, Political Science
In the near future, a prostate cancer patient in Missouri may be injected with a radioisotope that can help imaging scanners accurately determine the precise location of a tumor. That diagnostic imagery could also help determine the targeting ability and exact therapeutic dose necessary to destroy the cancer cells without harming other tissues or organs in the body.
How would you like to spend part of your summer hiking through the Pyrenees and Cantabrian mountains in northern Spain with a group of friends during the day, and then retire with those friends to a beautiful hostel to swap stories while waiting for a late evening meal? Now imagine that most of your out-of-pocket costs are covered by scholarships and you receive college credit for taking this trip to one of Europe’s most beautiful destinations. Sound too good to be true?

Chancellor Alexander N. Cartwright (left) announced that professor Michael Budds (center) gifted the MU School of Music $4 million to establish the Budds Center for American Music Studies. Joining them to make the announcement were Dean Patricia Okker (second left), retired professor William Bondenson (second right) and Julia Gaines, director of the School of Music (right).
COLUMBIA, Mo. – For nearly four decades, more than 10,000 University of Missouri students have learned about all styles of American music, including jazz, pop and rock, while taking notes during one of Michael Budds’ lectures.
The first of several large-scale murals has appeared on the Mizzou campus—a large-scale tiger in front of Jesse Hall—marking the official launch of Mizzou’s new Artist in Residence (AIR) program. Chancellor Alexander Cartwright proposed the program last year to bring established and emerging artists to MU to celebrate the arts and to cultivate creativity across disciplines.

Professor of Radiology Jeff Smith and Chemistry Professor Silvia Jurisson chat outside the International Institute of Nano and Molecular Medicine (INMI), across the street from the MU Research Reactor (MURR). The INMI facility will provide critical infrastructure and collaborative expertise to researchers at all four University of Missouri campuses.
At the beginning of the school year, University of Missouri System President Mun Choi announced a series of investments in research and creative works that will help the system’s four universities achieve excellence through innovation. Many of those innovations will germinate and take root at the Institute of Nano and Molecular Innovations (INMI) building across the street from the MU Research Reactor (MURR) on the Mizzou campus.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Help may be on the way for people who might lose contact with reality through a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia.
As the Earth’s climate continues to change, humanity is learning to grapple with the impacts of a warming planet—forcing us to reassess how and where we live, how we get from place to place, and how we feed an ever-growing population.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – When Ronald J. Boain, a 1965 graduate of the University of Missouri, made his first donation to his alma mater, the gift was small — just $5 — but it was the first of what was to become 50 years of financial support. Today, MU officials announced that Boain recently gifted a total of $1.28 million to the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Science to support student success.
Opioid abuse and overdoses have reached epidemic proportions for much of the country over the past several years.
The tagline for MU Theatre is “Theatre Makes a Difference,” and for 50 years, the Summer Repertory Theatre (SRT) on the University of Missouri campus has been making a difference in the lives of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Fruit flies could one day provide new avenues to discover additional genes that contribute to a person’s ability to learn and remember. Scientists at the University of Missouri are studying genes of fruit flies to explore why an individual fly can be a better learner than another. Many of those genes in fruit flies are similar to those found in people.
As the country gears up for the 2020 presidential election, most Americans will only see or hear the candidates when they appear on television. But Hunter Woodall, BJ, BA history ’15, has met most of them already.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Human genetic testing has evolved over the recent decades, allowing people to find their ancestors and even determine specific percentages of their heritage. Much like the advances in human genetic testing recently popularized by commercial organizations have allowed people to gain a better understanding of their ancestry, scientists are now a step closer to determining a genetic family tree for vegetables by linking biology with computer science.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ping! The popular 1990 film, The Hunt for Red October, helped introduce sonar technology on submarines to pop culture. Now, nearly 30 years later, a team of scientists at the University of Missouri is using this same sonar technology as inspiration to develop a rapid, inexpensive way to determine whether the drinking water is safe to consume.
Three faculty members in the College of Arts and Science have accepted invitations to become 2019-20 University of Missouri System Presidential Engagement Fellows.
What do you wear when exploring a volcano?
This is a question that professors and students in the MU Department of Geological Sciences face regularly.
Not everyone gets to have a career epiphany, but when you do, it’s probably best to heed it.
Senior Mikhayla White graduated in May after only three years at Mizzou, and she makes it sound almost easy to pull off a double major of economics and statistics in a year (or two) less than most.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The flow of traffic through our nation’s highways and byways is meticulously mapped and studied, but less is known about how materials in cells travel. Now, a team of researchers at the University of Missouri is challenging prior theories about how material leaves the inside of an E.coli cell. This discovery could have important implications for how we treat diseases.
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