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Last fall, The Missouri Review (TMR) editor Speer Morgan and marketing director Kris Somerville established a new book imprint in order to publish a collection of short stories by an author whose work they had previously published and whom they both adored. Jane Gillette’s collection of short stories had been picked up by Johns Hopkins Press, but the editor became ill and the collection was never published.

A series of art exhibitions scheduled at the Lake of the Ozarks in November brings together several University of Missouri alumnae who have known each other for years. The university’s School of Visual Studies’ Art on the Move Outreach Program will feature a photo exhibition by MU alumna and Osage Beach native Mackenna Surdyke-Bennett, who received her BFA from MU with an emphasis in photography.

Gavin King, an associate professor of physics, is trying to understand one of the most basic concepts in cell biology: secretion, or the mechanism by which proteins can pass through a cell membrane to get from one compartment of a cell to another. Membrane proteins are the “gatekeepers” that allow information and molecules to pass into and out of a cell.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – On August 21, 2017, at 16 points along the path of last year’s total solar eclipse, tiny microphones—each about the size of a USB flash drive—captured a unique biological phenomenon. As Earth fell into complete darkness, the bees stopped buzzing, according to researchers at the University of Missouri.

The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have awarded the 2019 Sinquefield Composition Prize to Niko Schroeder.

Schroeder is in his first year of study for a master’s degree in composition at Mizzou. He submitted “genealogy I,” a work written for piano, violin, and cello, to the competition and was selected for the prize by a panel of independent judges.

Graduate students and faculty in the Department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies have a quiet new facility to conduct research thanks to a generous donation from Ferd and Ann LaBrunerie of Columbia, Missouri. On Saturday, the same day the department hosted the Missouri Classical Association meeting, the Ferd and Ann LaBrunerie Classics Library was unveiled on the third floor of Swallow Hall.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – With less than 50 days to the 2018 election, candidates in state and local districts are using digital, broadcast and print media to get their messages to potential voters. Although advertising plays an important role, for many voters during the election cycle, it’s the face-to-face interactions that clinch their vote.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – In a first study of its kind study, researchers have found that a common chemical consumers are exposed to several times a day may be altering insulin release. Results of the study, led by scientists at the University of Missouri, indicate that the Food and Drug Administration-approved “safe” daily exposure amount of BPA may be enough to have implications for the development of Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases.

Angie (Pannell) Wojak, MFA ’92, says the time she spent as a teaching assistant (TA) in the Department of Art while pursuing her MFA helped prepare her for a career helping other artists pursue their careers. Wojak’s first major job after college was as a career services director at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. She now serves as the director of career development at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she earned her undergraduate degree.