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Mizzou in focus: photos of the year

Our photographers captured student life, campus beauty and ground-breaking research in incredible imagery this year. Here are some of the most memorable moments of 2024.

Dec. 20, 2024
Contact: Janese Heavin, heavinj@missouri.edu
Photos by Abbie Lankitus, Sam O'Keefe, Sam E. Cox, Reagan Manis and Sophia Scheller

Student life

Person in crowd dancing
People form an M on Faurot Field
Person carrying yellow umbrella on campus
Person blows snow from gloved hand
People look through holes illuminated by green and blue lights
People playing sports on Quad
Video game avatar on screen and reflected in glasses
Person playing air hokey surrounded by red light
Students in library
Silhouette of person dancing
Truman mascot jumps during parade
Fire truck with group of people riding
ROTC cadets fire cannon at football game
ROTC cadets salute during football game
People dance on stage

Tiger success

Graduate smiles as she's being hooded
Graduate celebrates on stage
Graduate hugs friends
Man holds trophy above head in front of crowd
Person in wheelchair with basketball
Football player looks at camera
Woman with homecoming queen candidate
Conductor leads band during football game
Person running with sunlight behind him
An MIZ flag waves at football game
Graduate reveals Truman mascot tail and feet under gown
Top of head with headband that says "proud parent"
Person with decorated cap in crowd at commencement
Amputee demonstrating long-jump
Amputee sits on floor in front of window
People hugging
Surprised woman with hands over her mouth
People hug
Crowd on campus

Research and creative works

Person with goggles working in lab illuminated with pink and blue lights
Purple light illuminates laser of 3D printer
A cicada on white surrounded by red background
Person surrounded by blue looks up at white lights
A man looks at treehoppers on a branch
A treehopper on a leaf
White mushrooms
Face illuminated with blue light looks at orange vial
Mushrooms
Person with book looks up at trees
Kernels of purple corn in a line
Two people with vial

Across campus

Person walking on campus illuminated by lights and fog
Holiday lights around Jesse Hall
Stormy day
Full moon behind building
Person walks into well-lit library at night
Squirrel in tree on campus
Person walks in front of MIZ statue
Lights on campus at dusk
Evening view of football stadium
Fireworks at football stadium
Moon over Memorial Union
Holiday lights frame Jesse Hall
View of football stadium from the road
Pink flowers on campus
MIZ statue in snow
A hawk in a tree
Full moon behind building
Partial eclipse
View through architecture showing person walking and snow-covered campus
Footprints in the snow
Moon is shown through an MU sign
Jesse Hall and the columns at night
Beige bush on snow covered ground in front of Jesse Hall
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