MEDIA ADVISORY: University of Missouri to celebrate grant expanding Kinder Institute’s global opportunities

Oct. 30, 2026
Contact: Shayne Martin, shayne.martin@missouri.edu

WHAT:

The University of Missouri will announce a new grant that will significantly expand the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy’s student programming, faculty research and partnership with the University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute.

WHEN:

Tuesday, Nov. 3

10:30 a.m. remarks

Limited media availability immediately following event.

WHERE:

Jesse Hall Rotunda

409 Conley Ave.

Columbia, Missouri

WHO:

  • Chris Smith, vice chancellor for advancement
  • Mun Y. Choi, University of Missouri president
  • Jay Sexton, Kinder Institute director
  • Rich Kinder, chairman, Kinder Foundation®

NOTE: Members of the media should RSVP by emailing media@missouri.edu by 5 p.m. Nov. 2.

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