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Members of the Mizzou class of 2023 participated in Tiger Walk to kick off the 2019-2020 school year. Officials announced that enrollment at Mizzou is up, with a total of 30,046 students.

Sep. 17, 2019

Increased enrollment and record second-year retention

Defying the national trends, Mizzou continues to grow with double-digit increase to first-year enrollment and record-setting second-year retention rates.
Illustration of Rudapithecus

Sep. 17, 2019

Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution

New study of an ape-like pelvis suggests human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apes.
Every two years, the International Federation of Beekeepers Association hosts the Apimondia Congress. This international body reached out to a partnership between the University of Missouri and Sweetwater Science Labs, a food authentication laboratory in Columbia, to authenticate all of the samples of honey before this year’s 46th congress in Montreal began.

Sep. 11, 2019

Not so sweet

MU contributes to a way to determine honey fraud at an international honey contest.
A graphic thermal image of a T. rex in a stand off with two giant crocodiles. The dorsotemporal fenestra on the T. rex is glowing. Illustration courtesy of Brian Engh.

Sep. 4, 2019

Prehistoric AC

MU study suggests T. rex had an air conditioner in its head.
Cassie Boness, a graduate student at the University of Missouri, is working to establish guidelines for mental health professionals who wish to certify emotional support animals. Boness consults with and conducts webinars for landlords, airlines and mental health professionals to help them understand the laws regulating emotional support animals.

Sep. 3, 2019

Clearing a cloud of confusion

MU graduate student helps establish guidelines for certifying emotional support animals.

Aug. 28, 2019

Fueling the future of medicine

Nuclear engineering experts discussed low enriched uranium as fuel for research reactor at MU.
MU Chancellor Alexander N. Cartwright thanks Ronald J. Boain after Boain announced his $1.28 million to the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Science.

Aug. 23, 2019

Alumnus gifts $1.28 million in support of physics, astronomy

Ronald J. Boain has supported MU for 50 years.

Aug. 22, 2019

A how-to guide for small businesses navigating ‘the cloud’
Cynthia Frisby, professor of journalism, speaks to incoming students during Summer Welcome, one of the programs at Mizzou to help new students. MU leaders credit supports for transfer students as a key to the 16 percent increase in transfer enrollment.

Aug. 21, 2019

More students transferring to University of Missouri

Mizzou also has double digit percentage growth increase in online students.
This is a photo of glasses in front of several computer monitors.

Aug. 20, 2019

Preventing privacy leaks when online data can be gathered publicly

MU researcher shares a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation with the University of Illinois-Chicago and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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