MU College of Arts & Science

July 17, 2020

Under the gun

A veteran journalist recounts how he learned his trade on the frontlines of war in Central America.

chairs

July 15, 2020

Do campaign finance reforms truly help make elections more competitive?

MU social scientists examine three decades of state legislative elections.

This is a picture of Alexandra Housh

July 9, 2020

Exploring ‘green’ energy

MU graduate student awarded dream fellowship to study the relationship between soil bacteria and switchgrass, a renewable energy source.

The collection of T.S. Eliot letters to Emily Hale made up 12 boxes of material. Photo by Shelley Szwast, courtesy of Princeton University Library

June 12, 2020

Love once sealed away

MU professor examines letters between T. S. Eliot and Emily Hale.

black and white photo

June 9, 2020

Learning from history to fight against COVID-19

Grant awarded to MU researchers looks for similarities, differences between 1918 flu pandemic and COVID-19 pandemic.

books

June 8, 2020

Boys’ poor reading skills might help explain higher education gender gap

MU study finds ability to read well can help explain why fewer men go to college than women.

woman sitting in a chair being filmed

June 8, 2020

A (virtual) welcome for new Tigers

Each year, thousands of incoming students attend Summer Welcome — an orientation and registration program that introduces Tigers-to-be to the traditions, resources and people of the University of Missouri. Summer Welcome is moving online for the first time, but student and staff leaders are preserving the spirit of what makes it so special.

therapy dog

June 3, 2020

Therapy dogs: a social catalyst for kids with autism? 

MU researcher examines impact of therapy dogs on social skills for children with autism.

A University Hospital employee (left) and the Beckett brothers with their respiration protection chambers.

May 21, 2020

Columbia brothers draw on MU ties to help during COVID-19

Two Mizzou alumni have created cost-effective respiration protection chambers that can be easily replicated to help health care workers treating COVID-19 patients.

bee on yellow flower

May 19, 2020

‘Bee’ thankful for the evolution of pollen

MU researchers discover wildflower’s spiny pollen adapts to help plants reproduce.

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