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NextGen researcher profile: Carolyn Anderson

Carolyn Anderson has spent more than 30 years developing targeted therapies for diseases like cancer and sickle cell disease. See how she will help drive research efforts for NextGen Precision Health.
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Psychiatric program helps 5-year-old get the help she needs

The Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project is helping Juniper Phillips connect with resources to overcome her anxiety disorder.
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MU celebrates Henry Kirklin with dedication of learning lab

State-of-the-art lab is the latest MU effort to raise awareness of the university’s first Black teacher.
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Feb. 23, 2021

Meeting the moment: MU nursing students administer COVID-19 vaccines

Students from the Sinclair School of Nursing are doing their part to help stop the pandemic.

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Feb. 22, 2021

MEDIA ADVISORY: MU plant sciences learning lab to be named in honor of Henry Kirklin

The lab will carry on the legacy of the University of Missouri’s first Black teacher.
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Feb. 18, 2021

School of Medicine students volunteer for COVID-19 contact tracing

Students at the Springfield Clinical Campus volunteered in December to aid the local health department.
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Feb. 17, 2021

Asian carp could pulverize world hunger, MU researcher finds

Powdering Asian carp could address an environmental problem and a global malnutrition crisis.
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Feb. 16, 2021

Key takeaways from the NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series kickoff

Here are 5 things you need to know from Richard Barohn’s Feb. 10 presentation.
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Feb. 12, 2021

MU weather expert explains what to expect from polar vortex

Anthony Lupo is a leading expert in “blocking,” the weather event currently keeping cold air in place.
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Feb. 11, 2021

MU Researcher named National Academy of Inventors senior member

Chung-Ho Lin is one of only 63 academic inventors nationwide to receive the prestigious honor this year.