Community Impact

group photo of students during their mizzou alternative break trip (taken pre-COVID)

April 20, 2021

New fund makes service more accessible

Four friends and Mizzou alumnae helped launch a scholarship to make it easier for students with disabilities to participate in service experiences.

monitor on a desk in a modern office

April 20, 2021

Recovery friendly workplaces: A model for building a stronger Missouri workforce and economy

University of Missouri Extension is helping communities and workplaces that are friendly to those recovering from opioid addiction.

Christian Birtell

April 16, 2021

Spreading a message of love

Pre-nursing student gives back to first responders, small businesses through local action.

person pointing to cube letters that spell out

April 6, 2021

MU Extension and partners combat COVID-19 misconceptions

From small towns to big cities – COVID-19 is prevalent and so are the falsehoods surrounding it. The MU Rural Vaccination Action Committee is stepping up to set things straight.

Teresa Toarmina is a student-teacher for a second grade class at Parkade Elementary School in Columbia.

April 5, 2021

MU student-teachers get hands-on classroom experience

In an unusual year for schools, student-teachers from the College of Education are still finding ways to engage with students and learn to lead classrooms of their own.

woman in cap and gown in front of the columns

April 5, 2021

Courageous Cummings

Cancer survivor and recent Trulaske College of Business grad Nicole Cummings makes the most out of every opportunity.

This is a person in prison.

March 26, 2021

Crisis Intervention Training reduces stigma of mental illness in prisons

MU study shows new training program improves how Missouri corrections officers interact with inmates who are mentally ill.

This is a picture illustrating phytoremediation.

March 24, 2021

Landfills full of dangerous pollutants: MU researchers can tell you which ones are worst

In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, researchers developed a system to prioritize the most toxic pollutants.

Ines Segert, J. Scott Christianson and Libby Cowgill headshots

March 22, 2021

MU researchers explore sci-fi classics in ‘Science on Screen’

Faculty team up with a Columbia movie theater to create introductions for popular films.

This is a person in prison.

March 22, 2021

Crisis Intervention Training reduces stigma of mental illness in prisons

MU study shows new training program improves how Missouri corrections officers interact with inmates who are mentally ill.

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