Community Impact

man making COVID-19 masks

April 29, 2020

Task force creates equipment to protect health care workers

A multi-disciplinary team is creating respirator masks worn by doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists to guard against infection from airborne viruses.

meals prepared on table

April 29, 2020

Meals for healing

MU Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology staff prepares meals for health care workers fighting COVID-19.

glass in front of computer

April 28, 2020

Expert: How to protect your personal information on social media from hackers during COVID-19

health care provider

April 28, 2020

MU develops program to prepare for alternative care site staffing

MU is leading a statewide effort to retrain and deploy retired nurses and other health care providers to alternative care sites for recovering COVID-19 patients.

activity kits on front porch

April 28, 2020

Kits offer learning activities for kids without internet access

Thanks to generous community support, MU Extension is creating educational activity kits and coordinating delivery to kids who lack internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is a photo of a young student.

April 27, 2020

Expanding literacy in increasingly diverse Missouri classrooms

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April 27, 2020

MU partnership connects families to social services during pandemic

April 27, 2020

MU alumna mentoring nurses battling COVID-19

From serving as a young nurse in Vietnam to leading an international health care system, Winnie Fritz has always been a leader in her field.

people talking via zoom

April 24, 2020

Helping the journalism industry respond to COVID-19

Mizzou journalism representatives act as resource for news leaders to ask questions and access experts to help them stay healthy, safe and produce great journalism for their communities.

woman snuggling cat

April 21, 2020

Can people give their pets COVID-19? MU expert has the answers

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