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June 26, 2025

Mizzou launches Energy Innovation Center to help power tomorrow

The 116,000-square-foot facility will promote collaboration to transform energy production and policy.

MU Research Reactor

June 26, 2025

University of Missouri Board of Curators announces members of NextGen MURR Working Group

University and industry leaders will provide oversight, support as NextGen MURR is designed and constructed.

Scholars attend a lecture about the chemistry of NASCAR.

June 24, 2025

Missouri Scholars Academy at Mizzou helps top young leaders shine

For 40 years, MSA has been a launchpad for the state’s most driven high school students.

A medical team uses a probe and imaging camera during surgery.

June 23, 2025

Mizzou researchers part of team developing imaging tool that could transform brain cancer surgery

The tool is expected to be a critical advancement in the fight against one of the most difficult-to-treat brain cancers.

small plant growing in a crack in the soil

June 18, 2025

Hope is the key to a meaningful life, according to new research

University of Missouri researchers demonstrate that boosting hope could be a game-changer for mental health and resilience.

Various small shelly fossils recovered from the beds surrounding the Cambrian reefs. Scale bar is 1 mm.

June 12, 2025

Tiny fossils, big discoveries: Researchers reveal new clues about early ocean life

University of Missouri study challenges assumptions about biodiversity near Earth’s first reef systems.

A hand holding a smartphone displaying a digital portrait of a young woman.

June 11, 2025

Looking in the digital mirror: Mizzou researchers introduce concept of ‘social self-comparison’

What happens when people look at their edited photos on social media and then compare those images to how they look in real life?

Kui Xie in office

May 29, 2025

Trailblazer in educational innovation and community impact named dean of Mizzou’s College of Education and Human Development 

Kui Xie will serve as dean and Joanne H. Hook Dean’s Chair in Educational Renewal effective July 1. 

A loan application form.

May 28, 2025

Banks using AI are better at identifying creditworthy borrowers from afar, new study finds

A Mizzou researcher found that banks with greater AI usage offer distant borrowers lower interest rates and see loan defaults less often.

3D model of a chromosome

May 28, 2025

New AI tool reveals single-cell structure of chromosomes — in 3D

A breakthrough at the University of Missouri could help scientists better understand how genes work — and how certain types of cancer develop.

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