Smooth Transition

Each summer, a group of incoming freshman spend eight weeks at the University of Missouri adjusting to college life, while also earning college credit.

Writing Science

Most kids have idols—people they look up to or aspire to be. For junior Sarah Marcum, that was astronomer and author Carl Sagan. Marcum grew up watching all of Sagan’s PBS series on astronomy, enchanted with the scientific concepts and visuals. When the series ended, she took to Sagan’s books. “I read everything he wrote,” Marcum says.…

Freeman Hrabowski to Deliver Keynote Address at Mizzou’s Celebration of Teaching

In 2012, TIME Magazine named the University of Maryland, Baltimore County President among the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

Award-Winning Art and Design

The Second Annual Undergraduate Visual Art & Design Showcase featured 40 projects on display in Jesse Hall, Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 2017. Several of those projects received recognition at the award ceremony that concluded the week’s events with two projects taking top honors.

Center Stage

Senior Loren Howard has found a way to use her interest in theatre as a way to educate and empower students with special needs and learning disabilities.

Mizzou Receives AAU Grant

The University of Missouri is one of 12 universities to receive a grant from the Association of American Universities (AAU) to further existing efforts to improve undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Career Gametime

Robert McDaniels, director of the MU Career Center, believes that deciding on a major and choosing a career can be like putting together a puzzle.

Fighting Hunger

Maria Kalaitzandonakes earns Truman Scholarship while increasing awareness of world hunger issues.

A Focus on Success

Undergraduate Success program participants gather for an event at The Heidelberg. There’s a big difference between being involved in organizations and starting one from the ground up. The former is time-consuming, but manageable and slightly more predictable. The latter requires hard, dedicated work and a hope for success. Allie Starks and Matthew Rosebrough, juniors at Mizzou,…

Making Waves

By teaching students how to produce radio journalism pieces, Making Waves, a new honors course, demonstrates the power of storytelling. “One of the primary objectives of the class is to encourage storytelling as a vehicle for connection and positive change in the world,” says Kathryn Fishman-Weaver, Making Waves faculty adviser. “I believe it is vitally important…