News and Announcements

Blake Meyers

New National Academy of Sciences member

Blake Meyers, professor of plant science and technology, was notified May 3 that he is MU's 12th faculty member elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

NEH logo with text 'Summer Stipend Program

Summer Stipends program stimulates new research in the humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program is accepting applications for work beginning May 2023.

Aerial photo of the Columns and Jesse Hall.

Susan Renoe receives a national research development award

Associate vice chancellor for Research, Extension and Engagement honored by National Organization of Research Development Professionals.

Opened in January 2016, the University of Missouri Metabolomics Center is located within the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.

Assessing health, stress, performance with metabolite profiling

Metabolomics Center provides advanced, cutting-edge metabolomics capabilities and expertise to researchers in the plant, animal and medical sciences.

The University of Missouri currently has seven professors who are NSF CAREER award winners. Images contains headshots of all seven.

Role models shine in research and education

Seven MU faculty members were recently celebrated for their National Science Foundation CAREER awards. Meet them and learn about their work.

Members of the eight Missouri and Illinois research institutions forming the Taylor Geospatial Institute are joined by Andrew C. Taylor (pictured in the middle), executive chairman of Enterprise Holdings Inc. and founding chair of Greater St. Louis Inc. The Taylor Geospatial Institute is funded by a legacy investment by Taylor with supporting investments from each of the eight member institutions. Also pictured, second from right, is Dr. Tom Spencer, vice chancellor for research at Mizzou.

MU joins university geospatial alliance

MU and seven other institutions have formed the Taylor Geospatial Institute, a St. Louis-based research alliance that will advance the science of location. 

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MU's Electron Microscopy Core provides gold-standard imaging services

World-class instrumentation in the Electron Microscopy Advanced Technology Core gives researchers the highest image resolution possible in both the life sciences and materials science. See how investigators are making the most of the core's capabilities.

Annette Kendall and Lisa Lorenzen

New course teaches entrepreneurial mindset

Leaders in the Technology Advancement office are offering Entrepreneurial Mindset, a new course that teaches students how to leverage their existing skills to provide novel solutions to complex problems.

Jack Murray, his dog Heidi and Greg Bier pose with a large $15,000 check.

Students with big ideas earn big money

Three student teams split a $30,000 prize pool for their ventures during an Entrepreneur Quest pitch competition March 22. Vet student Jack Murray won the top prize.

Montage of health food and medical devices

Researchers use AI to understand diabetes

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from MU and two children's hospitals have applied artificial intelligence to health informatics data to better understand Type 1 diabetes.