News and Announcements

Kickstarting bright ideas

Since 2018, Entrepreneur Quest has awarded more than $175,000 in funding to help students translate their ideas into scalable businesses. 

Phishing attack targeting researchers

MU researchers should be aware of targeted attacks seeking to steal sensitive information.

Growing enterprises

New storefronts in the heart of campus offer students the chance to sell goods at the MU Student Center with support from Greg Bier and Kelly Mattas, who lead entrepreneurial programs in the Griggs Innovators Nexus.

Dropping in

Education researcher Robert Petrone spent time with youth at a skatepark to see what positive dynamics there could be applied to the classroom.

Trailblazing treatments

Associate Professor Teresa Lever is developing tools to objectively diagnose and treat swallowing impairments associated with neurological diseases, cancer, genetic disorders and aging.

Detecting disease

The Animal Infection and Monitoring Services core supports studies on a wide variety of bacterial and viral diseases.

A creative exploration of extraordinary love

MU art educator’s paintings evoke life and work of courageous painter.

NextGen Precision Health building opens doors to clinical trials

One of the first trials in Clinical & Translational Science Unit focuses on neuromuscular diseases.

Fostering faculty inquiry and creativity

The first round of 2023-24 Research Council grants was awarded on Oct. 2. See which projects were funded and learn how previous recipients Betsy Baker and David Crespy leveraged their funds.

Searching for a unicorn

Last month, students from seven colleges and schools pitched their business ideas for a chance to participate in MU's Entrepreneur Quest program. Meet the audience favorite and see who will compete for funding from a $30,000 prize pool.