News
May 11th, 2012
CAFNR students learn to grow produce at Bradford Research Center
Several CAFNR students spent the last few weeks cultivating, harvesting and delivering fresh vegetables to MU’s campus.
May 1st, 2012
System helps public health officials identify priorities to better allocate resources
An MU researcher has developed a system that could help public health care organizations determine the best method of allocating resources.
April 27th, 2012
Leaders highlight the goals of Mizzou’s academic and financial plan
Recently, MU unveiled its strategy for “One Mizzou.”
April 27th, 2012
Project enables MU Engineering students to work on energy efficiency at Missouri farms
An engineering project’s focus is energy efficiency improvement for the agricultural sector in Missouri.
April 27th, 2012
Battling a soy pest
MU’s Melissa Mitchum and colleagues from other schools recently received a $466,000 grant to continue their research on protecting soybeans.
April 24th, 2012
KBIA and Harvest Public Media win Murrow Awards
A Mizzou Advantage program has won some national praise.
April 20th, 2012
Nuclear researchers attempt to locate new source of renewable energy
Many scientists are convinced that a new source of clean, cheap renewable energy is within reach.
April 18th, 2012
MU Veterinary Surgeons use advanced MRI technology to locate dangerous tumor
Using a special piece of MRI equipment, doctors from the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine were able to remove a dangerous tumor from a beloved pet and therapy dog.
April 17th, 2012
Professors Stephanie Craft and Tim Vos will collaborate with international colleagues on a ‘Worlds of Journalism’ study
Missouri School of Journalism professors Tim Vos and Stephanie Craft will collaborate with colleagues from more than 80 other countries on a two-year “Worlds of Journalism” study.
April 17th, 2012
New genetically engineered mice aid understanding of incurable neuromuscular disease, say University of Missouri researchers
MU researchers have developed a genetically-modified mouse model that may help treat a neuromuscular disease.
April 17th, 2012
Three-day forum explores ways to lessen global hunger
Food experts say all aspects of government are needed to address food security and hunger. Deaton called for scientists to get involved, as well.
April 17th, 2012
Heavy alfalfa weevil, pea aphid populations seen across state
The alfalfa weevil hit the crop hard this spring, eating its way through the leaves of alfalfa with potential to ruin its forage value.
April 17th, 2012
Midwest Boar Stud Managers Conference to draw international audience
The Midwest Boar Stud Managers Conference in August will explain the newest advancements in academic and industry research to better manage male pigs.
April 17th, 2012
CAFNR team collaborates to improve food pantry nutrition
CAFNR’s Food Pantry Nutrition Project is partnering researchers with eight mid-Missouri food pantries to improve nutrition.
April 10th, 2012
Sexual Objectification of Female Artists in Music Videos Exists Regardless of Race, MU Study Finds
MU researchers have found an abundance of sexual objectification in music videos featuring female artists.
April 10th, 2012
ASNE moves to University of Missouri in new partnership
The nation’s premier organization for journalism leaders and one of the world’s leading institutions for journalism education and innovation are joining forces.
April 10th, 2012
Reynolds Fellow researches brain processes for media
RJI has partnered with HCD Research to conduct studies that will enable online content producers to create websites that are more effective at communicating their messages to their target audiences.
April 10th, 2012
Calming the storm(water)
A University of Missouri research team is beginning a two-year study to determine best methods to reclaim flood plain land.
April 10th, 2012
A DNA Insight: Better analysis may result in new medicines and improved crops
With the ability to better decipher DNA related to disease, a new program could help in the development of new medicines or breeding better crops.
April 3rd, 2012
Research shows new battery to have reduced costs, charge times
An MU professor has developed and demonstrated a new “convection battery” that is a giant step toward allowing electric vehicles to replace those dependent on petroleum.
April 3rd, 2012
Pets benefit aging adults’ health, MU researcher says
Aging adults benefit from relationships with pets, research has shown.
March 26th, 2012
Faculty and students collaborate on upcoming play addressing body image
Faculty and students discussed the media’s affect on teenagers’ body image during a March 15 meeting.
March 26th, 2012
International experts discuss challenges of feeding the world
Global hunger was the topic at the first Christopher “Kit” Bond Distinguished Lecture.
March 20th, 2012
New faculty member continues work into advanced lithium battery research
Yangchuan Xing brings with him his current research, which focuses on energy conversion and storage.
March 16th, 2012
Storage time for cartilage transplant tissue doubled by MU researchers
Researchers from the University of Missouri have found a way to store donated cartilage more than twice as long as curent methods.
March 16th, 2012
Engineering-produced films open doors for students, gain widespread attention
When junior Ben Poland began information technology classes his freshman year, he thought he primarily would learn about the post-production aspect of films.
March 9th, 2012
Reynolds Fellow debuts social media classified ad platform at Silicon Valley Launch Festival
RJI fellow Peter Meng debuted his social media-based classified ad platform in a Silicon Valley festival.
March 9th, 2012
MU scientists study how to improve pesticide efficiency
MU researchers are studying a pesticide to determine if it could be made more efficient and safer for those living near, and working in, treated fields.
March 9th, 2012
Soybean symposium coming in April
The symposium will focus on what the latest soybean research promises for food, health and energy concerns worldwide.
March 9th, 2012
Biomass-fueled boiler to be operational this year, Campus Facilities officials say
Construction is underway on the 100 percent biomass-fueled boiler at MU’s power plant.
March 9th, 2012
Floating your boat helps feed mid-Missouri
Float Your Boat for the Food Bank Cardboard Regatta is happening April 21 and all proceeds go toward supplying food to needy mid-Missourians.
March 9th, 2012
Mizzou Advantage consolidates initiatives
A change to the campus-wide Mizzou Advantage program will reflect the expansive role that innovation plays in interdisciplinary research.
March 9th, 2012
Researchers Find New Compound to Fight Strep Throat Infection
Researchers have discovered a promising alternative to common antibiotics used to fight the bacteria that causes strep throat with the help of an animal model.
March 9th, 2012
Building better soybeans
A DNA-sequencing effort at MU hope to help create soybeans that are more productive, more disease tolerant and have improved nutritional quality.
March 9th, 2012
Empowering ranchers and farmers for success
MU’s Entrepreneurship Program helps Missouri farmers innovate and try out new things in agriculture.
March 9th, 2012
New pasture strategies
Producers can learn the latest strategies to insure healthy summer pastures at Forage Systems Research Center’s summer pasture workshop March 19 at 1:30 p.m.
March 2nd, 2012
Frontiers in Metagenomics Symposium, May 7 and 8
The symposium will span the Kingdoms of Life and will address both the generation and analysis of metagenomic data.
March 2nd, 2012
Food culture, science, behavior discussed at MU conference
Eating behavior, food culture, diet and more will be discussed during the 8th annual Life Sciences & Society Symposium, “Food Sense,” at the University of Missouri on March 16-18.
March 2nd, 2012
MU engineering professor named IEEE fellow
Wenjun Zeng, who has previously worked on projects for Mizzou Advantage, recently was named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow in recognition of his professional accomplishments.
March 2nd, 2012
Smart engineers extend capabilities of smartphones
A University of Missouri College of Engineering professor has enhanced smartphone capabilities for target localization and tracking functions.
March 2nd, 2012
RJI hosts Entrepreneurial Inventorying Event
With an objective to inventory local business assets for startup ventures, local entrepreneurs, as well as several community organizations assembled on September 13th, 2011 in RJI’s Palmer Room to hear from local leaders as well as to participate in hands-on information gathering exercise.
March 2nd, 2012
American Society of News Editors partners with RJI’s research affiliate for Newsroom Employment Census
From Reynolds Journalism Institute COLUMBIA, Mo. — The next survey measuring diversity within U.S. newsrooms, a major initiative of the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) for 33 years, will be conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR), an affiliate of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism.Read more »
March 2nd, 2012
Meeting the Information Needs of Communities – Videos
Steven Waldman delivered the keynote address on Nov. 15 at a day-long symposium on the comprehensive and far-reaching report.
March 2nd, 2012
National study will determine motives that drive consumers’ media preferences and behaviors
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Missouri School of Journalism will partner with HCD Research to conduct a national study among 18-70 year-olds to determine their media use and reactions to how news sites are structured and navigated.
March 2nd, 2012
Serendipitous news reading online is gaining prominence, study shows
From Reynolds Journalism Institute Traditional media, such as newspapers and television news, require readers and viewers to intentionally seek out news by picking up a newspaper or turning on the television. The Internet and new technologies now are changing the way readers consume online news. New research shows that Internet users often do not makeRead more »
March 2nd, 2012
Newspaper Archive Summit white paper suggests next steps for stakeholders
On April 10-12, 2011, the Reynolds Journalism Institute, MU Libraries and Mizzou Advantage from the University of Missouri, and the Library of Congress, brought together professionals from archives, historical societies, libraries, news publishing and news content vendor industries, to discuss the benign neglect and the growing need to rescue threatened news collections.
March 2nd, 2012
U_News @4 and RJI explore alternative interactive news model
In an effort to break the traditional mold, as most other media platforms have, KOMU-TV 8 has created a unique space for journalists that no other broadcast has.
March 2nd, 2012
RJI to assist in research and development of online and mobile voting tools for Missouri’s military and voters overseas
A $740,000 grant from the Department of Defense Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) will provide for the development of online and mobile applications for ballot delivery but will not allow for any form of electronic return of voted ballots in an election.
March 2nd, 2012
Newspaper readership remains strong in smaller cities and towns
The survey, conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Research (CASR), a program of the Reynolds Journalism Institute, shows that readers prefer the printed copy to the online version, with 48 percent saying they never read the local news online.
March 2nd, 2012
MU engages students, community with new high-tech interactive game
This week, the University of Missouri begins a one-of-a-kind technology-based online game that will engage students and community members in a new way.
February 29th, 2012
MU scientist eyeing enzymes that could help fight flu
As health care professionals prepare for another flu season, a University of Missouri scientist is studying how two enzymes could be used to stop the virus in its tracks.
February 29th, 2012
MU veterinarians find infections faster by monitoring blood compound
A University of Missouri veterinarian is identifying ways to diagnose pet infections in approximately a third of the current diagnosis time. The resulting test could be used eventually for humans.
February 29th, 2012
MU Researchers find pet kidney injuries are similar to human kidney injuries
For pets suffering critical illness or injury, University of Missouri researchers have found that even tiny increases of creatinine in blood also could indicate acute kidney damage. Using human blood measurement guidelines for acute kidney injuries, the researchers believe they can now help pet owners better know the severity of their animals’ illness.
February 28th, 2012
Synthetuc RNAs and transgenic pigs advance the fight against SMA
In one major accomplishment, synthetic ribonucleic acid (RNA) tested on SMA mice shows encouraging results for treating SMA.
February 28th, 2012
Cut to the signaling chase: EDS1, a plant immune system “central node,” is attacked by pathogens
In recent decades, scientists have deciphered plants’ genetic codes piece-by-piece. Basic biological research on plant immunity has yielded a wealth of understanding as researchers learned how “receptors” within plant cells are able to recognize foreign pathogen proteins and then send out signals that lead to production of defense proteins.
February 28th, 2012
Patented photoacoustic invention capable of fast, inexpensive, early detection of melanoma
Bond Life Sciences Center investigator John Viator has invented a device that can detect single melanoma cells in a blood sample at a fraction of the cost of current cancer tests.
February 28th, 2012
Video Games Depict Religion as Violent, Problematized, MU Study Shows
Many video games have begun incorporating religion as a key aspect to plot points and story lines. Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, found that the many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence in the game narratives.
February 28th, 2012
Wired for health: With infrastructure in place, health care providers have new possibilities for improving health
Michael LeFevre thinks that adapting information technology, or IT, to health care can help Americans get more bang for their health care bucks, which made up 17.6 percent of the gross domestic product in 2009.
February 28th, 2012
Mizzou: wired and wireless
At Mizzou, the goal is not to merely keep up with the modern wired student, but to stay ahead.
February 28th, 2012
Genetic entertainment
When an internationally known geneticist teaches an intense course, known by some as a weeding-out class for pre-professional biology majors, some fear is bound to be involved. Jim Birchler keeps his students engaged and relatively calm by integrating unconventional teaching techniques, pop cultural references and wacky examples.
February 28th, 2012
Members of the academies
Several MU faculty serve the National Academies of Science.
February 28th, 2012
How the brain adapts
Every day we perform functions with our hands without giving it a second thought — typing, punching elevator buttons, waving hello to friends or eating. Mizzou newcomer Scott Frey not only thinks about those seemingly simple acts, but also studies them.
February 28th, 2012
Research, write, perform: Students find the story, then act it out
Matt Saltzberg, a Mizzou Advantage fellow for the Managing Innovation initiative, taught a new ethnography theater course for non-majors in fall 2011 to show students the intersection of theater, innovation and social understanding.
February 28th, 2012
Make a model, explore a problem
Whether predicting how a disease will spread through a population or tracking the transmission of cell phone signals, researchers today have access to more data than ever before. But making sense of it is simple: Use complexity modeling.
February 28th, 2012
Innovation meets corporation: Helping business think ahead
In May 2011, MU hosted a conference to help boards of directors navigate changes in technology and business practices.
February 28th, 2012
Storytelling goes digital
A new degree in digital storytelling is in the works that would train students in the art of narration while providing hands-on experience with the technologies of digital production.
February 24th, 2012
Greener buildings: Are buildings puzzles or systems?
For decades, engineers and designers have thought of buildings as jigsaw puzzles: Parts — from windows and floors to pipes and electrical wiring — are pieced together to form a structure. But Robert Reed, associate research professor in the College of Engineering and co-chair of MU’s Center for Sustainable Energy, thinks that needs to change.
February 24th, 2012
Examining hospitals’ social media savvy
An undergraduate research team is exploring how Missouri hospitals are using Facebook to create an online community of patients.
February 24th, 2012
Technology boosts mental health
Using telehealth technology, MU doctors helped rebuild Joplin’s emotional well being without leaving their posts in Columbia.
February 24th, 2012
Literary-scientific gardens: The Secret Garden goes under the microscope
For five undergraduate biology and English students who set out to analyze the The Secret Garden through both literary and scientific lenses, the tale isn’t just for kids.
February 24th, 2012
MU researchers developing device for earlier detections of melanoma
University of Missouri researchers are one step closer to melanoma cancer detection at the cellular level, long before tumors have a chance to form.
February 24th, 2012
Intersection of journalism and documentary subject of MU conference
To prepare movie buffs for the ninth annual True/False Film Fest, MU will host a three-day conference Feb. 29 through March 2 titled “Based on a True Story: Intersections of Documentary Film and Journalism” at the Reynolds Journalism Institute.
February 24th, 2012
Mizzou moving forward with research center in greater Kansas City
Talks in 2007 went well and MU began planning for a presence in the Blue Springs’ Missouri Innovation Park, a work in progress southeast of Interstate 70 and Adams Dairy Parkway. Planners say the science and technology park, of which Blue Springs is the main investor, will cover 250 acres, host dozens of companies and employ about 3,500 people.
February 22nd, 2012
A promising plant
An international research center co-directed by William Folk, Ph.D., biochemist, in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the School of Medicine, will study the medical effectiveness of the plant commonly called Sutherlandia.
February 22nd, 2012
Helping farmers help a hard luck bird
ince 2003, a research project at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has tested practical ways that farmers can maintain maximum productivity while leaving enough habitat for the bobwhite to thrive.
February 22nd, 2012
MU food safety experts to build a US-China food science curriculum
A team of food scientists at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to help MU students learn how to better detect and deal with contamination issues in the global food chain.
February 22nd, 2012
The Cottonwood solution
Research at the flood laboratory at the University of Missouri Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC), located at New Franklin, Mo., has found a practical solution to make flooded bottomlands economically productive again – cottonwood trees.
February 22nd, 2012
Going green on the farm
To help Missouri animal farmers go green and save money, a team made up of the University of Missouri (MU), Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), the Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA), and EnSave, Inc., will partner to provide energy audits, loans, interest buy downs, rebates and grants to retrofit energy-saving equipment.
February 22nd, 2012
A very special grape
University of Missouri researchers, together with scientists at Missouri State University and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, are investigating the genes that make Norton grapes resistant to fungal pathogens that can plague other varieties of wine grapes.
February 22nd, 2012
A nuisance tree in Missouri may yield a new MRSA treatment
A team of scientists from disparate disciplines at the University of Missouri have found preliminary evidence that a compound from a nuisance tree that hinders farming could be a new anti-microbial agent effective against a dangerous infection plaguing hospitals.
February 22nd, 2012
Flavor release ice cream
Elizabeth Fenner, a food science graduate student at the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, is finishing testing of an experimental ice cream that starts as one flavor then shifts to another before being swallowed.
February 22nd, 2012
Missouri and Russian scientists partner to study atmospheric blocking
The MU School of Natural Resources, home to the Department of Soil, Environmental and Atmospheric Sciences (SEAS), recently agreed to jointly create prediction models of the little-understood weather event known to trigger persistent periods of stagnant and sometimes dangerous weather.
February 22nd, 2012
A little science, a lot more fish
Today, the Nepal interior economy is thriving because of a small, but significant, change in production technique. Families not only have food, but a surplus to sell for cash. Tourists flock to the area to sample the catch, bringing in more money. All that was needed was a little science from a University of Missouri aquatic ecologist.
February 22nd, 2012
Toning down the smell
Teng Teeh Lim recently received a $50,000 Mizzou Advantage grant to develop a computer model that allows large producers to use the size and other simple information about their swine or dairy farm to give them a better idea of the amount of emissions and what they can do to address odor or emission issues.
February 22nd, 2012
Partnering for improved nutrition
The Food Pantry Nutrition Project, headed by Sandy Rikoon, professor of rural sociology in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Food Security, is partnering with nine pantries in the mid-Missouri area to help evaluate the success of several intervention strategies to collect and distribute healthier food.
February 22nd, 2012
Efficient turkey feed means better margins in a price-sensitive industry
Jeff Firman, a professor of poultry production and nutrition at the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, has developed a new turkey diet that can save producers $13-25 per ton.
February 21st, 2012
Sweet sorghum is great for moonshine and might be a promising Missouri-made biofuel
During World War II, when sugar was rationed, bootleggers used the juice of sweet sorghum to make moonshine. Now researchers at the University of Missouri Delta Research Center are studying ways to boost the plant’s potential to brew not booze, but biofuel.
February 21st, 2012
CAFNR receives grant to study cover crops and greenhouse gases
The University of Missouri’s Bradford Research and Extension Center is embarking on the university’s first nationally funded organic farming research project.
February 21st, 2012
Getting The Lead Out: A military surveillance system helps find heavy metal contamination
A team of University of Missouri resource assessment experts and state and federal agencies is using a high-tech military search tool to quickly and cheaply find pollution.
February 21st, 2012
Closing the loop
Tim Reinbott, superintendent of the MU Bradford Research Center, is creating what he calls a “closed loop” system where food grown at Bradford is served by Campus Dining. Then, that food waste travels back to Bradford to make compost to fertilize the crops grown there.
February 21st, 2012
Tastier meat and profits?
With help from a new genetic device recently unveiled by a team of animal science researchers, animal breeders may soon be building betters cows that produce more and better beef and tastier profits.
February 21st, 2012
Healthier and more efficient cows
With the help of two grants totaling more than $14 million from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, research teams led by the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University will focus on developing methodologies to breed cattle that more efficiently utilize feed and that are more resistant to Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD).
February 21st, 2012
MU researchers are determining why some cows need less food to achieve weight goals
Researchers at the University of Missouri may someday be able to help ranchers identify cattle that mysteriously have the ability to gain weight while eating less.
February 21st, 2012
A promising new way to grow rice
Gene Stevens, an extension associate professor in the Division of Plant Sciences at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, is using a staple of Midwestern farms, center-pivot irrigation, to develop a new way of growing rice.
February 21st, 2012
Transition research explores best practices for shifting from conventional to organic production
Tim Reinbott, superintendent of Bradford Research Center, aspires to answer these questions for current Missouri organic farmers and those considering growing organically — a population that has sprouted significantly in the last several years. A multi-disciplinary team at the Center will explore the best management practices for the three-year organic transition phase.
February 21st, 2012
Controlling Superweeds
Thanks to the work of researchers at Dow AgroSciences, who have been collaborating with a University of Missouri researcher, a new weapon may be on the horizon to eliminate superweeds
February 21st, 2012
Healthier snacks through improved soybeans
A research team, led by plant scientists at the University of Missouri, has created a soybean variant that produces oil that does not have to be hydrogenated before going into food – adding no trans-fat.
February 21st, 2012
Pure Missouri Maple Syrup: Tapping nature’s sweetness in an unexpected place
Grade A Missouri maple syrup can be had right here in Boone County. Rich Guyette, professor of forestry at MU, has been harvesting, boiling and bottling the sweet stuff for the last 36 years on his property near the Baskett Wildlife Research and Education Center.
February 21st, 2012
New farming method reduces nitrous oxide greenhouse gases
Can farmers reduce a gas thought to contribute to global warming and increase production simply by adopting a new tillage practice? A research agronomist at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources thinks he has found the way.
February 21st, 2012
My partner, the cow
Starting in 1999, an interdisciplinary team of an MU researchers revolutionized the raising of dairy cattle in Missouri, saving the industry and turning it into a lucrative market for Missouri farmers in the process.
February 21st, 2012
Drought simulators study effects of reduced water on crops
Two drought simulators designed to test the effects of water deficiency on crops are now operational at the University of Missouri’s Bradford Research and Extension Center east of Columbia.
February 21st, 2012
The chicken that isn’t
A food company will use Mizzou research to launch a new product that not only tastes like chicken, but chews like it, too.
February 15th, 2012
Missouri farmers lay groundwork for truffle market
Three farms in Missouri are breaking ground to cultivate black truffles with the help of an MU researcher
February 14th, 2012
MU Scientists Receive $5.5 Million Gift from Kimmel Foundation to Search for the Next Big Thing in Alternative Energy
Scientists at the University of Missouri are the recipients of a five-year, $5.5 million gift from the Sidney Kimmel Foundation that will help focus efforts in fundamental, physical sciences in the search for new alternative energy sources.
February 13th, 2012
Niche: A weekly peek at an area artist – Matt Saltzberg
Heralded theater director Anne Bogart believes in the principle of treating the body as a barometer — it has the information necessary to communicate quick, effective decisions by way of its pure visceral nature. Matt Saltzberg, a local theater director whose theoretical and practical frameworks are derived in part from Bogart, takes the notion of body further in his own studies.
February 9th, 2012
Undergraduate research team studies stormwater control
A diverse group from across campus came together this semester to sponsor an undergraduate research project looking into stormwater best management practices at the University of Missouri.
February 8th, 2012
A senior adviser for health organization begins MU appointment
A leading expert in strategic communication in health and sciences has been named MU’s first Mizzou Advantage Distinguished Visiting Professional.
December 28th, 2011
See 20/20 Columbia in action!
In 2011, 20/20 Columbia proved that great ideas taste even better when they’re delivered fast and fresh. Now, the project is ringing in 2012 with a new website that features videos of past presentations.
December 6th, 2011
Field reporting: Feeding the masses (with information)
As public debate about global warming, pollution, water shortages and the organic movement intensifies, issues about food are often at the center of the controversy. For journalists, explaining how food is grown and why it matters means first understanding the science, then making it relevant.
December 6th, 2011
The mystery of Red Lake: How acid-loving bacteria may put fuel in your tank
Biomass for fermentation creates extreme acid conditions, and every step increases the final product’s cost. Researcher Gary Stacey, professor of plant sciences at MU, and Melanie Mormile, professor of biological sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology, are doing some extreme science in hopes of keeping costs down
December 6th, 2011
Coal, Wind, Petroleum and Wood: Conserving energy is better than making more
In the 42 years he spent at Black & Veatch Corp., Ron Wood often contemplated the American energy-consumption conundrum. How will the United States continue to satiate its ever-increasing appetite for energy?
December 6th, 2011
Making nuclear clear: The case for nuclear power as part of the mix
When it comes to sustainable energy, the power of the atom might not top most people’s lists. Dale Klein, former chairman of the U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission, isn’t most people.
December 6th, 2011
Plant-powered power plant
The MU Power Plant might be considered the James Brown of the University of Missouri. Churning up to 66 megawatts of electricity and 1.1 million pounds of steam per hour, it’s undoubtedly the hardest working facility on campus.
December 6th, 2011
Harvesting energy: Putting plants to work
When MU’s power plant fires up its new biomass boiler in 2012, it will do more than make the campus energy supply more sustainable — it will create a new market for Missouri-grown tree crops, says Hank Stelzer, an associate professor of forestry in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
December 6th, 2011
Home of the future: Making buildings more energy-efficient
MU researchers are working on the next generation of sustainable energy technology. Here’s a peek at how those innovations might change our homes in years to come.
December 6th, 2011
Living thrifty: Images of the recycled life
During summer 2011, Jenna Isaacson, BJ ’01, of Washington, D.C., drove a 19-foot camper through 29 states to photograph thrift store shoppers and good finds. She hopes the project, which she blogs about at allthriftystates.com, will raise awareness about excessive consuming habits and change the perception of many who believe thrift stores are places to donate, not shop.
December 6th, 2011
Cleaning up cotton
Today, Scott Andrews, BS Ag ’76, continues his family’s cotton legacy on a century-old farm in southeast Missouri. Much has changed since he first started farming the land, including nearly all cotton farming practices, which have become more sustainable from both business and environmental perspectives.
December 6th, 2011
Living with less: How many things do we really need to get along?
Lincoln Sheets, MD ’11, a first-year family and community medicine resident at MU, says that is just one of the benefits he has reaped from limiting his possessions to 100 items.
December 6th, 2011
Home green home: Welcome to MU’s Sustainahouse
A group of six Mizzou students wants to show by example that anyone, even the cash-strapped college crowd, can lead a more sustainable life.
December 2nd, 2011
Fuel in the fields: A new old source of power
With the help of a $20,000 grant from Mizzou Advantage, Shibu Jose, director of MU’s Center for Agroforestry, has established a comprehensive blueprint for a commercial biofuel industry.
December 1st, 2011
Industry/Academia Symposium II
MU will be hosting a 1 ½-day workshop on January 9-10 during which faculty will work with industry leaders and personnel from regulatory services to develop a curriculum that better prepares our students who intend to pursue health-related industry and government jobs after graduation. This workshop is a follow up to our previous Industry/Academia PartnerRead more »
October 26th, 2011
Crisis calculations
Better accounting and auditing standards may not restore faith in the world’s financial markets. But it’s a start.
October 26th, 2011
Power plant’s biomass boiler is a study in campus collaboration
Right now, the university buys coal and natural gas from out of state to fire its boilers. But, when the new boiler goes online in 2012, MU will take a large step toward an in-state renewable energy source.
October 26th, 2011
Under pressure and in hot water: Biomass to gas
William “Bill” Jacoby, an associate professor of biological engineering with a joint appointment in chemical engineering at the University of Missouri, is researching the use of biomass as a sustainable, low-cost energy resource.
October 26th, 2011
Nanoantenna reinvents solar energy
Patrick Pinhero, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Missouri, along with others, is developing a solar nanoantenna (nantenna) device that could potentially revolutionize our approach to solar power and the harvest of industrial waste heat.
October 7th, 2011
Curlies unite!: Breyer’s business grows from an old frustration
Alumnus Michele Breyer operates naturallycurly.com, an Internet-based business worth $3 million a year.
October 7th, 2011
Cuba libros: Spanish professor collects series of handcrafted Cuban books
Juanamaria Cordones-Cook, professor of Spanish and researcher of Afro-Hispanic literature, has helped assemble Mizzou’s Ediciones Vigía collection: a series of handcrafted books from Cuba.
October 7th, 2011
3-D walk-through: Constructing virtual buildings
MU students get to use 3-D design labs to create virtual reality designs.
October 7th, 2011
The Times techie
Alumnus Brian Hamman helps advance the online presence of one of the nation’s biggest newspapers: The New York Times.
October 7th, 2011
And the Oscar goes to… : Film editing across curriculums
An interdisciplinary MU course allows students the opportunity to participate in all phases of the filmmaking process.
October 7th, 2011
Where film and journalism collide
As documentary films gain more mainstream appeal, especially among adult audiences no longer wowed by box-office heartthrobs and teen comedies, Columbia has emerged as a cinematic city of choice for nonfiction fans.
October 7th, 2011
Scientists try out journalism: translating scientific research for lay audiences
A fellowship program, funded by a $1.5 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant, selects 14 MU science undergraduates to help conduct research and to produce science news.
October 7th, 2011
Reaching women: Web program aids women in abusive relationships
Tina Bloom, assistant professor in the Sinclair School of Nursing, is researching a Web-based program designed to help women develop individualized safety plans.
October 7th, 2011
The digital age of art
MU educators Robert Shay and Andrea Heiss are organizing a symposium and festival in fall 2012 in hopes of spurring discussions on how new media and technology are affecting art and how MU can prepare students for art careers.
October 7th, 2011
The struggle for signal: Receiving over-the-air TV
Alumnus Richard Schneider started making TV antennas in his garage about a decade ago. Now his products are sold at major retailers and installed on millions of rooftops nationwide.
October 7th, 2011
Millennials on the media
The post-MTV generation has come of age. They are artists and advocates, entertainers and engineers — and they’re using media to achieve their dreams.
October 7th, 2011
Paper preserves
The advent of online news has contributed to the closing of hundreds of newspapers across the country. MU is investigating ways to ensure the records created by those newspapers don’t disappear.
October 7th, 2011
News by the block
Adrian Holovaty, BJ ’01, has found perhaps the smallest way to slice up the news pie – by the city block.
October 7th, 2011
Happy to be appy
A new mobile app development class at MU teams journalism students with engineering students and gives them the opportunity to build apps for phones, tablets and more.
October 7th, 2011
Reading with your ears: Literacy podcast educates educators
Elizabeth Baker, associate professor in the College of Education, hosts Voice of Literacy, which covers new literacy education research.
October 7th, 2011
iSocial Studies: students with autism are learning online
Although children with autism sometimes struggle to discern mood from facial expression, a new virtual learning environment is helping.
October 7th, 2011
New$ value
Advertising and subscriptions have paid for newspapers in the past, but with that model on the wane, what will fund journalism in the future?
October 7th, 2011
Pasture-ized
Trenton, Mo., native Eric Hoffman has a new method for feeding cows – a rotation-based grazing system.
October 7th, 2011
Healthy ice cream
Pumping up the nutrition of ice cream might be easier than cutting consumption.
October 7th, 2011
Teyonna vs. Calories
With help from MU professionals, teenager Teyonna Ruppert is trying to buck the fast food culture trend.
October 7th, 2011
Hungry for knowledge
Seekers of new knowledge need to look in the right places. Humanities research is a good place to start.
October 7th, 2011
Innovative intellectuals
MU’s Biodesign and Innovation fellowship produces business-savvy inventors who are poised to improve medical care and spur economic development.
October 7th, 2011
Sonic Therapy: A singing cure for vocal tremors
A speech pathologist in the School of Health Professions, Nandhu Radhakrishnan has the expertise and equipment to diagnose, describe and even visualize data from vocal sounds.
October 7th, 2011
Rural experiences influence physicians’ decisions
Despite often being on call, rural physicians typically relish the opportunity to get to know their patients and raise their children in a tight-knit neighborhood.
October 7th, 2011
Reality course: Wrestling with ethical questions
For the past three decades, most MU pre-med students have spent a semester in the classroom of philosopher Bill Bondeson and puzzled over tough medical ethics questions. Bondeson will retire after the spring 2011 semester.
October 7th, 2011
Public health
Mizzou’s new Master of Public Health program was accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health in October 2010.
October 7th, 2011
Nanotech experts form new company
Two MU researchers have formed a company to develop a promising treatment for prostate cancer using gold nanoparticles.
October 7th, 2011
Connected by more than a leash: Therapy dogs
Rebecca Johnson has studied the positive effects of human-animal interaction — specifically people and dogs — for 11 years.
October 7th, 2011
Breaking down botanicals
Through the newly formed MU Center for Botanical Interaction Studies, more than 20 scientists are working to provide scientific data on how certain herbs and crops might provide health benefits.
October 7th, 2011
Animal dentistry: The feline-human connection
MU is conducting research that explores how diagnosing feline health issues can help develop medicine for humans.
October 7th, 2011
Dog’s best friend
MU researchers are testing the efficacy of a bladder cancer treatment on pet dogs.
October 7th, 2011
MedZou: Health care for the poor
MedZou is a student-run clinic that provides free care for uninsured Boone County residents.
October 7th, 2011
Problem-based curriculum becomes model for others
MU medical students were among the first in the nation to experience problem-based curriculum and, after increases in test scores, that idea is being modeled elsewhere.
October 7th, 2011
Game changer: BPA toxicity
Fred vom Saal’s research led to a consumer rebellion against products made with the plastics additive bisphenol A. Now he wants government regulators to take a stand on toxic chemicals in everyday products.
October 7th, 2011
Kneedy
MU Researcher Jimi Cook’s Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory team and its collaborators are on the cusp of delivering what he calls “the Holy Grail of arthritis treatment.”