The University of Missouri will require students, faculty and staff to wear masks in classrooms when on-campus classes resume in the fall.

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Organizers of an online petition drive to have a statue of Thomas Jefferson removed from the University of Missouri's campus in Columbia had a “very constructive” meeting with the university system's president on Thursday, a school spokesman said.

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A St. Louis judge ruled that a former University of Missouri extension office supervisor failed to prove workers’ compensation retaliation when she was terminated shortly after a work-related accident. Judge Joan L. Moriarty found that officials at the University of ...

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Leaders of the University of Missouri System are considering layoffs, unpaid leave and other ways to contain costs due to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. University of Missouri System President Mun Choi said in a statement ...

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The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District ruled March 24 that a group of plaintiffs can’t appeal the University of Missouri’s dismissal from their suits while related claims remain against other defendants. The plaintiffs were patients who alleged they underwent ...

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University of Missouri students still living on campus in Columbia after classes were moved online were told this week to make plans to move out, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The University of Missouri system announced last week that ...

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A former journalism professor at the University of Missouri claims in a lawsuit that she was dismissed from the university’s School of Journalism because of her sex and age. According to the lawsuit, Dean David Kurpius was required to lay ...

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The University of Missouri is tracking all new students on campus this semester through a cellphone app to learn whether they’re attending class. It’s a test expansion of a program the university has used for four years to track class ...

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The University of Missouri is tracking all new students on campus this semester through a cellphone app to learn whether they’re attending class. It’s a test expansion of a program the university has used for four years to track class ...

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The University of Missouri will end a nine-year partnership with the Confucius Institute in August because of changing federal guidelines for the program, university officials announced this week. The institute, which is mostly funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education, ...

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The University of Missouri will end a nine-year partnership with the Confucius Institute in August because of changing federal guidelines for the program, university officials announced this week. The institute, which is mostly funded by the Chinese Ministry of Education, ...

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