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Jan 31, 2023

Mizzou grants award to firm shareholder

Sarah Burns, an Alton, Illinois shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy and a University of Missouri alumnus, accepted a Column Award from the university’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR).

Nov 15, 2022

MU creates award honoring late law school grad

The University of Missouri Board of Curators has established a scholarship in memory of a recent law school graduate who was killed by a drunken driver in June.

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Jul 11, 2022

Litton begins role as Mizzou Law’s interim dean as it adds faculty

Paul Litton has stepped into his role as interim dean of the University of Missouri School of Law as a national search for its next dean begins.

Jun 30, 2020

University of Missouri to require masks in classes this fall

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

Jun 12, 2020

Petition drive aims to remove Thomas Jefferson statue at Mizzou

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.

Apr 30, 2020

University of Missouri cleared of retaliating against fired supervisor

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 Missouri already had decided to terminate plaintiff Melinda Sue Wille three days before she was […]

Apr 15, 2020

University of Missouri System weighs major cuts due to virus

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 that major sources of funding “will remain under stress for some time to come.” He […]

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Apr 1, 2020

Court says University of Missouri’s dismissal from suit can’t be appealed

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 failed knee surgeries at the Mizzou BioJoint Center. The suits made medical malpractice claims against […]

Mar 19, 2020

University of Missouri undergrads told to move off campus

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 spring semester classes would move online but had planned to keep the residence halls open. […]

Mar 5, 2020

Former journalism professor sues University of Missouri

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 off faculty at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year because of budget problems. Former […]

Jan 27, 2020

University of Missouri tracks student attendance with phones

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 attendance of freshmen student athletes and athletes in academic trouble. Supporters of the program say […]

Jan 27, 2020

University of Missouri tracks student attendance with phones

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 attendance of freshmen student athletes and athletes in academic trouble. Supporters of the program say […]

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