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After the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action, the University of Missouri System immediately started removing racial or ethnic criteria from institutional scholarships.
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The University of Missouri filed a petition to remove the racial and ethnic criteria on at least 53 donated scholarships and funds across its four campuses. It follows a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that race cannot be used as a factor in the admissions process of universities receiving federal assistance.
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College students across the country have been protesting Israel’s war in Gaza for months. Now, some students in the University of Missouri System are demanding that its endowment stop investing in Israeli companies and weapons manufacturers.
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A $2.8 billion settlement involving the NCAA sent shockwaves through the college sports world last week and paved the way for schools around the country to pay student-athletes directly for the first time. It'll be a big change for the University of Missouri, the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and other local powerhouses.
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At all four University of Missouri System campuses, tuition will increase 5% for undergraduate students and between 3-5% for graduate and professional students.
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In the 1970s and '80s, students at the universities of Kansas and Missouri protested on-campus to demand their institutions divest from a racist government in South Africa. Now, they’re asking schools to withdraw funds that support Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.
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Students on University of Missouri campuses are protesting in solidarity with Palestinians under bombardment from Israel in the Gaza strip.
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A University of Missouri System-led research team developing new ways to detect salmonella in the chicken supply chain received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to eventually make a commercially viable product.
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The total pay for Choi, who serves as both MU chancellor and UM System president, has jumped from about $670,000 to nearly $1 million over the last three years. But the UM System Board of Curators has been discussing his raises in closed session meetings.
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Does gender dysphoria count as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act? The question lies at the center of a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri earlier this month.
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The Climate-Resilient Crop and Livestock Project gives Missouri farmers and ranchers funding and technical help to make their operations more climate-smart.
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She came to the U.S. for grad school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was lonely. Then came an invitation for Thanksgiving — no turkey (strictly vegan) but a spirit that touched her soul. And her mango lassi was a hit!