Locked On Mizzou
Podcaster is a ‘true son’ fan of all things MU athletics. If you have ever searched for a video or podcast covering Mizzou sports, you might have heard the following phrase: “Hey all you true sons and daughters. I’m John Miller, your Mizzou Mafioso.” Miller, a Columbia resident and University of Missouri graduate, hosts the […]
Research, Spot, Research
MU researchers and students use a unique robot named Spot to help guide technology for the future, with Kris Culmer.
Relationship Help is Within Reach
Relationships come in all shapes, sizes, timeframes, and depths. Considering those complexities, where can we turn when we need help with our relationships? Show Me Healthy Relationships is a resource available to Missourians who want help. Getting Started As part of the University of Missouri’s Department of Human Development and Family Science, Show Me […]
Coming Up in COMO: First Friday and Tangling Tigers
The Weekender | 32 things to do (now and later) in COMO If you want to be a little bit busy or crazy busy this weekend, there are ample choices for things to do in COMO, and it won’t be surprising to know that the calendar is brimming with art and athletics. FIRST FRIDAY First […]
SHSMO Adds New Historic Biographies
Wenneker family supports ‘Mizzourians’ history additions including Mike Shannon and Arvarh Strickland As part of its educational outreach mission, the State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) continues to expand the Historic Missourians website, a free resource that features notable people who influenced the Show-Me State. The biographies include images, artifacts, and primary sources that can be […]
Curiosity Never Retires
Housed at Mizzou and developed by MU Extension, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is part of a nationwide program with a presence on more than 120 college campuses in the country. In Columbia, Osher’s benefits are three-fold, says Jennifer Erickson, educational director. First, intellectual health promotes physical well-being. Secondly, the program’s coursework will stimulate natural […]
Memory Lane: COMO and Mizzou in the ’60s (Part 2)
Remembering the dives, bars, and roadhouses of Columbia through fuzzy lenses Columbia, the University of Missouri campus, faces and names of the past, and places that are now only snapshots in memories. It was the 1960s and Mizzou chem/engineering student Steve Mosier was soaking it all in — even after the coeds were in by their […]
Mizzou in the ’60s: Down Memory Lane
Remembering the dives, bars, and roadhouses of Columbia through fuzzy lenses Columbia, the University of Missouri campus, faces and names of the past, and places that are now only snapshots in memories. It was the 1960s and Mizzou chem/engineering student Steve Mosier was soaking it all in — even after the coeds were in by their […]
Mizzou esports has a place to call home
The gaming lounge and training facility is central to the esports community Not the most popular in high school. Not sure if the Mizzou college experience was going to suit him. Not part of a ready group of friends to help navigate the big decisions about life and a career. Blake Kronsbein, a 21-year-old St. […]
COMO 365: February 1, 2007
This date in Columbia history: Columbia Cemetery and the Farley Mausoleum On February 1, 2007, the Columbia Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The cemetery was established in the 1820s, just before or during the founding of Columbia in 1821. At first it was a simple common burial ground, but in […]
MU continues rebound from 2015 protests
In 2015, a student’s hunger strike, football players’ refusal to practice or play, and other displays of protest catapulted the University of Missouri into the national spotlight. The resignation of the University System president and campus chancellor followed, along with falling enrollment, a decline in state funding, and layoffs. While the events of 2015 stained […]
New MU outdoor lab provides an abundance of opportunity
Greg DeLine, chief executive officer of DeLine Holdings, donated 94 acres of land to the University of Missouri’s College of Agriculture in hopes of granting students an outdoor classroom with an abundance of opportunity for research. Greg stumbled upon the land with a friend who had a desire to do more with it. “There was […]