An engineering geotechnical team from MU will travel to Peru next month to help the country rebuild some of the cities that were hit hardest by the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck on August 15th.
Coastal towns south of the capital of Lima, including Ica and Pisco, were among those that reported the greatest damage.
Brent Rosenblad, [...]
Archive for September, 2007
MU Engineering to aid Peru
Posted in Engineering on September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
MU policy to require criminal background checks
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone seeking a job in the University of Missouri system will soon be subject to a criminal background check, according to a policy revision that takes effect Oct. 1. The requirement applies to anyone who is newly hired, rehired or promoted and to most employees who are department transfers, as well as all applicants to [...]
“Joy of Discovery” Dedicated at Life Sciences Center
Posted in Miscellaneous, Research on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The university now has one more sculpture to add to its growing public art collection. “Joy of Discovery,” a four-story tall abstract image of a double helix, was dedicated in the atrium of the Life Sciences Center Tuesday.
The sculpture was funded by Al McQuinn, a 1954 MU graduate. McQuinn said he donated the money for [...]
What’s in a name?
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A university’s name is as old as, well, the university itself. It has only been within the last twenty years that the marketing and merchandising of that name has become so important however.
MU founded its Trademark and Licensing Department in 1983. Since 1988 Linda Gilbert has been director the department, and has witnessed first [...]
Web sites try to bring new transparency to higher ed
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It has been one year since Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education recommended greater accountability for the nation’s colleges and universities. An Inside Higher Ed article points out some new websites providing higher education data that were developed as a direct result of the commission’s work.
The National Association of [...]
Alcohol responsibility has its month
Posted in Student Life on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The stereotype of college binge drinking is no secret. Images of flip cup and beer pong continue to be glorified and parodied in films and on television. While it seems impossible to stop the behavior of students, MU buffs up its education every year in October for Alcohol Responsibility Month.
MU’s Lowry Mall will be bustling [...]
New program helps teachers with non-English speaking students
Posted in Miscellaneous on September 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the MU College of Education a $1.3 million grant to prepare teachers about 100 teachers in Missouri to teach students who do not speak English as their native language.
The English Language Learning in Missouri (ELL-MO) will provide teachers throughout Missouri with classes in the fall, winter, and summer [...]
MU’s emergency system goes wireless
Posted in Campus security on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Missouri will soon be able to communicate with its students and faculty instantly via cell phone thanks to a new partnership with 3n, which stands for National Notification Network, a mass notification system provider, according to a press release issued by the University of Missouri System.
The InstaCom Campus Alert System will [...]
Integrating men into gender studies
Posted in Research on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education, three books recently published by university presses illustrate how gender studies departments around the nation have expanded their teachings to better include male issues in addition to the traditional women’s issues taught in universities.
Camille Paglia, author of the essay, stresses that the “stultifying clichés [...]
Using smoke to simulate an emergency
Posted in Student Life on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fire drills are a routine part of campus living. But the University of Kentucky is experimenting with simulating a real emergency by using smoke during fire drills.
According to The Kentucky Kernel, the student newspaper, UK fire marshals claim using smoke in drills helps students prepare in case of a real emergency. The idea, introduced last [...]
