Chronicle.com: College administrators, faculty members, and other educators have donated just over $6.2-million to the presidential candidates so far this election season, with more than three-quarters of the donations going to Democrats. Sen. Barack Obama is the clear favorite of academics. The Democrat from Illinois has received about one-third of the total, or slightly more [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Academe {heart} Obama
Posted in Faculty and Staff on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kenneth L. Lay Chair Remains Empty
Posted in 32974 on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to the latest University of Missouri endowed faculty positions report, the Kenneth L. Lay Chair in Economics is still open. Paper work was being completed to make an offer this past June, and the candidate declined. Offers made in 2001 and 2003 were also declined. Lay, an MU alumni, was most likely known for [...]
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling – The Iceland Way
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Career women in America still have problems breaking through the gender-based glass ceiling. However, according to an article in the Guardian, they should take a few lessons from their colleagues across the globe. Svafa Gronfeldt, the rector of Reykjavik University in Iceland, has worked hard to create a program introducing equal pay for men and [...]
Ice Interrupting your Finals?
Posted in Campus security on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Classes are technically over, but there are still thousands of reasons for students to drive, slide, trudge or otherwise transport themselves onto campus. Even thought the worst of the freezing rain may be over, by looking on the MU Alert, students can find out how the roads are or if that final has been delayed [...]
Free Rice, and GRE practice
Posted in Miscellaneous, Student Life on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Want to study for the GRE and feed the hungry at the same time? Thanks to the United Nations’ new website Free Rice, you can.The website is part of the organization’s World Food Program and asks participants to play a simple vocabulary definition game. For every word correctly defined, 20 grains of rice are donated [...]
UM unveils new Fiscal Misconduct Reporting Line
Posted in Faculty and Staff on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A new reporting line will give University of Missouri employees an alternative way to report known or suspected fraud or fiscal misconduct. The web- and telephone-based system, provided by Global Compliance, is effective immediately and will be available 24/7, according to a news release issued Monday by interim President Gordon Lamb. According to the release, [...]
December commencement the first of its kind for Stephens
Posted in Stephens College on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Twenty-four women are expected to don their caps and gowns, walk across the stage, and receive their diplomas in Stephens College’s first formal December graduation ceremony on Sunday. The ceremony, which begins at 11 a.m., features keynote speaker Vicki Russell, associate publisher of the Columbia Daily Tribune and member of the Stephens College Board of [...]
Another Sinclair Success
Posted in 32974 on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
An article in the Columbia Missourian earlier this year shed some light on the initiatives undertaken by the MU Sinclair School of Nursing to combat the national nursing shortage. Now, it is once again enjoying the spotlight. A faculty scholarly productivity index list released by the Chronicle of Higher Education ranks the Sinclair School third on [...]
MU researchers study “miracle plant”
Posted in Research on December 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Reduces stress! Relieves painful joints! Cures chronic fatigue! These are only a few of the claims that Sutherlandia users make, and a group of MU researchers are studying the plant to see if the claims are true. Sutherlandia, a medicinal plant found in Southern Africa, has been used for generations in Africa for a variety [...]
The physics behind the everyday
Posted in Stephens College on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out the video to see a physics demonstration by students at Stephens College.
