You won’t be able to see through the textbooks, but a bill signed by Gov. Matt Blunt on Wednesday aims to make the information more transparent.
The Textbook Transparency Act, sponsored by Rep. Jake Zimmerman, D-Olivette, will require textbook publishers to make all items in a textbook bundle available separately, and disclose the cost of the [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Gov. Blunt signs Textbook Transparency Act
Posted in 32974, tagged Columbia Missourian, Gov. Matt Blunt, higher education, Matt Blunt, Michael Sewall, Missouri General Assembly, Textbook Transparency Act on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chris Kelly visits AAUP, blasts MU administration
Posted in 32974, tagged AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Board of Curators, Chris Kelly, Columbia Missourian, higher education, Michael Sewall, Missouri General Assembly, Prepare to Care, university funding on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chris Kelly, the democratic candidate for the 24th Missouri House district, said supporters of the university need to “throw down and fight” in the next legislative session. Kelly was invited to speak by the MU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, and discussed his plans for higher education in Missouri if he were [...]
Floods cause damage at Iowa University
Posted in 32974 on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While flooding continues to ravage many areas in the Midwest, the Iowa University campus, located in Iowa City, has faced damage to buildings on campus.
The library at UI had about 2 inches of water in its basement, and about 11 campus research facilities were damaged because of flooding, according to The Daily Iowan. The good [...]
MU researchers find new development in cancer research
Posted in 32974, tagged cancer research, Columbia Missourian, Michael Sewall, Research on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MU researchers developed a new form of cancer treatment with tremendous potential.
The research team used a combination of drugs to attack breast cancer cancer in multiple ways: one drug to stop tumor growth by returning an abnormal protein to normal function, and another that destroys the blood vessels that feed the tumors. According to the [...]
School of Nursing to get a new dean soon
Posted in 32974 on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MU’s Sinclair School of Nursing will be under new management starting August 1.
The school will welcome Dr. Judith Fitzgerald Miller as it’s new dean. She will be replacing current dean, Jim Thompson.
Right now, Dr. Miller is the interim dean, and associate dean for graduate programs and research for the College of Nursing [...]
MU researches bow and arrow evolution
Posted in 32974, tagged Anthropology, Arrow heads, Bryan E. Jones, Evolution, MU, R. Lee Lyman on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s so easy, even a caveman can do it.
No really, those cavemen were more innovative than we think. MU researcher Bryan E. Jones and professor of MU Department of Anthropology R. Lee Lyman (and team) have found recent evidence in connection with the technological advancement and evolution of the prehistoric bow and arrow, by studying [...]
MU’s Summer Session Begins
Posted in 32974, tagged Columbia, MU, Students, summer classes on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just when you thought it was safe to walk down Ninth Street, students are returning to Columbia to begin summer classes at MU.
June 9 marked the beginning of MU’s first four-week session which will end on July 3, just in time for July 4 weekend. But don’t get too comfortable because the second session [...]
MU will get money to recruit student poll workers
Posted in 32974, MU Events, Miscellaneous, Student Life, tagged Chad Day, Columbia, election, election woes, grant, Missouri, Missourian, money, MU, news, poll, poll worker, school, St. Louis Community College, University on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The U.S. Election Assistance Commission wants you.
MU is one of 27 colleges and non-profit organizations that will get money to recruit students to work at the polls in the upcoming election. St. Louis Community College is another one of the schools on the list.
“Recruiting, training and retaining poll workers continue to be a challenge,” said [...]
Forsee’s contract extended
Posted in 32974, tagged Board of Curators, Columbia Missourian, Gary Forsee, Michael Sewall, UM system on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In an executive session on Thursday, the UM System Board of Curators extended President Gary Forsee’s contract from three to five years. The extension will defer any payment of the performance-based component of Forsee’s salary for the full five-year term.
“The extension in term is consistent with Mr. Forsee’s desire to make a long-term commitment to [...]
