With body image being a hot topic in the media, researchers have been looking into the effects female models have on how women rate their own bodies. As feminists rise against this attack on female self esteem, one University of Missouri researcher asks the rare question: How does this make guys feel?
Jennifer Aubrey is the [...]
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Attack of the Stick Figures Not Only Affecting Women
Posted in Research, tagged body image, female, feminist, Jennifer Aubrey, male, model, Research, University of Missouri on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pilates for Pink
Posted in MU Events, Miscellaneous, Research, Student Life, tagged Breast Cancer Awareness, Columbia Missourian, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Kelsey Allen, MU Rec Center, Pink for Pilates, TigerX, University of Missouri on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This Sunday, Oct. 5, the MU Rec Center will host an event benefiting breast cancer. Pilates for Pink will take place from 12:30 to 2 pm in Studio A.
The Ellis Fischel Cancer Center will be at the event providing breast awareness materials such as a breast mold so you can learn how to do [...]
Doing more than homework
Posted in Miscellaneous, Research, Student Life on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Along with homework, sleeping and enjoying their finals years of adolescence, some university students are devoting their time to bigger issues. Students are becoming members of anti war groups, getting involved in political campaigns, fighting for human rights and much more. Many students who are involved in groups listed above are doing some unimaginable things.
Ben [...]
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 of [...]
Development position still vacant
Posted in Research on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The day-to-day functions of the University of Missouri System’s Research and Economic Development office have not been impacted by the four-month vacancy in the vice president for research and economic development position, said Scott Uhlmann, director of intellectual property administration.
In 2005, former UM President Elson Floyd created the position, and appointed John Gardner. [...]
Animals as Training Models: The Debate Continues
Posted in Research on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Only a dozen of the nation’s 125 accredited medical schools still use live animals to teach prospective doctors skills in physiology, pharmacology, and surgery, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Traditionally, dogs and pigs are used to practice surgeries, anesthesiology, and even drug reactions in patients. But now, more and more schools, including MU, are [...]
The burden of AIDS in South Africa
Posted in Research on October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Columbia Missourian: In South Africa, where one in four is unemployed and half the population lives in poverty, many rural households are being held together by older women who rely on government pensions to feed, clothe and shelter large extended families, according to research conducted in Agincourt, South Africa, by an MU professor and colleagues [...]
2007-2008 Fulbright scholars named
Posted in Faculty and Staff, Research on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Fulbright Scholar Program has named its 2007-2008 scholars, a collection of U.S. faculty and professionals who have received grants to conduct research and give lectures internationally.
University of Missouri-Columbia
Denice Adkins, assistant professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies; will lecture at the National Pedagogical University in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Valerie Goodin, associate executive director [...]
Muscle repair surgery FDA approved
Posted in Research on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The FDA recently approved a device developed by MU that will heal previously irreparable and painful knee injuries.
Researchers at MU’s veterinary school are putting an end to painful tears in meniscus muscle of the knee with the development of the BioDuct Meniscal Fixation Device. The meniscus muscle’s irreparability is due to most of it being [...]
Despite nationwide safety worries, MU’s BSL-3 lab still under way
Posted in Research on October 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to an article posted today on insidehighered.com, The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations began a hearing this morning on the issue of “The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Laboratories in the United States.” Researchers and public safety and health experts will testify, as will Eddie J. Davis, interim president of [...]
