Around the Columns
Tackling tuition
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and public university leaders join to keep education affordable.
MU veterans wage a new war
For three Mizzou students, renewable energy isn't just a sustainability issue, it's a national security issue. "I am a soldier, therefore I am an environmentalist," said Billy Froeschner of Columbia. Froeschner, Dan Sewell and Kevin Jones took that message to Washington on Sept. 10, 2009.
Solar roller
Team Missouri finished 11th at the 2009 Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8-21, 2009. Missouri's house was the most visited house at the decathlon, with 21,313 visits. The competition saw a total of 305,000 total visits.
Mizzou Botanic Garden turns 10
View photos of the Mizzou Botanic Garden, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2009 and covers campus with 11 thematic gardens, three tree trails and seven special plant collections.
Six heads are better than one
The School of Accountancy has implemented a new teaching model in Acct 8401: Contemporary Issues in Professional Accounting, Audit & Tax Practice by having five alumni team-teach the course with a MU professor.
Professors hit the hardwood
MU instructors are accustomed to calling the shots behind a lecture-hall podium. But when basketball Coach Mike Anderson laces up and joins the professors who regularly shoot hoops on campus, it's his class that's in session.
Hoisting Stein
For Coach Cindy Stein and the Missouri women¿s basketball team, the goals for 2009-10 are straightforward and streamlined. "The expectations are to win, plain and simple," says Stein.
Sneak peek at new Student Center's phase 2
The new design is all about Mizzou. Beetle Bailey takes up permanent residence in Mort's Lounge, The Shack is reincarnated and black and gold reigns.
Black and gold and diamonds
Read highlights of the Tigers men's basketball preseason, and check out the champions' new bling.
Rolling onward and upward
Biology major John Gilbert is an integral part of MU's burgeoning wheelchair basketball team. Gilbert won gold in Europe as part of the USA Under-23 team.