Our Sustained Legacy
With the spring semester off to a strong start, we are looking ahead to a promising 2025 through groundbreaking research, teaching and engagement at our universities and in Missouri. We are also excited to work with Governor Mike Kehoe and the state legislature on our priorities that will serve each of the 114 counties, as together we continue creating a successful future for all Missourians. Our faculty, staff, students and alumni are known throughout the world as exceptional and forward-thinking leaders who dedicate themselves to excellence no matter the discipline. This excellence encompasses who we are as a UM System community and our shared vision of success that continues into this year.
Students
UMKC
Cheering for the Chiefs and Completing Coursework
UMKC students and Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders Carly Hays and Laney Duchene find balance on campus and on the field.
- 2025 Sinquefield Composition Prize awarded to student composer Giovanni Porfirio
- UMSL’s Student Leader of the Year for 2024 is soon to join PwC, a Big 4 accounting firm
- Over 1,000 Missouri S&T freshmen learn entrepreneurship alongside engineering and computing
Research
MU
Mizzou researchers look to lower the cost of medicine
A molecule named AshPhos is a new chemical tool developed by Mizzou researchers and collaborators. The tool will potentially help lower the cost of prescription medications by making it easier to create special carbon-nitrogen bonds.
- Missouri S&T researchers challenge findings of the pandemic’s effect on lunar temperatures
- National Academy of Inventors awards fourth UMKC professor as fellow
- UMSL’s Geospatial Collaborative helps researchers across campus
Community
Missouri S&T
Missouri S&T-led Tech Hub secures $28.5 million federal grant
A Regional Innovation and Technology Hub (Tech Hub) led by Missouri S&T has secured $28.5 million in implementation funds from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) for its efforts focused on critical minerals processing over a 14-county region.
- MU Child Development Lab graduate students offer crucial pediatric services
- UMSL’s College of Education faculty members acquire $5.1 million grant to support educators
- UMKC awarded $4 million to lead Kansas City Monuments Coalition
Accolades
UMSL
UMSL’s Rooney-Kron wins early career award for education inclusion
Magen Rooney-Kron, an assistant professor in UMSL’s College of Education, has won the 2024 Early Career Researcher Award, awarded by the international organization TASH in recognition of her research in education and its inclusion of people with significant support needs.
- UMKC’s Online Graduate Nursing program ranks in Top 35 in the U.S.
- Mizzou’s professor Dr. Sean Franzel honored with distinguished MLA award
- Missouri S&T’s Online Engineering Management program ranks No. 5 in the U.S.
Commencement
Fall Commencement 2024
Congratulations to our graduates from MU, UMSL, S&T and UMKC who received their degrees in ceremonies last December 13-14.
- Tigers cross the stage in celebration: MU photo gallery
- UMKC graduates 800 Roos: UMKC photo gallery
- UMSL celebrates mid-year graduates: UMSL photo gallery
- Missouri S&T speaker provides key career decisions