Heavy Metal Mettle

U.S. Navy veteran, MU master’s student and sculptor hosts first show Aug. 2.

Tanglin’ With Pangolins

Undergraduate researcher Conner Verhulst unearths a fondness for an unusual creature.

A Million Opportunities

Emily Million learned about graduate opportunities at the MU Graduate Life Sciences and Professional Programs Summer Expo. Now she studies Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Dongsheng Duan’s lab.

Reading the Terrain

NSF Graduate Research Fellow first surveyed the landscape before finding bedrock.

Black and Goldwater

Julie Nguyen and Sterling Evans wrote their own narratives at Mizzou. Now they are Goldwater Scholarship recipients.

Showcase of Enthusiasm

More than 280 students presented projects at the Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum April 23, 2019, in the MU Bond Life Sciences Center.

2019 Visual Art & Design Showcase

The 2019 Undergraduate Visual Art & Design Showcase is now accepting submissions!

A Smithsonian Experience

Biological sciences major Alec Wilken’s research at Mizzou focuses on lizard skulls. Last summer, Wilken took the knowledge he gained through his studies at MU to Washington, D.C., and into the labs of the Smithsonian—the world’s largest museum and research complex—to study the postcranial anatomy of mammals.

Immune Study

Mathew Sexton is majoring in health sciences on the pre-med track and is minoring in psychology. This summer, he is working with Adam Schrum, associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology, surgery and bioengineering.

Weird Fascination

Caroline Dunn grew up wanting to be a novelist. Then high school biology class happened. She learned how scientists cloned a human gene and spliced it into a bacterium, which then produced human insulin for diabetics. “Biology is weird!” she thought. She had to know more.