Coral reef rescue on NBC

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Chris Blose

Here is some more Mizzou news with an international flavor: NBC Nightly News has info and video on the MSNBC Web site about some researchers and students from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources who spent last Winter Break studying and restoring damaged coral reefs in Thailand. The network also is scheduled to air a segment about the students tonight on the broadcast starting at 5:30 p.m. central time.

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The world, through a lens

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Chris Blose

Last week, Mizzou Wire ran a story celebrating International Education Week, complete with a slide show of photos taken by students abroad and submitted for the Study Abroad Photo Contest.

Now we know the contest’s winners, announced last night. Elise Hensler’s stunning landscape of the Sevilla Cathedral on a foggy night took the title of “Best in Show.” Rob Curl’s photo of a fellow student working with a “national treasure” vocal chanter in Japan won the top prize in the “Cross-cultural Moments” category. John Hook’s snowy scene from a train in Germany won first place in the “Landscapes” category. Ryan Carter’s black-and-white shot of a wistful child on a water taxi in Venice took top honors in the “Portraits” category.

The International Center’s site has all the winning photos, plus honorable mentions and all finalists. They’re worth seeing. We’d reproduce them again here, but they’re just too pretty to be 270 pixels wide.

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MU Remembers on Monday evening

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Lisa Bruce

On the evening of April 21, MU flags will fly at half-staff and the lights on Memorial Union tower will be darkened. Why? MU Remembers marks the passing of MU students who have died since April 2007: Miranda Boeckman, Travis Cooper, Joel Derosear, Stephanie Joseph, Margaret Malm, Neilson Rudd and David Suthoff.

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A taste of football

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Chris Blose

Mizzou fans can get their first taste of football far before the season starts at the annual Black and Gold Game this Saturday, April 19, at Memorial Stadium (full schedule of events here). The game is being broadcast live on ESPNU for those who can’t make it, although in-person tailgating and sports-related merriment are highly encouraged. (On a side note, though, it may say something about the program that even a scrimmage gets national TV time.)

Fans can get into the game and help a worthy cause in the process by donating three canned or boxed food items for the Central Missouri Food Bank. Otherwise, cost is $3.

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Meet the scientists; introduce youngsters to higher education

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Lisa Bruce

This week a couple of big celebration/education events are happening at Mizzou. If you’re interested in science, graduate education, or just seeing some of the things happening on campus and meeting the people doing research and developing ideas, it’s a great opportunity.

More than 1,000 academic researchers, business people and policy makers converge at Mizzou for Life Sciences Week from April 14-18. Meet some of the faculty and students doing research in seminars and the more than 300 poster sessions. Missouri legislators will engage in a webcast conversation about biotech at 3:30 p.m., April 17, at Monsanto Auditorium in Bond Life Sciences Center.

Graduate schools across the state of Missouri will celebrate the value and achievements of graduate education during Graduate Education Week April 14-19. Mizzou offers workshops for college students who want to get into a graduate school.

On April 19, the Mizzou Graduate School presents “Adventures in Education”, an interactive exhibit that shows grade school and older kids what kinds of things are possible when they continue their education. See footage from last year’s “Adventures in Education”.

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Bargen book reading and signing

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Chris Blose

Missouri’s first-ever poet laureate, Walter Bargen, will be spreading the word at a poetry reading and book signing at 3 p.m., Wed., April 9, at University Bookstore.

Mizzou Wire was lucky enough to speak with the Ashland, Mo., resident and university employee for a story back when he earned the title — and to get a personal reading, included with the story. Take a listen, and head to the bookstore for more.

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