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5 September 2018 Below are College of Veterinary Medicine publications added to the Scopus database in the last 30 days. PubMed Collection of MU CVM Publications 2018 Congratulations to all the recently published authors! Journal Articles Liang QX, Lin YH, Zhang CH, Sun HM, Zhou L, Schatten H, Sun QY, Qian WP. Resveratrol increases resistance of mouse …
This guest post is written by Martin Karpa, Volunteer with the Superior Public Museums in Superior, Wisconsin. My first job after graduating high school was on a ship sailing the Great Lakes. I worked the freighters for four seasons, hauling iron ore, coal, grain, sand and limestone from Duluth, MN, to Buffalo, NY, and numerous …
Meet the pets! A look at the team behind Team Zalk! Name: Slipper Breed: Felis catus. I am a Domestic Black Shorthair. Age: I was born in the Spring of 2017, so I am 1 year old. Sibling: Reg How I came to live with my human: I was adopted by my human from Boone …
Here is a terrifying statistic: suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 10 to 34-year-olds*. According to the CDC, in the United States, someone takes their own life every 12.3 minutes. That’s over 44,000 people lost to suicide annually. The Mizzou Student Suicide Prevention Coalition (MSSPC) is working to change those statistics. MSSPC is …
This guest post is written by Mary Browning, Instructor at the Center for English Language Learning. In the fall of 2017, Cindy Cotner, the liaison between Ellis Library and MU international students, and I collaborated on two workshops designed to teach students in my classes about Zotero, an online tool that helps students research, collect, …
Join us for a close-up look at science in this showcase by Lisa Bartlett, featuring large-scale life forms painted in vibrant colors. In the abstract work Science of Trees, the strength and beauty of trees is depicted with the use of bright primary colors and bold vertical lines, the intricate pattern of wood knots, and …
Civil Engineering student Elgin Burton decided to attend Mizzou after meeting with recruiters at his high school in East St. Louis, Illinois, deciding to visit, and “falling in love with the campus.” Once he arrived, Burton got involved in a number of organizations. He is currently the president of the national award-winning Timber Bridge Team. …
Daniel B. Domingues da Silva, former Assistant Professor of History at Mizzou, won the Center for Research Libraries‘ 2017 Award for Teaching, part of their annual Primary Source Awards. Rachel Brekhus, Humanities Librarian, nominated him for his creative use of primary sources in his Writing Intensive course Fighting the Atlantic Slave Trade. Now an assistant …
For several years, we have provided space to Healthy for Life for yoga classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon in Ellis Room 4F51A. They will now be offering a body conditioning class at the same time and place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We offer the use of room 4F51A under the condition that …
Meet the pets! A look at the team behind Team Zalk! Name: Jessie Species: Psittacus erithacus. African Grey Parrot. Age: 12 Siblings: Dexter dog, Shadow bunny, Abu kitty Likes: Nuts, Blueberries, Eggs, Naps, Dexter, Cranberries, Talking, Screeching, Singing, Laughing, Mimicking, Making up new songs Dislikes: Staying up past bedtime, being touched by pesky humans What he …