Higher Education

The university said in a release that David Fleming will be named president-elect of the American College of Physicians.

The three-day blood drive took place at MU's Student Recreation Complex.

Already available in Columbia, the program will now accommodate employees at the Rolla, St. Louis and Kansas City campuses. 

Required by the system as part of its larger strategic planning effort, the statement must describe how each institution will define itself within the system, compete with other universities nationally and achieve specified goals over the next several years.

Sara Lazar, a Harvard-affiliated researcher and instructor in the psychiatry department at Massachusetts General Hospital, demonstrated her research about yoga and meditation to a group of people at MU's Acuff Auditorium on Wednesday.

"Teenage Paparazzo" follows Austin Visschedyk, a 14-year-old celebrity photographer, and documents the evolution of his relationship with Grenier, the film's director. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for the public.

A three-day symposium about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and the issues surrounding their use kicked off Tuesday with a panel discussion at MU.

The pairing of Kappa Alpha Theta and Beta Theta Pi defeated Pi Beta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Sigma Tau Gamma 141-33 during a game of Family Feud as a part of MU's Greek Week on Wednesday night.

Holocaust survivor Roland Levi told an audience at MU about his experiences as a "hidden child" during World War II.

Angela Speck received the $10,000 fellowship for her teaching in the field of astronomy.

MU is planning to launch a major private fundraising campaign to generate more revenue, Chancellor Brady Deaton said.

Rajmohan Gandhi will discuss the India-Pakistan conflict with two MU professors Friday. 

With the help of the 3-D Printing Club, MU students from all majors can experience the creation of three-dimensional solid objects through 3-D printing.

MU graduate students helped elementary school students learn about things such as cow-milking and butter-making.

The Clinton Global Initiative University, a day-long conference that discussed issues like world hunger and national debt, was hosted Saturday in St. Louis.

The service remembers nine undergraduate and graduate students in a ceremony that became a tradition in 2002.

The MU chancellor brought up issues that could also be discussed at the semester's general faculty meeting on Tuesday.

Tenured and tenure-track faculty members voted to change MU's definition of faculty, which in turn would allow nontenure-track faculty members to vote on campus issues.

The celebration is a time for religious celebrations, family gatherings and partying with friends. Its length and religious nature make it most similar to the Christmas holiday.

The William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence was established in 1991 and is awarded to five outstanding faculty members each year and includes a $10,000 check.