Celebrating a successful year
This month, more than 4,400 Miners, Roos, Tigers and Tritons received degrees during December commencement ceremonies. Congratulations, graduates! Looking ahead, 2024 will be another historic year for the UM System. Plans are already in place for promising research and engagement, including the inaugural PATHWAYS Symposium on March 22. Hosted by the NextGen Precision Health initiative, this event will build new collaborations between students, faculty and staff across our campuses. By coming together, we can reshape the future of health care in ºüÀêÉÙÅ® and beyond. I hope you all have a safe, restful holiday season, and I look forward to celebrating excellence across the system in the new year.
Commencement
Congratulations December Graduates
More than 4,400 graduates from MU, S&T, UMKC and UMSL received their degrees this December in ceremonies Dec. 15 and 16.
Students
S&T
No UFOs here — just S&T Miners
was seen floating through the sky not far from Roswell, New Mexico, on Oct. 14, no one blamed aliens, as was the case during the community’s 1947 UFO incident.
Research
MU
$20 million grant to help MU researcher accelerate fight against cancer
Molecular biologist at the University of ºüÀêÉÙÅ® are pushing the envelope by striving to create a single-use cancer therapeutic.
Community
UMSL
UMSL Addiction Science Team supplies the fight against opioids
The University of ºüÀêÉÙŮ–St. Louis packs and distributes more than 3,000 overdose prevention kits each week with doses of naloxone and information about treatment for addiction.
Accolades
UMKC
UMKC awarded $4 million to strengthen digital health in Kansas City
UMKC was awarded $4 million in federal and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation grants to build upon strengths in the Kansas City area.