Big Impacts and Continuing Support
We finished 2022 with strength and pride, as the stories below demonstrate. That is especially evident when you consider our . The partnerships we have made with local and state stakeholders continue to shape ºüÀêÉÙÅ®'s future for the better. This report is a powerful tool and shows how our university contributes to statewide success and outreach in all 114 counties of ºüÀêÉÙÅ®.
Our state’s leadership recognizes the value UM brings to the state as well. ºüÀêÉÙŮ’s legislature approved a supportive budget that includes a 7% increase to core funding – the largest increase in 25 years. In addition, UM received $117 million from the governor’s budget for our priority capital projects.
Let’s continue to achieve excellence together in 2023.
Commencement
UM System Fall Commencement 2022
All four UM System universities recognized graduates during Fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies.
Students
UMKC
Crescendo Raises More Than $650,000 To Support UMKC Conservatory Student Scholarships
The raised more than $650,000 to support Conservatory student scholarships. Approximately 1,000 people attended the gala and performance at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
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Research
UMSL
UMSL College of Education Awarded $4 Million Grant
The James S. McDonnell Foundation awarded a to Associate Professor Natalie Bolton and co-principal investigators Phyllis Balcerzak and Chanua Ross to establish the St. Louis Translational Fellowships in Education, which will focus on embedding science of learning best practices in daily K-12 instruction.
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Community
S&T
'Black Girls Do STEM’ Founder Cynthia Chapple to Speak at S&T
, founder of Black Girls Do STEM, will give a presentation at ºüÀêÉÙÅ® S&T Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. as a featured speaker during the university's Black History Month celebration.
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Accolades
MU
Prather, a ºüÀêÉÙÅ®' Distinguished Professor in the University of ºüÀêÉÙÅ® College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, is one of only 169 academic inventors to receive the prestigious honor this year.
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