3/26/2025

MU Info is being rebranded to Mizzou Info to improve and enhance the customer and the audience experiences! Changes include: three different article types, article categories, improved user experience, the ability to choose non-consecutive publication dates, an archive of past publications on the website and access to analytics. To learn more, visit the Mizzou Info page.

The MU School of Medicine Premedical Rural Education Program (PREP) is a post-baccalaureate program for Missouri rural background, college graduates interested in applying to medical school. Applicants accepted to PREP will complete online modules, participate in required workshops and activities and complete a graduate certificate program during the two-year program to prepare and enhance their application to medical school. PREP participants will receive an annual $12,000 stiped to assist with costs. For general and academic eligibility requirements, please visit the PREP website. For additional questions, please contact RuralScholars@health.missouri.edu. Applications are due by Tuesday, April 1.

Summer 2025: If you’ll be in Columbia June 2-27 & love working with kids, spend 4 wks with our kids apply here. Must be avail. Mon-Fri. Shifts: 6:40-8:05 a.m., 2:25-5:45 p.m. & 3-5:45p.m. $15.00/hour. Fall 2025: Don’t wait until August to apply for the Fall 2025 semester. We are interviewing & hiring now before students leave for the summer. Adventure Club is a before & after school program located in elementary schools in Columbia. Available shifts: 6:40-8:05 a.m., 2:25-5:45 p.m. & 3-5:45 p.m. Mon-Fri & can work 2-10 shifts/wk. Your schedule stays consistent for the semester. Pay is $15.00. Semester starts August 19, 2025. Apply here. If hired, you will need physical forms of ID in Columbia.

It all comes down to this. Cheer on your fellow Tigers' tactical abilities and creative thinking as they take on some of the best players from around the country. When the dust settles, the top teams will be contending for the championship. Join the watch party April 12-13 in the Mizzou Gaming Lounge.

Are you a graduating senior planning a bridge (gap) year or seeking a great opportunity? Join the Missouri College Advising Corps (MCAC)! MCAC recruits, trains and places recent college graduates of any academic discipline as full-time, near-peer college advisers in partner high schools in the Kansas City, St. Louis and Southern Missouri regions. MCAC college advisers help students and their families identify their "best fit" postsecondary option and navigate college admissions, financial aid and planning processes. Join our 2025-2026 cohort and help high school students across the state pursue their dreams. Learn more about our program and application process at http://mcac.missouri.edu/apply-now/.

Open to undergrads of all majors at Mizzou, the Kinder Institute’s Society of Fellows provides students with a chance to spend a full academic year immersing themselves in an intellectual community devoted to studying the complicated history of constitutional democracy in the U.S. and around the globe. The program kicks off with a conference at the Tiger Hotel the week before classes start in August and continues throughout the fall and spring with various events designed specifically for the Fellows. Application materials can be found here (deadline April 6), and the Kinder Institute will host an optional info session on Friday, March 7, at 1 p.m. in Jesse 410. Contact Dr. Thomas Kane, KaneTC@missouri.edu, with any questions.

Presented by Dr. Susie Dai, a Professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi with broad applications in our routine life. They can decompose organic matter and recycle nutrients. Edible mushrooms are healthy food, and some have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. Beyond their ecological importance, mushrooms are also being explored for cleaning up the environment and used as sustainable materials. This talk will explore the fungal potential for removing pollutants. Room 171 in the Bond Life Sciences Center. Saturday, April 5th at 10 a.m. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. Click here to learn more.

We are recruiting participants for a research study on cannabis and alcohol use. You may be eligible if you are 1) age 18 to 45, 2) are interested in quitting or cutting back on alcohol use (including if you are in treatment for alcohol) and 3) use cannabis regularly (3+ times per week). Participation involves a brief survey and a 10-minute pre-screening call to determine eligibility, a 1-hour meeting at our lab or on Zoom plus completing smartphone app surveys for three weeks. This study will not provide treatment. You will be compensated up to $170 for your participation. If you are interested in participation please complete this screener or for more information contact Dr. Wycoff and project staff at sudllab@missouri.edu.

The Department of Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism is recruiting hypertensive (systolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure greater than or equal to 80 mmHg) or obese (BMI greater than or equal to 30) men and women between the ages of 18-35 for a research study exploring arterial stiffness markers in individuals with obesity or hypertension. This study involves a one-hour visiting time for a single clinic visit in the University Hospital’s Clinical & Translational Science Unit. The study visit will include a blood draw and monitoring via sensors. Participants will be compensated $50 gift card for their time and effort. To participate, please email: Jiag@health.missouri.edu.

The Boone County Early Childhood Coalition (BCECC) can help you find out with free screening to assess the general development and social-emotional health of your children ages 2 months to 5 years who live in Boone County. The screening takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. BCECC staff will discuss results with you and share resources to support your family. Use the link to register and complete an age-appropriate survey for your child today. https://screeninghub.bcecc.org/home/registerfamily.

We are inviting high school students to participate with a close friend in a study about texting and friendship. To be eligible, teens must own a smartphone and use it regularly to communicate with the participating friend. Participation involves two visits to our research lab at MU. Friends will complete surveys and do a short activity together and then text each other as they normally would for two weeks. At the second visit, we will securely download the text messages exchanged between the two friends during the study period. Both friends will receive $20 per lab visit ($40 total) and can enter to win a $100 gift card by completing an online survey six months later. If interested, contact Allie Spiekerman (aspiekerman@missouri.edu).

Interested in a health career, but unsure of your options? Interested in preventing disease, investigating risk factors, community wellness, environmental health or health promotion? Join us for a virtual Master of Public Health Information Session and learn more about what an MPH can do for you! The MPH program at Mizzou may be done in-person or online. Students value our convenience and cost-competitiveness. Job placements have included the National Institutes of Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; local/state public health agencies; clinical settings and universities. Session will occur on April 1, 2025, from 1-2 p.m. To RSVP or for questions, please email Jacob Nicholson at publichealth@missouri.edu.

We are recruiting females for a research study on sleep, pain and cognition. You may be eligible to participate if you 18+ old, are MRI eligible (not pregnant or have any internal metal objects) and struggle with sleep and/or pain. Other inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply. Participation would last ~2 weeks and consist of (but is not limited to) an sleep tracking & an at-home sleep study; virtual surveys & tasks and an MRI appointment and physical assessments at the University hospital. Our study does not provide treatment but will provide compensation for completion of the participation. For more info, email spin@missouri.edu, or fill out our online screener: https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_06WN8MdKurGmQCy.

Join us April 7-11, 2025, as we celebrate National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, a nationwide effort to recognize the contributions of graduate and professional students. At Mizzou, the Graduate School and campus partners honor the 7,000+ graduate and professional students who make the university a vibrant place for research, teaching and learning. We’re excited to welcome Amy Morin, international bestselling author and mental strength expert, as our keynote speaker on Friday, April 11, at 3 p.m. in Bush Auditorium (Cornell 201). This event is open to all, with a special reception to follow where graduate students can meet Amy. Visit https://mizzou.us/mizzougraditude for details.

The Department of Medicine is seeking individuals between 60-80 years of age who do not have diabetes or heart disease to participate in a research study. This study includes use of the medication empagliflozin and studies its effect on vascular health. Monetary compensation is available. Study will last about 5 months. If you are interested in participating, please contact Andrea Atkins by email at MUENDOManriqueLab@health.missouri.edu.

Do you have a future Tiger in your life who loves to build, create and explore? Mizzou Engineering offers exciting, hands-on camps to turn their curiosity into action. Children can build an underwater robot, use coding to detect cyber attacks, find solutions to prevent pollution, discover the field of geospatial science, design a video game, delve into data science, machine learning and other emerging technologies or explore engineering fundamentals with hands-on activities in math and science. Mizzou Engineering’s summer camps run in June, July and August. Visit our website to explore all camps and sign up today!

Researchers at Mizzou are seeking healthy adults 18 to 50 years of age for a research study examining responses to eating and drinking. The Eating and the Nervous System Response Study consists of one 2-hour research visit in the College of Health Sciences. Participants complete questionnaires about swallowing, eating/drinking, and emotions, thoughts and behaviors. Height and weight will be measured. Participants will be presented with various types of foods and drinks while they have sensors and bands placed on their bodies (such as chin, abdomen, hand). Those interested in participating or who have questions should email Dr. Crystal Lim (PI) at limcs@health.missouri.edu or call the Mizzou Health Psychology Research Lab at 573-882-6832.

The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology seeks individuals, aged 20-55 years, who are overweight for a research study. Researchers are studying the effect of high fiber diet on satiety and the microbiome. Participants must be in generally good health, willing to consume the study meals and not have metal within or outside their body that is MRI incompatible. Monetary compensation is available. If you are interested in participating, please contact, Dr. Anguah (principal investigator) at 573-883-8966 or email at munepanguahlab@missouri.edu.

National Doctors’ Day is March 30. Honor a doctor in your life with a gift to the MU Health Care Mission Fund. Your contribution will support our mission to save and improve lives while ensuring we continue to meet the needs of our patients. Donate online at muhealth.us/DoctorsDay2025.

If you are a Boone County resident of 18 years or older, and have health insurance or are uninsured, please consider taking the research survey on Healthcare Access Barriers, available online at this link: https://redcap.link/boonehealthcare. This survey is estimated to take approximately 20 minutes long. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Aída Guhlincozzi, at argvfz@missouri.edu or 573-882-8370.

Step into a leadership opportunity that takes you beyond campus and gives back to Missouri communities in need this fall. As a site leader, you'll plan and lead a service trip alongside a co-leader, working with MAB executive leaders to create a meaningful experience for yourself and trip participants. Apply by March 30.

The Honors College and the Office of Undergraduate Research jointly support teams of undergraduate research students in the arts, social sciences and humanities (ASH). This year's "Art of Death" ASH team has designed a multi-modality (e.g., projection arts, zine, VR) project to memorialize Read Hall, the first women's dorm that was torn down in 2022. On April 10, from 8-10 p.m., come see their projected art experience/exhibit called Layered. All visitors will receive a zine (small booklet) describing the student’s work on the project and the project itself. Layered will take place outside at the site of the former Read Hall. ALL ARE WELCOME to walk by and through the exhibit/experience anytime between 8 and 10 p.m.!

Dr. Susie Dai, Professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, will be the speaker for the April 5 Saturday Morning Science located in room 171 of the Bond Life Sciences Center. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of fungi with broad applications in our routine life. They can decompose organic matter and recycle nutrients. Edible mushrooms are healthy food, and some have been used for medicinal purposes since ancient times. Beyond their ecological role, mushrooms are being studied for their potential in environmental cleanup and as sustainable materials. This talk will explore fungal potential for removing pollutants.
This event is free and open to thepublic, open to all ages. Light refreshments will be served.

Join us over Zoom to learn strategies and tips to strengthen your communication skills, discover qualities of a good partner and enrich your own personal well-being in this eight week class. Earn gift cards for class and survey completion! Participants must be single or not in a committed relationship, and living in Missouri. For more information or to set up your enrollment meeting, contact us at 573-882-4325 or email kara.duke@missouri.edu. Start dates: Apr. 10, Thursdays 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Apr. 22, Tuesdays 1-3 p.m.; Apr. 21, Mondays 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Apr. 22, Tuesdays 6:30--8:30 p.m.

We’re seeking participants for a University of Missouri study on blood flow and oxygen in women experiencing menopause and perimenopause. Join us for one 60-min in-person screen visit and three 5-hour research visits at Gwynn Hall. Participants receive body composition and blood panel results, plus up to $250 for their time. To learn more and check if you qualify, contact limberglab@missouri.edu or visit www.mustudies.com to complete a short questionnaire.

Adults aged 18-70 years old of various body mass indices (BMI) who are generally healthy, may or may not have type 2 diabetes or prediabetes and a sedentary lifestyle (little or no exercise) are needed for a metabolism research study.? This study involves a screening visit (~4 hours), body imaging visit (~2 hours) and an overnight metabolic visit with muscle and fat tissue biopsies (~24 hours) for all participants.? Complete this brief survey to see if you are eligible: https://missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5AOXPw1ZCwdPfAW. For more information, contact Dr. Mittendorfer’s lab at?MittendorferLab@umsystem.edu?for more information! Compensation of up to $425 for time and effort.