University of Missouri

From left to right: Hickman Mills sophomore Saathvik Kannan, MU principal investigator Kamal, Singh, and MU undergraduate Austin Spratt. They're working together at Bond Life Sciences Center in Columbia to identify new SARS-CoV-2 variants. (Credit: Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center”)

MU Professor, High Schooler and Undergraduate Mathematician Lead the Research on Variants

At MU, a veteran scientist, high schooler and undergraduate student identified 46 mutations of the omicron variant.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a mixed impact on mental health services on college campuses. Fewer students are reaching out for help, but those who do are seeing counselors more frequently.

Mental Health on Campus: University Counselors Seeing Fewer Clients, But More Often

College mental health counselors saw fewer clients, at least initially, during the COVID-19 pandemic. But clients sought help more frequently.

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Remote Learning Report Card: Average GPA Increased at Missouri Universities During Pandemic

The average GPA increased at all of Missouri’s public universities from spring 2019, prior to the pandemic, to spring 2020, when remote instruction began.

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Juliana Tornabene poses underneath the journalism school at the University of Missouri-Columbia on Saturday, April 24, 2021.

Class of 2020 Finally Gets Its Proper Goodbye at the University of Missouri

Flatland reporter Jacob Douglas returns to the University of Missouri-Columbia to observe the pandemic-deferred graduation ceremony for the “cursed” class of 2020.

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More High School Seniors Are Hesitating About College

The pandemic has disrupted the normal pipeline for college admissions. It’s all starting to show up in data that could spell trouble for the future of higher education.

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