Published on Aug. 27, 2018
Updated on Feb. 27, 2020
Aug. 28, 2018
Dear Mizzou community,
Last week during my one-year address, “University for Missouri: Where People Meet Possibilities,” I spoke about our strong vision for Mizzou and the many extraordinary steps we have taken over the last year to execute that vision. Every day I’m reminded of the excellence that defines this community and its many supporters around the world. We are moving Mizzou forward together.
Our students lead the university’s educational and community mission. Our faculty and staff run our labs, studios, classrooms and Mizzou Athletics. They make Mizzou a place where breakthrough discoveries, innovative scholarship and student success happen. And with our amazing donors, alumni and supporters, we are translating the breadth of this research and knowledge to solve the grand challenges across our state and around the world.
I’m honored to be part of this community. And I look forward to working with all of you as we continue to make Mizzou a university of the future.
Alexander N. Cartwright, PhD
Chancellor
University of Missouri
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U.S. high-schoolers attend J-School workshop to expand investigative journalism skills
This summer, 17 budding investigative reporters from high schools all across the country came to the School of Journalism for a new hands-on, five-day Missouri Investigative Journalism workshop. The students learned how to find data online, how to analyze and visualize that data and how to leverage contemporary investigative tools like social media as Mizzou continues to produce tomorrow’s generation of award-winning journalists.
A tobacco-free campus for a healthier Mizzou
As of Aug. 20 this year, all tobacco use on the MU campus was officially up in smoke. And not just cigarettes, either. A new policy prohibits everything from e-cigarettes to smokeless tobacco in the push for a cleaner environment and a healthier campus community.
