news archives of the college of arts and science

Cory Koedel, Economics, receives American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award.

Alex Barker, Museum of Art and Archaeology, receives Society for American Archaeology's 2008 Presidential Award.

Youthful composers present new music at the 2008 Creating Original Music Project concert.

Troy Zars, Biological Sciences, finds mechanism in memory development that may help Parkinson's patients.

Two Arts and Science students named '08 Truman Scholars.

Sheryl Tucker, Chemistry, discovers how to ignite, retain female interest in science.

Mark Woodward, Music, 2008 Sinquefield Composition Prize winner.

Johannes Schul, Biological Sciences: Female katydids prefer mates 'cool' in winter and 'hot' in summer.

Devoney Looser, English, leads Midwest Modern Language Association.

MU Army ROTC program receives national ranking.

Ray Semlitsch and students, Biological Sciences: Amphibians respond behaviorally to impact of clear cutting.

Bill Benoit and Mark Glantz, Communication: Newspaper election coverage focus on ‘horse race,' not policy.

Kattesh Katti, Physics and Astronomy, and colleagues: Breakthroughs in nanotechnology on edge of 'Knowledge Frontier'.

Ray Semlitsch and Bill Peterman, Biological Sciences: Salamanders, headwater streams critical in food chain.

Matt Foulkes, Geography, and colleagues find increasing number of Missourians going hungry.

Jeff Milyo, Economics, finds cross-ownership has positive effect on local media coverage.

Paul Wallace, Political Science: Pakistan may have entered new democratic era.

Bill Benoit, Communication: Pre-Super Tuesday debates mostly positive and
Presidential candidates' ads more positive than previous campaigns.

A&S alumnus Walter Bargen Missouri's first poet laureate.

George Smith, Biological Sciences, honored for breakthrough method in cancer detection.