news archives of the college of arts and science

Geology alumnus El-Baz honored for contributions toward solving global challenges; appointed to US Civilian Research and Development Board.

Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Political Science: More than quota laws needed to increase number of women legislators.

A. Mark Smith, History, to deliver 2009 21st Century Corps of Discovery Lecture.

NSF grant promotes study in math and life sciences.

Anthropologists analyze remains of ancient human feast.

Angela Speck, Physics & Astronomy, and colleagues discover 'firework' display in Helix Nebula.

Bahram Mashhoon, Physics & Astronomy, investigates basis of Einstein's first approximation in relativity theory.

Physics alumnus confirmed as DOE Office of Science director.

Becker endowment supports literary arts.

David Geary, Psychological Sciences: Social competition may be reason for bigger brain.

James Huckaba, Mathematics, remembered with scholarship.

Geary finds connection between evolution, classroom learning.

Missouri Scholars Academy celebrates 25th anniversary.

Twain scholar Tom Quirk, English, honored with 2009 Curators Award for Scholarly Excellence.

John Adams, Chemistry, receives 2009 UM President's Award for Outstanding Teaching.

Gabor Forgacs, Physics and Astronomy: Partnership will advance organ printing technology.

Anthropology doctoral candidate receives Fulbright Scholar Award.

Peter Pfeifer, Physics and Astronomy, and colleagues: Fuel for next generation of clean vehicles is in Missouri's soil.
Corncobs key to taking green technology on the road.

Mitchell McKinney, Communication, honored with a 2009 Kemper Fellowship.

A&S student Curtis Atkisson named Goldwater Scholar.

Eliseo Puig, Political Science major, named Truman Scholar.

Debbie Dougherty and Michael Kramer, Communication: Language perceptions may prevent understanding of harassment policies.

Alan Whittington and Peter Nabelek, Geological Sciences, find Earth's crust melts more easily than previously thought.

Student Jessica Huang invited to Kennedy Center theatre festival.

MU Canadian Studies Center opens.

Michael Podgursky, Economics, finds performance pay a good lesson for education.

$1 million Sinquefield gift supports new music.

Economics alumnus Harsha de Silva: From economist to tv host: Reaching out to new audiences.

A&S celebrates new Curators Professors.

Richard Callahan, Religiouis Studies: Appalachian history gives new perspective of how workers view jobs.

Michael Garcia, Biological Sciences: Study sheds new light on the development of the nervous system.

Joanna Hearne, English: New animated films challenge representation of Native Americans in the media.