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January 2022 Monthly Update

Governemnt Relations monthly update

If you would like more information regarding any of the stories we share, or if you have any suggestions, please feel free to contact Dusty Schnieders schniedersd@umsystem.edu and/or Emily Lucas el59bz@umsystem.edu. If you would like to visit any of the campuses to see research and community service projects, please let us know and we can coordinate such meetings. There are also University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Extension offices in every county and district, who also like to show off what they do in your communities, and we would be happy to coordinate those visits as well.


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Online programs across University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ System institutions continue to be recognized as among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Online Programs.
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MU campus photoUniversity of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Columbia

In 2001, Dr. Randall Prather first patented technology to remove a molecule on the surface of a pig’s cell. Two decades later, surgeons in Baltimore transplanted a pig heart into a human patient. This breakthrough technology was developed at Mizzou.

Mizzou engineers are helping NextGen Precision Health professionals process, analyze, protect big data. Precision medicine comes with large volumes of imaging data. Now, engineers, clinicians and medical professionals are training artificial intelligence to analyze those images to spot potential health issues.


UMKC campus photoUniversity of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Kansas City

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies is ranked in the Top 50 of the nation’s best online graduate nursing programs for 2022 by U.S. News & World Report. It is the 10th year in a row the program has earned the top ranking.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Kansas City and Cottey College, a women's college in Nevada, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, are partnering to offer more STEM degrees to women.


S&T Campus PhotoÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ University of Science and Techonology

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ University of Science and Technology’s graduate online engineering programs are ranked ninth in the nation and seventh among public universities nationwide, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Master’s in Engineering Program rankings.

Governor Mike Parson recommended $41.25 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Protoplex. That recommendation is part of Parson’s proposed investment of $468.9 million in ARPA funds for higher education capital improvement projects across the state.


UMSL campus photoUniversity of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Saint Louis

U.S. News & World Report ranked UMSL second in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and No. 47 nationally out of more than 360 universities in its 2022 list of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs.

The University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€“St. Louis has been helping top-performing students from underserved communities in the St. Louis metropolitan area realize their dream of a college education over the past decade through its Opportunity Scholars Program.


 

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Reviewed 2022-09-16