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Mizzou: then and now
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2010)
The Columns. Jesse Hall. Memorial Union. When years and miles separate alumni from the University of Missouri, sentimental Tigers may daydream of these architectural icons. But with roughly 16.5 million square feet and an ever-changing landscape...
Choosing Between Increased Means and Reduced Variance : Implications for Genetically Modified Crops
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2014)
Plant genetic modifications can affect farm profitability through two pathways -- the reduction in risk or variation in production or shifts in the relative productivity of inputs. This analysis examines the potential ...
Ceremony and vision
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin is installed as leader of the University of Missouri.
CoMo A to Z
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
When you think of Columbia, you probably picture the Columns and Jesse Hall, Faurot Field, and Ninth and Broadway. But hidden Gems delight visitors throughout the city. Weird, quirky, bizarre, kooky unusual, oddball and unexpected places and things...
Homosexuality in the Heartland: Alternative Print Media from 1970s Kansas City
(UMKC Honors Program, 2015)
The 1960s and 1970s were full of cultural, political, and social change in the United
States in which activism for civil rights became widespread. These decades are remembered
as a time when ideas about counterculture ...
From apathy to apogee
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2014)
Hardly anyone believed George Redei's research mattered - until it transformed plant science. "An old-school scientist fills his university lab and office with columns of clay-potted plants lit by lines of homemade lamps. For decades, the geneticist...
Blare of the Horns
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2018)
The Mizzou Alumni Association's Homecoming parade strides across campus and downtown Columbia, where century-old storefronts set a lively scene for this great American tradition.
The mass-loss return from evolved stars to the Large Magellanic Cloud. III. Dust properties for carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars
(EDP Sciences, 2010)
We present a radiative transfer model for the circumstellar dust shell around a Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) long-period variable (LPV) previously studied as part of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) survey of the LMC. OGLE LMC LPV...
The Biography of a Dokimeion Columnar Sarcophagus Fragment
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 2017)
"It has become popular over the past few decades to view objects as not merely the passive repositories of human actions but rather as integral actors in them. One such theory that attempts to articulate the relationship ...
Homecoming 2017 : Rhythm of the roar
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2017)
See a stylish tailgate party, find a schedule of events and meet the trio of students who lead planning for Homecoming 2017.
University For Missouri
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2018)
Chancellor Alexander N. Cartwright's bold vision for Mizzou prioritizes innovative, hands-on student learning; embraces strategic investments in collaborative research and creative initiatives; and grows the university's ...
AIDS and the Artist's Call to Action
(UMKC Honors Program, 2017)
Artists have lent their voices to many activist initiatives, and
the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s was no exception. Largely,
the art created during this era was propaganda, though some
works were a reflection on ...
Bayesian Model Averaging application on Energy consumption model In Saudi Arabia
(Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2016)
The paper attempts to establish the determinants of energy use in Saudi Arabia over
the period (1971 - 2011) Using Bayesian model averaging approach (BMA). In the
literature, there are several explanatory variables that ...
Vocal wisdom
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2015)
A decorated teacher hears the soul through the singing voice.
Home & Hearth & Hallowed Halls
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2016)
The stately three-story building with a slate roof and white limestone walls sits behind a row of oak trees) halfway between Memorial Union and Rollins Street on Hitt Street s east side. Hundreds of students walk past McKee ...
Romance promotion in American public libraries
(Public Libaries, 2010)
Almost all libraries collect romance novels, but not all libraries engage in promotion or programming geared toward romance novels. Reader advisory services specific to romance tend to be secondary to general reader advisory ...
A Nonlinear IV Likelihood-Based Rank Test for Multivariate Time Series and Long Panels
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2010)
A test for the rank of a vector error correction model (VECM) or panel VECM based on the well-known trace test is proposed. The proposed test employs instrumental variables (IV's)generated by a class of nonlinear functions ...
Polygonal Numbers
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 9/17/2010)