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Heart and soul of old Mizzou
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2001)
Today, no one would even whisper that maybe, just maybe, the buildings around Francis Quadrangle should be razed to make way for more modern, utilitarian classroom buildings. That would be almost as heretical as suggesting that the treeless plains...
Epitaphs and tombstones of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus
(2002)
Tombstones and their epitaphs yield excellent evidence on the nature of the population of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus. Analysis of these monuments can reveal who the deceased were, their social classes, ethnic origins, ...
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.
Impact of Biotech Grains on Market Structure and Societal Welfare
(AgBioForum, 2002)
We quantify the economic impact of introducing genetically modified (GM) crops. Short-run results suggest that it might be optimal to maintain the identity of a greater proportion of non-GM grain than is currently demanded ...
The new quad : trees and grass, no cowpaths
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1989)
"Calvin Ahlbrandt has a fancy word for the cow paths on Francis Quadrangle. He calls them geodesics. A geodesic, says the professor of mathematics, is a path of shortest length."--Page 12
A Moabite Shrine Group
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1978)
"The recovery of the material remains of man's past, the main objective of much archaeological excavation, has long been accomplished with great success. The interpretation of the objects recovered is not always so simple, ...
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...
Past cards
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1990)
"Get a glimpse of campus life in the early 1900s through post cards photographed by students."--Table of contents for issue.
Investigations at a Small Greek City
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1971)
Keep off the grass
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1974)
"The paddle lines are long gone, and grass may be expendable, too."--Table of contents for issue.
Capitalizing on ozark memories
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1993)
"Alumnus Peter Herschend is a catalyst in southwestern Missouri's business explosion."--Table of contents for issue.
Through the last 40 years with the Alumnus
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1962)
"The fifty-year review of the Alumnus continues. Previous articles covered the first year and the first decade. This article begins with the magazine's eleventh volume--September 1922"--Page 19
Investigations at Mirobriga, Portugal in 1981
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1981)
"At the invitation of the Portuguese government, the Department of Art History and Archaeology of the University of Missouri initiated the first Portuguese-American archaeological project at the site of ancient Mirobriga ...
New Campaign at Tel Anafa 1978
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1978)
"The mound in Upper Galilee, now known as Tel Anafa -- the Mound of the Heron -- was an ancient settlement of some importance on the trade route between Tyre and Damascus. Its ancient name has not yet been ascertained. ...
Poor man's Plato from Missouri
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1958)
"As it must be to all men, a spontaneous, unrehearsed evening on the town--a night out with the boys--comes occasionally into the life of Hal Boyle, the columnist."--Page 10
Streaking [revisited]
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1999)
Alumni recall national exposure 25 years later.
The interface between the stellar wind and interstellar medium around R Cassiopeiae revealed by far-infrared imaging
(arXiv, 2009)
The circumstellar dust shells of intermediate initial-mass (about 1 to 8 solar masses) evolved stars are generated by copious mass loss during the asymptotic giant branch phase. The density structure of their circumstellar ...
HOPE for the Pell? Institutional Effects in the Intersection of Merit-Based and Need-Based Aid
(Southern Economic Journal, 2006)
Prior empirical evidence finds that general enrollment effects of merit-aid programs such as the Georgia Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship are large and significant, while the effects of need-based ...
A feaste for the sences
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1981)
"Mizzou's first Madrigal Dinner is tasty and colorful.
Back to campus
(University of Missouri. Alumni Association, 1987)
"Location, location, location--the three most important consideration in real estate."--Page 5