#university of missouri

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~ University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, 1920

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640-year-old fly, anyone?

We're not sure how long this fly has been in this 14th-century notary's notebook, but it was a favorite among the students who spotted it in class a few weeks ago.

La Turade, Bernard de. [Notarial Registry]. 1383-1393. VAULT DC95.A2 N6 1383

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University of Missouri | Alfred Eisenstaedt, Life, Jun 7, 1937

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University of Missouri scientists are unlocking the secrets of halide perovskites -- a material that's poised to reshape our future by bringing us closer to a new age of energy-efficient optoelectronics. Suchi Guha and Gavin King, two physics professors in Mizzou's College of Arts and Science, are studying the material at the nanoscale: a place where objects are invisible to the naked eye. At this level, the extraordinary properties of halide perovskites come to life, thanks to the material's unique structure of ultra-thin crystals -- making it astonishingly efficient at converting sunlight into energy. Think solar panels that are not only more affordable but also far more effective at powering homes. Or LED lights that burn brighter and last longer while consuming less energy.

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University of Missouri Cheer

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Professor Michael Volz casually sitting next to a man with a sign that says: “Save Hamas.” At the University of Missouri, @mizzou they host a weekly anti-Israel protest.  There is a man who joins the protests almost every week who holds a sign that says: “Save Hamas.” They also regularly hold a sign that says: “Negotiate with Hamas.”  If the people holding signs that say “Save Hamas” do not represent them, then why do they let him march with them every week? If someone showed up to a Pro-Israel event with a sign that declared: “Save Hamas,” then we would not let him march in our group. But, they never kick out people who hold signs praising Hamas.  Drew McCausland is a Methodist Minister in my town who joins the protests. I asked him why he marches with a guy that holds a sign proclaiming: “Save Hamas.” Minister McCausland responded that it was fine, because the sign also states: “Save Israel,” at the bottom. But, when I tried to speak with the man who carries the sign, he started screaming at me. Obviously the message of the sign is that Hamas are the legitimate representatives of the Palestinian people.  Professor Michael Volz is the Director of the MU International Studies Program. Hamas calls for murdering every Jew on earth. The Hamas Charter declares: “The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews. When the Jew will hide behind stones and trees, the stones and trees will say, ‘O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.’” On Saturdays, Professor Michael Volz just likes to join protests where people show up to support a group that calls for murdering every Jewish student on campus.

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Choosing among 1,371 entries, the 27 judges at the University of Missouri School of Journalism conferred 120 awards on editors, writers, photographers, podcasters, social media experts and videographers in the 2024 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition

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The Quad

Francis Quadrangle

University of Missouri

Columbia, Missouri

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For Banned Books Week, we offer you this 81-year-old image from our collections.

No man and no force can put thought in a concentration camp forever. No man and no force can take from the world the books that embody man's eternal fight against tyranny.

A print of this poster currently hangs in the hallway between our reading room and classroom, along with several other posters about libraries, books, and reading, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Books are weapons in the war of ideas [graphic] / S. Broder. RARE FLAT D743.25 .B75 1942

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Sheila Pree Bright ֍ 1960 Now (Students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Stand with Students of the University of Missouri, Demanding the Resignation of President Tim Wolfe) (2015)

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Scientists achieve more than 98% efficiency in removing nanoplastics from water

University of Missouri scientists are battling against an emerging enemy of human health: nanoplastics. Much smaller in size than the diameter of an average human hair, nanoplastics are invisible to the naked eye. Linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in people, nanoplastics continue to build up, largely unnoticed, in the world's bodies of water. The challenge remains to develop a cost-effective solution to get rid of nanoplastics while leaving clean water behind. That's where Mizzou comes in. Recently, researchers at the university created a new liquid-based solution that eliminates more than 98% of these microscopic plastic particles from water.

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Mizzou Golden Girl

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How big will the next HECS indexation rise be? | ABC News

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#WordyWednesday

Tree calf: A binding style, popular from the 1770s until the late 1920s, where calfskin leather would be treated with chemicals (ferrous sulfate and potassium carbonate) to form a distinctive branching pattern like a tree or a tree trunk. The result is pretty but also risky: if the leather was not thoroughly washed once the pattern had been burned into it, the ferrous sulfate would continue to eat into the leather until it was eventually ruined.