Nov. 2, 2022--The latest issue of an international newsletter marks the first for a Missouri Western biology professor as editor-in-chief, and includes a cover photo by a Missouri Western student. Dr. Tilo Roy, associate professor of biology, took over earlier this year as editor-in-chief of “The Vasculum,” the Society of Herbarium Curators' biannual newsletter. “In [...]
April 14, 2022--Elementary- and junior high-age children are invited to celebrate Earth Week with insect-themed science activities in Missouri Western State University’s mobile Griffon Lab from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19. The event is free and open to the public. The theme for the American Chemical Society’s Earth Week celebration this year is [...]
Feb. 25, 2022--Dr. Tilottama Roy, assistant professor of biology at Missouri Western State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of $863,000 to fund undergraduate student research into the evolution and diversification of a group of mint plants that include numerous species that have been federally listed as endangered. Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy [...]
Nov. 16, 2021--Colleges, universities, and schools across the country and right here at home will celebrate Geography Awareness Week Nov. 14-20, 2021. Established by presidential proclamation in 1987, Geography Awareness Week celebrates the study of the Earth and human communities—and the important possibilities that these studies unlock. This year’s theme chosen by the American Association [...]
Alykah Zahnd explains her biology research to Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western's president. May 11, 2021--Alyka Zahnd, a sophomore wildlife conservation and management major from Savannah, Missouri, has been awarded the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award for 2021. The ASPB-SURF program provides support for summer research [...]
April 29, 2021--Missouri Western State University biology major Esther Par of St. Joseph has won the prestigious 2021 Stan Hudson Research Grant Award from the Missouri Native Plant Society. Par will receive $1,500 toward her research supplies and will present her research at the upcoming Botanical Symposium in Rolla, Mo. Par is conducting her research with [...]
John Rushin (left), professor emeritus, and Rick Ebersold, MWSU Board of Governors, helped plant approximately 100 trees on the prairie in September 2020. Oct. 30, 2020--A new prairie habitat on the campus of Missouri Western State University will honor a longtime faculty member in the Department of Biology. The John Rushin Teaching and [...]
After spending time outside this summer, you may start to notice a sudden itch or rash developing on your arms and legs. The heat may be to blame, but it also could be an allergic reaction to poison ivy, oak and sumac. “You don’t even have to come in contact with them to have a [...]
Mosaic Life Care and the University of Missouri-Kansas City will be partnering to bring 20 medical students to St. Joseph in January as part of a program aimed at increasing staffing in rural hospitals. The program is being started due to a grant of $7 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration, a news [...]
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Starting Tuesday, June 16th Missouri will be fully opened, beginning phase 2 of the state's "Show Me Strong Recovery Plan." During phase 2, all statewide COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted. ... The fear is that the public will grow complacent towards the virus. “People can deal with it for a certain period [...]
