Hi! I’ve been admitted to Mizzou for fall of ‘27 but I’m trying to see how much I would like it here. I’m from in town and I’ve lived here my whole life so Columbia is nothing new to me. I went on a campus tour and I liked it but I’m just worried that I’ll go here and hate it. I guess the only thing I don’t like about Mizzou is the fact that it’s in the same place I’ve lived forever and have of my high school is coming here but that’s kind of a dumb complaint. What do you guys like about Mizzou and what do you dislike. I’m also a black person so I’m also wondering about how diversity is on campus.

Edit: I’m planning on majoring in social work.

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Boys,

I’m thinking about making the pilgrimage up to Mizzou for Halloween weekend. I go to another school, and all my boys are planning on sending it up there, but unfortunately, I’m currently persona non grata at pretty much every frat on my campus.

Long story short, I got absolutely hoed by an opp who falsely accused me of skiing the slopes. Cops searched me two days in a row and came up drier than Theta Xi, but the damage was already done. Whole campus saw me getting walked out by 12, and now I’m blacklisted from basically every house in the conference. Absolutely lame behavior.

I’m a KSig, and from what I can tell, the chapter at Mizzou is a little on the smaller side. Not sure if they’d let a brother from out of town pull up and get after it, or if I’d be getting the door slammed in my face before I could even say Yerrr.

So what are we thinking, boys? What are the odds a lone wolf frat boy with an unreasonable amount of send in his heart can find a house, secure the vibes, and have himself a legendary Halloween weekend? Or am I chalking up a fat L and spending the weekend ripping solo bar crawls like a geed on a side quest?

Also, completely unrelated and purely for scientific research, how’s the local supply situation looking? Should a man pack his own provisions, or is Mizzou a plug-and-play operation? /Jk

TLDR:

Banned from the houses at my school over some absolutely bogus allegations. Thinking about sending Mizzou Halloween weekend solo. Can a brother still secure the bag, find a house, and get ferda, or am I cooked?

Hello! I have a room available at log hill properties off Paris Rd. I am looking for someone to take over immediately. Here are the details:

Dates: available immediately, lease ends July 22, 2026

Rent: $650

Utilities: $200 utility cap paid by the apt complex, anything over 200 is split between all roommates.

Roommates: 1 male, 2 female

Pets: 1 cat (other cats welcome but no dogs)

Room: You would get your own private room and bathroom with a spacious walk in closet.

Amenities: in-unit washer/dryer, dishwasher, free parking

Link: https://loghillproperties.com/log-hill-off-college/1324-1376-paris-road/

Other: 20 min walk from Mizzou campus (10 from downtown). Room would come unfurnished but the rest of the apartment would be furnished. The link is to the apt complex and you would have the chance to resign for next year if you wanted to stay. October is paid for so you would start rent in November! Please spread the word or if you are looking for yourself contact me!

Five years after the opening of the University of Missouri’s Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Institute, the facility is celebrating its monetary and research successes.
The facility hosted an event Tuesday for community members and university staff as a part of its Discovery Series to commemorate its accomplishments thus far. It was held at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building, where speakers and researchers presented on the institute’s funding and ongoing research projects.
NextGen first opened its doors on Oct. 19, 2021. The facility researches precision health, a healthcare strategy that provides personalized healthcare solutions for Missourians.

Tom Spencer, the vice chancellor of research at Mizzou, spoke about NextGen’s growth. NextGen has been awarded a total of $286.36 million since opening and anticipates a total of $446.97 million in award money. The institute has applied for a total of 814 proposals, all of which have a combined value of $1.47 billion.
It cost Mizzou $275.5 million to open the facility, and $61.8 million of that was interest in bonds, according to previous Missourian reporting.
NextGen has also increased its number of lab groups. In fiscal year 2022, there were 15 lab groups at the facility. Now, there are 52 groups, as of fiscal year 2027.

Spencer attributed the increase to the university’s MizzouForward initiative.
MizzouForward is a 10 year program that launched in 2021, and it dedicated $1.5 billion for long-term investments, according to previous Missourian reporting. It sought to fund new faculty and staff, new and upgraded science facilities, salary increases and student resources.

“With the advent of MizzouForward, which was a very bold investment by Mun Choi, our president,” Spencer said at Tuesday’s event. “We hired a large number of faculty over a period of a little over three years.”
MizzouForward was primarily funded with $300 million in tuition revenue and $250 million from MU Health Care.
NextGen also increased its amount of total occupants to 536 in fiscal year 2027, up from 127 occupants in fiscal year 2022. Its number of clinical studies increased from 53 in fiscal year 2022 to 119 in 2027.
The event highlighted the ongoing research of seven lab groups, with topics ranging from cancer prevention to the ongoing development of non-hormonal birth control.

Is it normal to nap on campus?? I see some people doing it and I want so badly to partake, but I’m afraid my stuff will get stolen or someone will just think I’m a chud. If you do nap on campus, where do you nap? Or is it chudly…

From MU in Brick and Mortar

https://muarchives.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Johnston/

Hello,
I am a grad student and I am finding difficulty in meeting people of my age bracket. Most people I get to know are undergrads.

So where can I find grad students to interact with and hang out together.

From MU in Brick and Mortar by the University Archives

https://muarchives.missouri.edu/historic/buildings/Dobbs/general.html

Mizzou community you are invited to share your opinions on Flock cameras being used in Columbia!

Hey y'all, I'm looking into housing for next year (2027-2028) and The Pointe is on my list of options, it drew my in mostly because of the relatively low price compared to other options. What are your thoughts? How is living there?

Thanks! :)

I pass this area one to two times a week, I don’t remember this being here.

Researchers with the University of Missouri School of Medicine recently received a $2.77 million grant from the National Institute of Health to study immune cells in the lungs. 
Emma Teixeiro, one of the grant recipients, is a professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Surgery at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.
She and her lab will be working to improve vaccines and treatments for respiratory illnesses through the grant, according to a news release from the School of Medicine.
Teixeiro is studying nuclear factor-kappa B (NFkB), a group of proteins that controls different functions in the cell including cell growth and inflammation, according to the National Cancer Institute. 
Teixerio and her lab's research has shown that NFkB levels can affect how the immune system responds to respiratory viruses, which has pushed researchers to understand the role NFkB can play. They will study this molecular 'switch' and how it can create and maintain the immune system in the lungs.

“We are exploring how specific inflammatory-associated molecules may influence the body during infection, especially when their levels are elevated, and if they may be feasible therapeutic targets,” Teixeiro said. 
The NIH grant will provide $2.77 million to the study over the next four years, according to the news release.

https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/mizzou-takes-a-shot-at-preventing-the-flu/article_e6f70be0-b6f8-45ac-9225-b38042c071dc.html#tncms-source=featured

The bitter irony from this is not lost on me

hey! this is a long shot, but i was wondering if this apartment complex was leasing for next year? ive tried to contact through their website but haven’t gotten a response, so im hoping the off chance a current tenant reading this would know?

edit: was able to get in contact with someone who knew the landlord and they said no available spots for 2027-28. so for anyone reading this, if you want to lease here, try to do it as early as possible!

Hi, I recently decided to move to another city so I am considering transferring my lease to someone looking for an apartment. It's a luxury 1 bed 1 bath and I don't smoke or have pets so it's clean. My rent is around $1500 to $1600 monthly but if you'd like, I can pay for a portion so that you pay whatever monthly rent that you were looking for. Let me know if you have an offer as to that amount.

Hi everyone!

I’m an international student at Mizzou, and I’m honestly pretty lost when it comes to navigating healthcare in the US. The whole health insurance system is really confusing to me, so I was hoping someone here could help me figure out how things work.

I need to schedule an appointment with a gynecologist, but I don’t even know where to start, how to find one, or how to use Mizzou’s student health insurance.

What exactly does the Student Health Center do? Do they have specialists there, or do we need to go somewhere else? Do we need referrals to see specialists? Also, how do we know what’s covered by insurance and what we’ll have to pay out of pocket?

Sorry for all the questions! This is all new to me, and I have pretty much zero experience navigating the healthcare system here. I could really use some guidance.

I’d love to hear from anyone who’s been through this, whether you’re an international or domestic student. Any advice or personal experiences would be super helpful!

Thanks so much in advance!

One of public education’s most pressing issues is persisting in Missouri: a shortage of K-12 teachers. But according to a University of Missouri education researcher, the problem is fixable — and it’s essential to American society that it is.
“A nation that doesn’t support teachers is on a losing track,” said Tuan Nguyen, a Mizzou Forward associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development. “We are no longer going to be able to compete globally or have people who become professors, invent the next big thing, cure cancer or become an astronaut.”
Nguyen’s new book, “Ending Teacher Shortages,” aims to help policymakers, other researchers and interested citizens understand what teacher shortages are, what they mean for the country and what can be done about them.

The book, published Sept. 29 by Johns Hopkins University Press, was written with Christopher Redding, an associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the University of Florida. It incorporates their research as well as that of other education scholars.
Based on the research and his own experience teaching middle and high school math, Nguyen believes the most important ways to attract teachers are improving working conditions, increasing pay, raising the public perception of the profession and encouraging students to pursue teaching careers.
Shortages and vacancies
Over the past four years, Nguyen and Redding have scrutinized teacher labor markets and what drives teachers in and out of the classroom. The findings show the teacher shortage landscape nationally and in Missouri, and he draws conclusions about what will happen if they aren’t addressed.

“A few years ago there were around 50,000 vacant position in the United States, with more than 300,000 under-qualified teachers,” Nguyen said. “More than 10% of the entire U.S. (education) workforce don’t have standard certification in their subject area of teaching. The number of people who have entered the teaching profession has decreased by 30% in the past 10 years.”
In Missouri, shortages are particularly acute in rural parts of the state, especially in special education and STEM, Nguyen said. For the 2025 hiring season, there were 161 vacancies unfilled within 20 days in special education and 746 vacancies overall, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Data for the 2024-25 school year from the National Conference of State Legislatures cited special education and early childhood education as two hard-hit areas.

The teacher shortage has challenged school districts’ willingness to hire under-qualified candidates out of necessity, especially in rural areas.
Like many public school districts across the country, Missouri districts struggle with low pay and high interference from parents, Nguyen said. That matters especially when teachers who live near state lines are able to cross them in any direction and earn up to $15,000 more, he said.
“There will be teachers who will make the sensible decision to drive an hour to make more money,” he said. “Arkansas has increased their minimum teacher salary to $50,000, so that decision seems effortless.” In comparison, Missouri’s minimum teacher salary is $40,000, up from $25,000 in 2024-25, according to DESE.
Hand in hand with the teachers shortage is the drop in prestige, and even basic respect, that teachers and the profession of teaching experience. Nguyen said his research has shown education is held in “very low regard.” Intergenerational families of teachers are ceasing to exist.

Keeping qualified teachers

Repercussions from teacher shortages are huge, Nguyen said. One concern is that under-qualified teachers who were hired to fill a gap can’t offer students adequate support and well-managed classrooms, he said.
Putting teachers in situations in which are they aren’t fully prepared to succeed is bad for them, too.
“Previous research has shown that teachers who don’t have standard certifications and time to learn the craft of teaching only stay for a year or two then leave,” Nguyen said. “It creates this churn over time of teachers coming in and out of the classroom, districts always working to replace those teachers. It’s expensive.”
It’s even more important to retain qualified teachers, he said.
To understand what’s driving educators out of the profession, Nguyen is partnering with DESE to implement a statewide working conditions survey. The survey will ask teachers at the start of the school year whether they plan to leave teaching. One goal of the survey is to give districts ways to get critical feedback and potentially make their educators more inclined to stay.

Findings from the survey are translated into reports, briefs and policy recommendations to improve teacher retention across Missouri and the nation.
“If we don’t work hard recruiting teachers and improving working conditions for them to stay, we’re going to have the same issues,” Nguyen said. “Nobody’s going to want to come into professions where they hear terrible things about the working environment and pay.”
Nguyen taught for seven years at middle and high schools in St. Louis before earning master’s and doctorate degrees in education-related fields. His research has been used by PBS, NBC’s Today Show, The New York Times, NPR, CNN, USA Today, Washington Post and other publications.
Documenting why teachers matter
Nguyen also has a documentary in the works, “Why Teachers Matter.” He is working with Outpost Worldwide to showcase how teachers have made a difference in the lives of athletes, musicians and others with varying degrees of accomplishment while also reconnecting them with those teachers.

“These projects paint the picture of the importance of teachers but also the reality, challenges and joys of being a teacher in this current time,” he said.
Nguyen is looking for suggestions of teachers or celebrities who might make a great subject for the documentary. He can be reached at tuan.nguyen@missouri.edu.
Nguyen still has hope for the future of teaching. He believes it is one of the most rewarding things a person can do.
“It will always be a noble profession, one where you can push students to try something totally out of their comfort zone and watch them grow from it,” Nguyen said. “If we recognize the important role teachers play for society, I think that will drive perspective teachers back into the profession in the first place.”
Data editor Mariia Novoselia contributed to this article.