COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- Columbia College issued the following news: More than 50 vendors showcased a wide range of products and services on Saturday, Sept. 7, during the fifth annual Black Business Expo on the Columbia College campus. Hundreds of customers flowed through New Hall, home of the Robert W. Plaster School of Business, to engage with business owners and shop their unique offerings. For the first time, the expo was held in partnership with the James & Annelle Whitt Entreprene  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that Los Angeles-based partner Robert Hudock has been named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America guide. Hudock is an experienced litigator with more than two decades of experience defending employers in state and federal court, in both single-plaintiff and class action matters. He also defends employers in state and feder  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Yesterday, as the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the ballot amendment to restore abortion rights will be on the ballot this November after disingenuous Republican efforts to stop it, Mike Kehoe reaffirmed his opposition to the ballot amendment, calling the popular and grassroots effort "deceptive." This means Kehoe, who celebrated the overturning of Roe v. Wade, is doubling down on his support for the s  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Northwest Missouri State University students and faculty learned a multitude of skills related to preparing for an emergency in August by participating in the annual New York Hope training exercise. Taking place at the State Preparedness Training Center in Oriskany, New York, college students and faculty from Northwest as well as Connecticut, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Penn  more

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri, Sept. 12 -- Southeast Missouri State University issued the following news: SEMO's Master of Science in applied nutrition has earned reaccreditation from the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). SEMO is one of 88 ACEND accredited graduate programs in nutrition and dietetics in the U.S., and one of only four in Missouri. ACEND is the accrediting agency for education programs that prepare students for careers in nutrition and dietetics.  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 11 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * The University of Missouri-Kansas City has set an ambitious goal for itself: achieving the prestigious Carnegie Research 1 designation. * * * As a Research 2, or R2, institution, UMKC already has achieved recognition for its "high" research activity. However, recent dramatic growth in its research enterprise has put UMKC within reach of the coveted R1 designation. From 2018-202  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * A trio of researchers in Mizzou's Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building have developed a treatment for a leading cause of heart disease in America. * * * The human vascular system delivers oxygen, nutrients, hormones and other vital substances to cells and organs in the body. When that system loses the ability to expand and contract -- a process called arterial stiffening -- the  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri issued the following news release: * * * Mizzou's vice chancellor for research has spent decades researching the reproductive system. Now, he's continuing to lead research into women's reproductive health with support from an NIH MERIT Award. * * * Gathered on the fourth floor of the University of Missouri's Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building, Tom Spencer and a team of researchers huddle around a microscope. They're  more