MARYVILLE, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Northwest Missouri State University will host Dr. Omar Tesdell, an associate professor in the Department of Geography at Birzeit University in Palestine, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and the lecture is free and open to the public. Tesdell will present "Agricultural Innovation in Moments of Crisi  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Northwest Missouri State University's Board of Regents, during its regular session Thursday, reviewed and approved the institution's goals and strategic themes for FY25 with focuses on enrollment growth and sustainability, the collegiate experience and the University's people. The strategic themes are based on three priorities President Dr. Lance Tatum outlined during his inaugural address las  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: Northwest Missouri State University's 2024-25 Visiting Writers Series begins this fall with virtual and in-person events that will feature authors of fiction and poetry. All events are free and open to the public. "As Enlightenment thinkers have argued, each of us occupies only a single place on our globe," Daniel Biegelson, the series director and a senior instructor of English, said. "In th  more

PARKVILLE, Missouri, Oct. 5 -- Park University issued the following The Crow's Nest newsletter on Oct. 4, 2024: * * * Buccaneers logoPirate logoPirates, Buccaneers Athletic Teams Honored by NAIA Park University athletic teams at the Parkville (Mo.) Campus and Gilbert (Ariz.) Campus from the 2023-24 academic year were recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Sept. 16 as part of the NAIA's National Awards Day. Thirty-three Park University athletic programs -- 16   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 2 (TNSres) -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Lingering respiratory viruses set the stage for chronic lung disease, mouse study shows * * * Doctors have long known that children who become seriously ill with certain respiratory viruses such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are at elevated risk of developing asthma later in life. What they haven't known is why. A new study by researchers at Washington Univers  more