Spotlight on 2019 Curators' Distinguished Professorships

In October, the Provost’s office announced the 2019 Curators’ Distinguished Professors and the Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor. The Provost asked each individual winner to share their distinct stories to connect their research and teaching to the larger mission of…

News and Profiles

Letter to the Faculty Regarding COACHE

Feb. 27, 2020

Dear Colleagues, Today, we are releasing the results from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey, sent to faculty in spring 2019. I am very grateful to… Read More

John Tummons earns USDA Teaching Award

Nov. 11, 2019

Teaching Excellence John Tummons earns USDA Teaching Award Written by Logan Jackson · November 11, 2019 The son of junior high school teachers, it was only… Read More

Washington Post article on Poland’s Elections by Dr. Mary Stegmaier

Oct. 11, 2019

Dr. Mary Stegmaier, Interim Vice Provost for International Programs and Associate Professor, Truman School of Public Affairs, co-wrote a Washington Post article on the upcoming election in Poland. Read More

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The Provost's Blog

N of 1

Jan. 29, 2020

N of 1 – that seems to be where medicine is moving towards. Advances in medicine point in the direction of an N of 1 strategy where studies use a… Read More

Our New Resource Allocation Model – Incentivizing Collaboration Part II

Jan. 14, 2020

Continuing on the theme of collaboration – how do we incentivize collaboration under our new Resource Allocation Model (RAM)? One approach used in the past, and perhaps more successfully than… Read More

Our New Resource Allocation Model – Incentivizing Collaboration (Part 1)

Jan. 6, 2020

Eighteen months – the length of time between convening the committee and the final presentation of the new Resource Allocation Model (RAM). Despite the length of time involved, and… Read More

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