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June 10, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update (6/9)

(This message was originally sent on June 9, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues: Thanks to everyone who shared suggestions with me on the actions you are taking to combat bias, and create a culture of inclusion within your individual units. I am grateful…

June 4, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update (6/3)

(This message was originally sent on June 3, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues: I realize that we are all dealing with physical exhaustion on the one hand, and grief, anger, and pain on the other. The list of updates below deals with programming…

May 19, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update (5/19)

(This message was originally sent on May 19, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues: Congratulations – to our students, staff, faculty - to every one of you who made it through this semester. Our celebration this past weekend reminded us that the work we…

May 14, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update (5/13)

(This message was originally sent on May 13, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues: Congratulations on making it to the end of the semester! As we head into finals week, I hope you all find some time to applaud yourselves for getting our students…

May 6, 2020

COVID-19 Weekly Update (5/5/20)

(This message was originally sent on May 5, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues: Planning for Fall 2020 is underway, and this week brings you guidance on how to begin that work. We also, as always, have people to celebrate and many ways to…

April 29, 2020

COVID 19 Weekly Update (4/29)

(This message was originally sent on April 29, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) Dear Department chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice-Chancellors and colleagues:  This week’s update brings you some new developments as well as reminders and updates to the academic operations during this swiftly-evolving time: General Faculty Meeting: Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 2:30-4:00…

April 22, 2020

COVID-19: Weekly Update (4/21)

Dear Department Chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice Chancellors and colleagues, This week’s topics are meant to support our community in the present, help faculty plan for quality online courses in Summer 2020, and begin to look ahead to the future. Before you click on the topics listed below I want you to know that our…

April 17, 2020

MU Professor of more than 20 years wins SEC honor

The Southeastern Conference announced today that University of Missouri Professor of Atmospheric Sciences Anthony Lupo won the SEC’s 2020 Faculty Achievement Award. The recognition is given out to one faculty member from each school once a year. The SEC then awards one of those candidates as SEC professor of the year. Read more from the…

April 15, 2020

COVID-19: Daily Update (4/14)

This message was originally sent on April 14, 2020. It is being published here for preservation. Dear Department chairs, Associate Deans, Deans, Vice Chancellors and others: While my goal is to keep emails short, simple, and useful, this past week brought with it many developments on academic matters, which I want to share – hence…

April 10, 2020

COVID-19 Daily Update: April 6, 2020

(This message was originally sent on April 6, 2020. It is being published here for preservation.) I hope you and your families are doing well. While we may not see each other face-to-face as often, or as much as we would like to, please know that every one of our students, staff, faculty and community…