The Mizzou Impact on the Knowledge Economy
Last year, MU filed 110 patent applications for new inventions; 10 new start-up companies are being developed based on MU technology.
More than 1,000 faculty life scientists at MU are working to improve human and animal health, food and the environment.
With more than 3 million volumes, almost 7 million microforms, 1.6 million government documents and more than 33,000 journal subscriptions, MU Libraries has the state's largest collection.
MU scientists helped save the nation's wheat crop in the 1950s.
MU scientists conducted landmark studies in crop rotation that are the basis for today's sustainable agriculture.
MU's Museum of Art and Archaeology possesses the third-most-extensive art collection in Missouri and the campus Museum of Anthropology is the only anthropology museum in the state.
The Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, and the Rural Policy Research Institute make objective contributions to state and national public policy.
