UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

UniverCities Exchange, an ongoing collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

The University of Missouri System is excited to announce its partnership with Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO).

Special Olympics is the world’s largest global sports organization. Their mission is to empower kids and adults with intellectual disabilities to “discover new strengths, abilities, skills, and much more”¹ through sports. Special Olympics is a prolific athletic organization, but it’s also a profound social movement. While the athletic competitions are an important core element of the organization, the overall aim is much larger: to improve the health, self-confidence, and skills of athletes to become productive community members. Learn more about the worldwide organization here.

SOMO was incorporated in 1971 and continues to uphold the global mission of Special Olympics to train and host athletic competitions for individuals throughout Missouri.

Recently, SOMO sent 126 Team Missouri delegates, including 77 athletes, to the 2022 USA Games returning with 71 medals! This outstanding performance is testament to the tremendous athletes supported by SOMO through their hundreds of yearly trainings and competitions.

This summer, SOMO is excited to bring over 1,000 athletes, coaches, volunteers, and partners from across Missouri to Columbia for the Missouri State Summer Games June 2-4. This year’s state games will feature four sports: volleyball, swimming, powerlifting, and track and field. To learn more about the State Summer Games, read their recent press release. If you are interested in supporting SOMO by volunteering, learn about about various opportunities here.

In this session, panelists will explore the intersection of food, health and environment from a global perspective and with a focus on the importance of local extension activities.

This session features extension faculty and farmers who have developed productive working relationships. We will learn how these relationships impact farmers’ food production capacity and advance innovation on the farm. We will also provide practical advice on how to develop fruitful relationships.

This session will provide an overview of the food production industry and major statewide trends. In addition, panelists will discuss some of the macro forces, research and work throughout the four University of Missouri System universities related to this industry, including changing food prices and consumer preferences, location decision-making and supply chain limits.

In this session, the panelists will explore the current state of resource availability and historical events that led to our current issues. We’ll end our discussion on how you can join the creative ways our communities are addressing the problem.

We are living in a time of volatility that presages even more radical changes to come. How will we respond to these great challenges and opportunities? Will we be able to anticipate them rather than just react to them?

Join the MU Extension Food Systems Network to learn about multi-disciplinary efforts to build resilient community food systems that create positive economic impacts, enhance food access and increase food and nutrition security for all Missourians.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion about genetic modification of animal and plant agricultural products.

The Show-Me-State Food, Beverage and Forest Products Manufacturing Initiative is a collaboration among colleges and universities, state agencies, commodity groups and industry in Missouri. Members will showcase the initiative’s potential, priorities and process in this engaging panel discussion.

During this session, farmers and ranchers will tell the story of Missouri food production. Join this grassroots discussion to hear directly from the people who grow and raise food as they define the issues they currently face and discuss future opportunities for food production.

Take a deeper dive into the topic of food security with leading experts from the field. This session will explore food security issues on multiple levels and from various perspectives using an adapted “Ignite” session format.

University of Missouri faculty, students and staff will share how food-related research, community involvement, programs and other services impact Missourians.

This event is offered by NextGen Precision Health in partnership with University of Missouri System’s Extension and Engagement Week: All Things Food

Using policy, systems and environmental community work, how do we get people to make healthy choices if they have not experienced or lived the healthy choice journey? The healthy choice path includes seeing, touching, feeling and thinking about real-time food options and access.

In this session, panelists will explore ways that various forms of urban agriculture can increase food production and distribution to reduce food insecurity and shrink cities’ food deserts. We’ll discuss initiatives in Kansas City and St. Louis that are underway and opportunities to get involved.

Learn the cultural significance of food in different parts of the world and how we develop traditions around what, where, when and why we eat and drink.

Meet UM System researchers and hear about their work aimed at improving the health and well-being of Missourians!

Researchers from across the system and MU Extension share their latest work as part of Engagement Week’s focus on health.

Join us at the Family Impact Center Friday, Oct. 22, from 1-5pm for Stay Strong Stay Healthy, Food Demos, 4-H STEM activities, Audiology Clinic, Vet Med Pet Food Drive, Go Baby Go, MedZou and more! Plus you can find service activities all around the state of Missouri at your local extension office!

As part of Extension and Engagement Week’s Days of Service, MU Extension is planning service activities all over the state! Find one near you and get in on the action!

MU Extension & Engagement will be hosting a food drive to benefit Tiger Pantry, October 22nd, 2021 from 7:30AM-1:00PM. The food drop-off location will be at the North entrance of Hitt Street garage in Columbia.

Whether you are a member of the public, a researcher, a community-based organization, an internet service provider, work in local government or economic development- The Missouri Broadband Resource Rail has the tools to help you.

The University of Missouri Broadband Initiative team has created resources to help communities navigate and apply for broadband funding.

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Learn more about how the University of Missouri System continually impacts a number of sectors by district and across the state.

In 2018, the UM System construction projects resulted in a total investment in the state of $122.7 million.

53,542 students with 11,230 Pell grant recipients (aid year 2018)

226,464 patients seen at UM Health Care, with $52.0 million of uncompensated care

All Things Missouri is a gateway to maps, data, reports, and resources to help better understand community needs and allocate resources

$60.0 million in Tax Revenue from 31,472 people employed by UM System