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The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. Founded in 1839, MU was the first public university west of the Mississippi River. [17]
Sanborn Field is an agricultural experiment field, located on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Missouri.Established in 1888, it was the first facility in the United States intended to measure erosion and run-off for differing crops and agricultural practices.
Switzler Hall is the oldest academic building and second oldest structure on campus after the Chancellor's Residence. The building was named after Colonel William Franklin Switzler, editor and publisher of the Missouri Statesman and supporter of the University. Today the building houses the Department of Communication, Women's and Gender ...
The hall is named after William Hudson, President of the University of Missouri from 1856 to 1859. [1] William Hudson was also the first mathematics professor at the university. [ 2 ] Hudson Hall was built and opened in 1966.
Faurot Field (/ f ɔː ˈ r oʊ / faw-ROH, / f ə ˈ r oʊ / fə-ROH [citation needed]) at Memorial Stadium is an outdoor sports stadium in Columbia, Missouri, United States, on the campus of the University of Missouri. It is primarily used for football and serves as the home field for the Missouri Tigers' program.
The University of Missouri Museum of Art & Archaeology, as well as the Museum of Anthropology, are located in the lower level of the library on Hitt Street and Lowry Mall. The Division of Special Collections is on 4th Floor West and houses rare books, the Comic Art Collection, and plat maps and insurance city maps of Missouri, as well as ...
Jesse Hall, formerly New Academic Hall, is the main administration building for the University of Missouri.Its dome has towered 180 feet (55 m) above the south end of David R. Francis Quadrangle since its completion in 1895.
The Columns are the most recognizable landmark of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Standing 43 feet (13 m) tall in the center of Francis Quadrangle and at the south end of the Avenue of the Columns, they are the remains of the portico of Academic Hall. Along with Jesse Hall, they are one of the most photographed sites in ...