April 25, 2016

Services for Independent Living: Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement Award Winner

  Services for Independent Living, or SIL, provides an array of services with one goal in mind: help people with disabilities live a full and independent life. As it turns out, that mission includes and promotes a culture of environmental sustainability. SIL won the MCPA award for resource conservation, largely owing to their durable medical equipment […]

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Ralph Butler, MU Research Reactor

What happens at MURR? MURR provides research and development, products, and services that directly benefit citizens worldwide. We engineer customized solutions for leading researchers as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies; conduct a wide range of sensitive analyses; and enable discoveries. In the nuclear medicine arena, MURR is at the heart of a network of internationally

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Hickman Hall, Stephens College

Stephens College, a women’s college founded in 1833, is home to Hickman Hall, a building almost 100 years old. According to the United States Department of the Interior, Hickman Hall was constructed on Stephens’ campus in 1922. The hall is one of five buildings in the Stephens College South Campus Historic District, located at 1200

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Comparing College Towns

It’s easy to live in the CoMo bubble. But as the city continues to grow, we must ask ourselves — how do we measure up, what can we improve, and what are our strengths as a city? CBT compares the numbers between Columbia and other college towns.     Columbia, Missouri   Population: 116,906 as

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Head to Head

Columbia has its share of hot issues.      Head to Head: New Development vs. Historic Preservation How should Columbia build its future while protecting its past?   Originally, Tom Mendenhall loved development because of the dirt. Beginning in 1896, his family operated Boone Realty (now partnered with RE/MAX), and young Tom grew up playing

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Digital Dames

From interns to C-level execs before 30 at Division-D.   Lori Dillender and Katelyn Duff began internships that took them from students to the C-suite of small local startup before they turned 30. Within just years of graduating, they’re part owners of the multimillion-dollar venture Division-D and run the show as CEO and CRO, respectively.

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