Columbia Business Times Archive

The first wave of baby boomers turned 60 last year. It’s just the beginning of a dramatic shift in demographics and lifestyle that will create the largest senior...

Most of us would find work more pleasant if co-workers would follow through on plans and processes. Unfortunately that happens on good days at work but not all...

SAPP The Sapps were among the early settlers of Boone County, and about 150 Sapps are now listed in the local telephone book. But if you bring up...

Houghton Mifflin, 307 pages, $25 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg As a teenager in St. Louis, James S. Hirsch learned that he was diabetic. After reporting for the New...

Many newspapers covered the announcement of 14 former curators of the University of Missouri unanimously opposing Senate Bill 389. While the newspapers did give good coverage to the...

The process of discovering, envisioning new ideas and creating has always excited me. It’s what attracted me to a research career in agriculture, where I learned the trade...

At times, topics for this column are difficult to find. Not so this month. I considered babbling about a recent birthday. My AARP card has arrived, and my...

At Stephens College, Rob Doyen is well known not only as the chairman of the Theater Department but also as the first man to get a degree from...

For its goal of knowledge-based economic development, Columbia is counting on the University of Missouri to turn research advances into marketable products and jobs. MU’s Research Animal Diagnostic...

I have two kids going to college right now. Both are at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They are great kids. They are smart. I don’t mind helping them...