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ZOOM IN This 1975 photo shows a pair of judges deliberating over entries to Pictures of the Year, the world’s oldest photojournalism competition. Before virtual judging, digital files or even slides, the photographic print was the medium of choice. This year, the School of Journalism’s POYi celebrates its 20th year as an international competition and its first year of remote judging. Despite the global pandemic, seasoned photo editors and photographers from around the world judged more than 40,000 images, short films and online storytelling presentations remotely via Zoom. The judges selected over 200 winners across 35 categories, including new ones this year: COVID-19 News Picture Story, COVID-19 Personal Expression, Impact 2020: Protests and Movements, and Impact 2020: Election Season. See our story on Page 14. More: poy.org — Kelsey Allen, BA, BJ ’10

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

Ahead of the Curve

Medical innovation has never been more important than it is right now. What we’ve seen over the past year in response to the pandemic — with unprecedented progress in vaccine development, new testing capacities and more — has at times felt like something out of a science fiction movie. After all, when organizations and technologies move faster than we ever thought possible, it can appear as if innovation has gone into hyperdrive.

But the reality is much more important and hopeful. These scientific and medical advancements are the results of decades of innovation happening behind the scenes. Asking complex, out-of-the-box questions. Generating, testing and implementing cutting-edge technologies and processes. Looking deeper for the solutions to the challenges that many in the world aren’t even experiencing yet.

NextGen Precision Health is designed with this forward-thinking charge in mind. As a fully equipped translational research powerhouse, it will provide teams of scientists the ability to develop health care solutions in a collaborative, stateof-the-art environment fueled by two essential ingredients: talent and resources. Two of the most illustrative examples of bringing our NextGen vision to life are through the imaging facility and the electron microscopy core. (See Page 36.)

The imaging facility was developed in collaboration with Siemens Healthineers, a global leader in medical technology. Our clinicians and researchers will have access to the most advanced diagnostic tools currently available, enabling them to more accurately determine the severity of cartilage injury, identify brain damage and much more. In addition, a Siemens scientist will be stationed on-site so that the best of our research advances will be considered in the design of the next generation of Siemens instruments.

Along those lines, the NextGen electron microscopy core — built in partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific — aims to speed up the translational research process, bringing MU discoveries into global solutions. Electron microscopy is a powerful technology that can open doors to faster answers and new options for patient diagnosis without invasive biopsy. Having a fully equipped electron microscopy analysis pipeline under one roof is a stark contrast to other universities where researchers must access many different locations, sometimes at multiple institutions, to conduct high-impact studies.

Bringing together scientists, clinicians and industry experts in one place means that new research developed on campus will be passed to the rest of the world more effectively and expediently. NextGen will change lives while advancing our research, teaching and engagement activities. As we’ve all seen, our future depends on the medical innovations happening right now, right here. And we don’t take this mission lightly.

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MIZZOU magazine reports credible and engaging news about the University of Missouri community to a global audience.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Robin Wenneker, BS BA ’91 • President-elect Sabrina McDonnell, MBA ’15 • Immediate Past President Steve Hays, BS BA ’80 • Treasurer Jeff Vogel, BS Acc ’90 • Secretary Todd McCubbin, M Ed ’95 • Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair Joe Valenciano, BA ’95 • Mizzou Legislative Network Committee Chair Jeffrey Montgomery, BS Ed ’89 • Directors Cristin Blunt, BS Ed ’02; Pete Ferretti, BA ’93; Chuck Kaiser, BA, BJ ’93; Derek Kessen, BS BA ’05; Leigh Anne Taylor Knight, BS HES ’89, BS Ed ’90, M Ed ’91; Emily Kueker, BS ’02; Rusty Martin, BS CiE ’84; Mindy Mazur, BA ’99; Craig Moeller, BS ’93; Ellie Preslar, BS BE ’04; Martin Rucker, BS ’07; Bill Schoenhard, BS PA ’71; Jim Simmons, BS ’93, MD ’98; Dawn SmithPopielski, BA ’96; Peggy Swaney, BS Ed ’71; David Townsend, JD ’00 • Student Representative Cade Koehly

MIZZOU magazine Spring 2021, Volume 109, Number 3 Published triannually by the Mizzou Alumni Association

CASE Bronze Awards 2019: General Interest Magazine 2020: Feature Writing (“Forever Young,” Spring 2019), Council for Advancement & Support of Education

MORE MIZZOU ONLINE

Coming or Going? Anton Unitsyn won an Award of Excellence in the Pictures of the Year International competition for this image of a parkour jumper training near Blagoveshchensky Cathedral, built in 1584 in Solvychegodsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. View a slideshow of POYi images at tinyurl.com/MizzouPOYi.

CONTRIBUTORS

Marina Shifrin, BJ ’10, the author of 30 Before 30: How I Made a Mess of My 20s, and You Can Too, is a comedy writer living in Los Angeles. While recovering from a scooterversus-car accident, she asks big questions about humor as a healing discipline. Page 46 Wright Thompson, BJ ’01, is the New York Times bestselling author of Pappyland: A Story of Family, Fine Bourbon and the Things That Last. His essay in this issue looks at family and legacy right here in CoMo. Page 72

Tony Rehagen, BA, BJ ’01, has written for GQ, The Columbia Journalism Review and Next Wave: America’s New Generation of Great Literary Journalists. He looks at a Tiger soccer program with six graduates in the professional ranks. Page 30 Scott Wallace, MA ’83, is a regular contributor to National Geographic and the bestselling author of The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon’s Last Uncontacted Tribes. He reports on Pictures of the Year International. Page 14

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Pictures Perfect

From young Canadian cowpokes to the last of Africa’s white rhinos, a long-running J-School photography contest shows us the world. Page 14 About the cover

Yes, rodeos are alive and well in Canada, as mud-spattered steer rider Kade McDonald of Melville, Saskatchewan, can attest. The portrait is by Leah Hennel of the Calgary Herald. View more award-winning images from the past 20 years of the J-School’s Pictures of the Year International competition on Page 14. facebook.com/mizzou

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Pictures of the Year International celebrates 20 years as a standard-setter in journalism. See Page 14 for more.

Meet Faculty-Alumni Award winner Winnie Fritz and remember the late, great Michael Budds, who taught music to generations of Mizzou students.

Alumni dish on their latest anniversaries, jobs, weddings and babies.

6Around the Columns

Scientists study consumerism, counter colorism and expose hacked honey. Mizzou Athletics unveils plans for a new indoor practice facility.

56 Mizzou Alumni News

57 Class Notes

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Semper Mizzou

A bestselling author returns to Columbia, family in tow, and ponders the meaning of place.

SAFE EGGS-POSURE Photo sessions in this issue were masked or maintained six chickens of distance.

Features

Who are you calling chicken? From their farm in Centralia, Missouri, brothers Dustin and Austin Stanton deliver about 2 million eggs a year to grocery stores, school systems, colleges (including Mizzou), nursing homes and restaurants within an hour’s drive. Page 24.

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International Reach

For 20 years, Pictures of the Year International has brought to light the best works in photojournalism from around the world. by scott wallace, ma ’83

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Something to Cluck About

Brothers Dustin and Austin Stanton have pitted themselves against a critical problem that confounds communities throughout the world: how to produce affordable, healthy food locally and profitably. by jack wax, bs ed ’73, hes ’76, ma ’87 * photos by michael cali, bj ’17

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Kick Start

MU soccer Tigers grind their way into professional ranks. by tony rehagen, ba, bj ’01

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Lessons in Wonder

With an enduring mix of curiosity and hard work, former Mizzou linebacker, four-time MU graduate and board of curators Chair Darryl Chatman has spent a lifetime reaching for the stars. by sara diedrich * photos by michael cali, bj ’17

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Cores of Discovery

With top-tier magnetic and electron imaging, Mizzou clinicians and researchers practice at the fore of the resolution revolution. by david lagesse, bj ’79

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Bones of a Teacher

Get ready for a chert-chipping, atlatl-tossing good time. Libby Cowgill, aka the one-woman Discovery Channel, fits her students into the skins of our prehistoric ancestors. by tony rehagen, ba, bj ’01 photos by michael cali, bj ’17

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Is Humor Super?

As a 30-something comedy writer recovers from a serious accident, she questions an erratic career and ponders the powers of humor itself. by marina shifrin, bj ’10