Outreach and Engagement

Discover news about outreach and engagement from Mizzou Engineering

Afternoon sunlight streams through the Columns

Oct. 6, 2026

University of Missouri teams up with Google Public Sector to use AI to accelerate research and innovation

Collaboration with Mizzou’s AERI Center will give researchers new tools, training and technical support to move ideas from exploration to real-world application.
Camp participants share their work with a Mizzou student

Oct. 5, 2026

Students discover industrial engineering through hands-on activities

Approximately 70 participants enjoyed close encounters with supply chains, manufacturing, transportation and artificial intelligence.
Jennifer Fiegel, Steve Lange, Brad Fingland, Craig Hoeferlin

Sep. 29, 2026

Two distinguished alumni of chemical engineering honored

Chemical Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni recognizes Mizzou graduates who have become leaders in their field and community affairs.
Praveen Edara, Daniel Roeger, David Hanigan, Seth Scheilz, Brandon Campbell and Matthew Eatherton

Sep. 13, 2026

Shaping communities and improving lives

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni welcomed five new inductees and announced 10 scholarship recipients on Sept. 11.
Donors, guests and campus leaders wield shovels at ceremonial groundbreaking

Sep. 1, 2026

Historic $50 million gift powers Payne Energy Innovation Center at Mizzou

David Payne’s support will also transform electrical engineering and computer science while accelerating Mizzou’s leadership in energy innovation.
Dean Marisa Chrysochoou interacts with students at New Student Barbecue 2026

Aug. 27, 2026

Mizzou Engineers get fired up for a new academic year

Annual New Student Barbecue celebrated student engagement and hands-on learning within Mizzou Engineering
Four young men smile and pose for a group photo

Aug. 17, 2026

Future engineers practice Missouri Method at summer camps

Students from across Missouri explored artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics, environmental engineering and more while discovering what it means to be an engineering leader.
Highway flyover under construction

June 10, 2026

Building an on-ramp for Missouri’s construction workforce

A Department of Education funded pilot will offer 300 Missourians no-cost training to help them access high skill, high demand and high wage construction careers.
A full house at the AI-Ready Missouri Summit

May 31, 2026

Missouri leaders meet to set the future course of AI

Participants in the AI-Ready Missouri Summit advanced toward a coordinated, statewide strategy to ensure that the benefits of AI reach communities across the entire state.
Jesse Hall and Francis Quadrangle

May 27, 2026

Innovations aim to support agricultural stability

University of Missouri and MU Extension Selected as Awardees in Taylor Geospatials’ Global Geospatial Innovation for Food Security (GIFS) Challenge