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Research Center Magazine: ‘More Than Just a Pumpkin’

Alisha Moreland and the CAFNR Research Centers team up to fight breast cancer

This story also appears in our University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources’ Agricultural Research Center Magazine. Stop by your local Research Center to pick up a copy! You can view the magazine online by clicking here: Road to Discovery.  It was in 2007 when Alisha Moreland’s manager at the Columbia Daily Tribune was diagnosed with breast…

Spreading Hope

University of Missouri Research Centers go pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month and four University of Missouri Agricultural Research Centers participated in the campaign. Each Research Center contributed in a different way – from growing and donating pink pumpkins to fundraising. “The Research Center involvement shows the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources is not just about agriculture,” said Bradford Research Center Superintendent Tim Reinbott.…

Dying for a Ride

Barriers cause rural women to suffer a higher incidence of breast cancer

Women living in rural Missouri who must drive long distances to health care providers are more likely to be diagnosed with late stage breast cancer, research at the University of Missouri shows.