[20][21][22] The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center is the sole source of isotopes in nuclear medicine in the United States.

In 1890, the university's newly formed football team took the name the "Tigers" after the Civil War militia.

[29] The act led to the founding of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy as an offshoot of the main campus in Columbia.

[33] Under the administration of Missouri Governor David R. Francis, the university was rebuilt, with additions that shaped the modern institution.

After the fire, some state residents tried to have the university moved farther west to Sedalia; but Columbia rallied support to keep it.

The area was tied together in planned landscaping and walks in 1910 by George Kessler in a City Beautiful design of the grounds.

[citation needed] In April 1923, a black janitor was accused of the rape of the daughter of a University of Missouri professor.

James T. Scott was abducted from the Boone County Jail by a lynch mob of townsfolk and students and was hanged from a bridge near the campus.

On December 12, 1938, in a landmark 6–2 decision, the court ordered the State of Missouri to admit Gaines to MU's law school or provide a facility of equal stature.

[37] Following the 2015–16 University of Missouri protests, the chancellor and system president resigned amid racial complaints by students.

[39] Due to the emerging COVID-19 Pandemic, the university canceled classes on March 11, 2020, and resumed teaching in person in August.

[40][41] The campus of the University of Missouri is 1,262-acre (2.0 sq mi; 510.7 ha)[6] just south of Downtown Columbia and is maintained as a botanical garden.

The new buildings, constructed in Neo-Gothic style from native Missouri limestone, form the White Campus.

Hulston Hall of the University of Missouri School of Law, completed in 1988, formed the eastern border of the future quad.

[43] The original MU intercollegiate athletic facilities, such as Rollins Field and Rothwell Gymnasium, were just south of the academic buildings.

In 1994, the university developed the first draft of a master plan for the campus to tie together all of Tiger athletic facilities to the south of Stadium Boulevard and add to its design.

Rothwell Gymnasium and Brewer Fieldhouse are part of the 283,579-square-foot (26,345.4 m2) Student Recreation Center, which was ranked number one in the nation in 2005 by Sports Illustrated.

There were attempts to drop Columbia from its name by students, faculty, alumni, and administrators who said it might cause the university to be perceived as a regional institution.

The UM System owns and operates KOMU-TV, the NBC/CW affiliate for Columbia and nearby Jefferson City.

The MU School of Journalism publishes the Columbia Missourian and Vox Magazine where students learn reporting, editing, and design in a newsroom managed by professional editors.

[6][76] During the American Civil War, Union troops used the library in Academic Hall as a guard room.

It was dedicated as Elmer Ellis Library on October 10, 1972, in honor of the thirteenth president of the University of Missouri.

The two off-campus locations include Tiger Diggs at Campus View Apartments and True Scholars House.

[86] Fraternity hazing received national news coverage in the years 2021, when Danny Santulli was injured and sustained cardiac arrest and severe brain damage after alcohol abuse.

Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life, describes how the boy was forced to drink 1.75 liters of vodka at once.

[87] In 1911, athletic director Chester Brewer invited alumni to "come home" for the big football game against the University of Kansas.

Historic sports included a shooting club, in which the ladies' team in 1934 won a national championship.

Men's and women's basketball games take place at the Mizzou Arena, just south of the football stadium.

The Hearnes Center hosted men's and women's basketball from 1972 to 2004 and it is still used for other athletic (including wrestling, volleyball, and indoor track and field) and school events.

Standout players from the Mizzou's basketball team include Anthony Peeler, John Brown, Jon Sundvold, Steve Stipanovich, Kareem Rush, Keyon Dooling Doug Smith, Willie Smith, Norm Stewart, Linas Kleiza, Derrick Chievous, DeMarre Carroll, Kim English, Jordan Clarkson, and Marcus Denmon.