Switzler reinvented : oldest academic building on campus gets makeover

"Summer 2012

Switzler reinvented

Oldest academic building on campus gets a makeover

Jeffersonian Restoration

"Fall 2014""Mizzou and the Smithsonian Institution restore Jefferson's marble epitaph."[Story by] Rob Hill and Marcus Wilkins ; Photos by Rob Hill, Rachel Coward, courtesy University Archive

A year of new traditions

"Welcoming a new chancellor, the first year in the centrally located alumni center, philanthropic Homecoming events and hundreds of devoted alumni volunteers made 1992-93 a memorable year for the MU Alumni Association. MU also lost a friend and benefactor, Donald W. Reynolds, BJ '27, who died in April. Reynolds donated $9 million for the center bearing his name."--Page 2

Found Time

“At Home in the Crucible,” “Celestial Flux,” “Chosen,” “Passing,” and “Today Is a Good Day to Die” were inspired by Leslie Feinberg’s novel, Stone Butch Blues. All flower varieties were mentioned in “Chosen,” and“Passing” was created using concrete image language found in Chapter 15 of Leslie Feinberg’s novel, Stone Butch Blues.https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/hmvla_jampa/1025/thumbnail.jp

The Effect of Increasing Age on the Concentric and Eccentric Contractile Properties of Isolated Mouse Soleus and Extensor Digitorum Longus Muscles

There is currently a limited amount of literature investigating the age-related changes in eccentric muscle function in vitro. The present study uniquely uses the work loop technique, to better replicate in vivo muscle function, in the assessment of the age and muscle-specific changes in acute and sustained concentric and eccentric power and recovery. Whole soleus or EDL muscles were isolated from 10-week and 78-week old mice, and acute and sustained concentric and eccentric work loop power assessed. Despite an age-related increase in body and muscle mass, peak absolute power for both muscles was unaffected by age. Peak concentric power normalised to muscle mass declined significantly for each muscle, whilst peak normalised eccentric power declined only for soleus. Fatigue resistance and recovery for the soleus did not differ between age or contraction type. Older EDL was less resistant to concentric fatigue, but was better able to withstand sustained eccentric activity than young EDL. We have shown that age-related changes in muscle quality are more limited for eccentric function than concentric function. A greater bodily inertia is likely to further reduce in vivo locomotor performance in older animals.</p