University of Missouri Board of Curators set to meet Thursday
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The University of Missouri Board of Curators is set to meet at 8 a.m. Thursday at Missouri S&T in Rolla, to discuss several items on the agenda.
The Board will hear an update for the fiscal year 2026 budget. Meeting documents state that impending federal funding cuts could result in a $22 million loss of National Institutes of Health grants. The cuts could impact all colleges in the university’s system.
The Board will also decide on Thursday whether or not it will approve changes to its standard of conduct regarding hazing on campus.
The "Stop Campus Hazing Act" that went into effect at the beginning of the year requires institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs to report hazing incidents. It also requires universities to include in its annual security report its current policies and the process used to prevent hazing.
Curators will also be looking into an MU Health Care expansion in Callaway County, after the community hospital closed in 2022. According to the meeting agenda, the project would cost $23.8 million, if approved, and would reduce outmitigation and meet the community's healthcare demands.
Approval for $5 million capital projects is also set to be discussed in Thursday's meeting.
The MU Board of Curators meeting livestream can be found here.
