http://www.missouri.edu/impact/As Missouri's major land-grant and public research university, Mizzou¿s impact on the state is immeasurable.en-ushttp://www.missouri.edu/images/mizzouImpact.gifhttp://www.missouri.edu/impact/webeditor@missouri.eduMU's research has a $440 million annual impact on Missouri and supports more than 9,000 jobs.EconomyThe National Science Foundation reports that MU conducted more than $220 million of research in fiscal year 2005.EconomyIf MU's $220 million research operation did not exist, it would be equivalent to losing 22 companies with annual revenues of $10 million each.EconomyAn MU program to help commercial beef farms in Missouri adopt new technologies has netted more than $17 million for Missouri agriculture.EconomyStudents in MU’s Personal Financial Planning Department offer a tax return service for low-income and disabled citizens and, over the past four years, have completed more than 7,000 returns with total refunds valued at more than $7 million. Over the last decade, MU has conducted $1.9 billion in research, with a $3.56 billion effect on the economy.EconomyEvery new dollar MU earns in external research funding today generates $1.99 economic impact on the state; every million creates 17.3 jobs.EconomyMU is one of only six public universities in the country with medicine, veterinary medicine, law, engineering and agriculture all on one campus.ResearchBased on the most recent data from the National Science Foundation, MU ranks No. 2 among all institutions in the Association of American Universities in growth of federal research funding from 1995 to 2005. ResearchMU attracts 71.3 percent of the federal research dollars flowing to Missouri's public universities.ResearchMU boasts some of the world's top scientists in wheat, corn and soybean research. The same is true for nanotechnology.ResearchHome to the world's most powerful university research reactor, MU is the largest U.S. producer of radioisotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. ResearchMU's Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory conducts more than 300,000 diagnostic tests annually to help determine the cause of death and disease in animals.ResearchMU's Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory is the second-largest animal diagnostic lab in the world.ResearchMU has nearly six times the research capacity of any public university in the state.ResearchMU's National Swine Resource and Research Center is the country's only repository and distribution site for swine models. MU also houses the only Rat Resource and Research Center and one of three regional Mouse Resource and Research Centers in the U.S.ResearchMore Missouri physicians have received their training from MU than from any other university.Health CareUniversity of Missouri Health Care has more than 6,000 professionals who care for patients from every county in Missouri.Health CareIn 2005-06 University of Missouri Health Care physicians provided $47 million in uncompensated care.Health CareLast year MU physicians admitted 20,411 patients, performed 17,913 surgeries and served patients in 580,308 outpatient visits and 39,366 emergency center visits.Health CareHome to the world's most powerful university research reactor, MU is the largest U.S. producer of radioisotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.Health CareMU is the only university in the world to bring a radiopharmaceutical (to treat cancer) from conception to clinical trials to product.Health CareMU is a national leader in comparative medicine; researchers collaborate, sharing discoveries, innovations and treatments benefiting both animals and humans.Health CareEighty-seven percent of MU nursing graduates stay in Missouri. Health CareMU developed a treatment for severe joint degeneration and arthritis that has allowed crippled dogs to walk and is now being used in human clinical trials.Health CareMU scientists performed the world's first pediatric angioplasty to correct heart defects in babies.Health CareWith 140 sites in 43 Missouri counties, MU's nationally recognized Missouri Telehealth Network provides better health care quality and access to rural patients.Health CareMU researchers were the first to develop transgenic pigs whose organs can potentially be transplanted into humans.Health CareMU is developing new technologies for long-term care facilities, improving nursing homes and using exercise therapy to keep older adults active and vital.Health CareMU helped create TigerPlace, a facility that combines cutting-edge technology and current research to enable older adults to continue living there, even if their health care needs increase, a practice called “aging in place.”Health CareAn MU surgery professor invented Zegerid — now licensed by Santarus — a new way to deliver ulcer treatment drugs.Health CareEvery dollar spent on MU's Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program results in a $8.74 reduction in families' future medical costs.Health CareEvery year MU's extension programs help more than 1.2 million Missourians continue their education, solve problems and make informed decisions.EducationIn fall 2007, MU welcomed 28,477 students representing every county in Missouri, every state in the nation and more than 100 countries.EducationThe National Science Foundation has recognized MU nationally as a top 10 university for successfully integrating research into undergraduate education.EducationMU researchers have developed a treatment for serious antisocial behavior in youths that is being used in 25 states and eight foreign countries.EducationAccording to a Nov. 27, 2005, New York Times article, MU ranks 7th in the nation in the number of graduates who are chief executive officers of companies listed in Standard and Poor's 500 Index.EducationTwo U.S. governors and 34 members of Missouri's legislature are Mizzou alumni.EducationTwo-thirds of Missouri veterinarians and a fifth of Missouri attorneys are Mizzou graduates.EducationNinety-two percent of College of Education graduates stay in Missouri.EducationThe Mizzou legacy is carried on by approximately a quarter of a million living alumni across the world. Nearly half live in Missouri.EducationMizzou attracts more valedictorians, Curators Scholars and almost twice as many of the state's Bright Flight Scholars than any other college or university in Missouri.Student SuccessNearly one-third of Mizzou freshmen come from the top 10 percent of their high school classes.Student SuccessMizzou's six-year graduation rate of 68.9 percent is the highest it's ever been and ranks first among the state's public institutions. Student SuccessMizzou's Freshman Interest Group communities are national models, supporting freshmen academically and socially and leading to higher retention and graduation rates.Student SuccessMizzou offers students opportunities to perform at national venues through two programs: Mizzou on Tour at Carnegie Hall and Mizzou on Broadway at the York Theatre in New York.Student SuccessMU is one of 13 universities in the world selected to recruit and train students to serve as volunteers for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics News Service. Student SuccessIn 2006-07, 2,896 students enrolled in Mizzou's service-learning courses, worked with more than 200 community organizations and served more than 116,700 hours.Student SuccessMizzou has more than 500 student-athletes involved in 20 sports in the state's only Division I-A athletic program.Student SuccessFifty percent of student athletes have a semester GPA above a 3.00 and 33 percent are recognized on their respective dean’s list. In 2007, Tiger athletes led the Big 12 Conference in graduation and student retention rates in nine sports.Student SuccessLast year, MU filed 110 patent applications for new inventions; 10 new start-up companies are being developed based on MU technology.Knowledge EconomyMore than 1,000 faculty life scientists at MU are working to improve human and animal health, food and the environment.Knowledge EconomyWith more than 3 million volumes, almost 7 million microforms, 1.6 million government documents and more than 33,000 journal subscriptions, MU Libraries has the state's largest collection.Knowledge EconomyMU scientists helped save the nation's wheat crop in the 1950s.Knowledge EconomyMU scientists conducted landmark studies in crop rotation that are the basis for today's sustainable agriculture.Knowledge EconomyMU's Museum of Art and Archaeology possesses the third-most-extensive art collection in Missouri and the campus Museum of Anthropology is the only anthropology museum in the state.Knowledge EconomyThe Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, and the Rural Policy Research Institute make objective contributions to state and national public policy.Knowledge Economy