{"id":11827,"date":"2025-06-20T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=11827"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:11:12","slug":"sharing-mizzous-lifesaving-impact-with-our-denver-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2025\/06\/20\/sharing-mizzous-lifesaving-impact-with-our-denver-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Mizzou\u2019s lifesaving impact with our Denver community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"President Choi speaking to Mizzou supporters in Denver.\" class=\"wp-image-11828\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/Denver-Advancement-event.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Denver area is home to more than 6,300 Tigers \u2013 making it one of the largest Mizzou alumni communities in the country. Earlier this week, I was pleased to join many accomplished Colorado alumni to celebrate all things Mizzou, including our transformative research that is saving and improving lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program kicked off with a warm welcome from Rusty Martin, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mizzou.com\/s\/1002\/alumni\/19\/interior.aspx?pgid=10242&amp;gid=1001&amp;cid=20853\">Rocky Mountain Tigers Alumni Chapter<\/a> and Jefferson Club Board of Trustees member. The keynote was a moving presentation from <a href=\"https:\/\/bondlsc.missouri.edu\/person\/paul-de-figueiredo\/\">Dr. Paul de Figueiredo<\/a>, NextGen Precision Health Endowed Professor of Molecular Microbiology &amp; Immunology, about his innovative cancer research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. de Figueiredo previously secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/showme.missouri.edu\/2023\/19-million-grant-to-help-researcher-accelerate-fight-against-cancer-with-new-therapeutic\/\">$20 million grant<\/a> to develop affordable, accessible treatments using an unlikely source \u2013 bacteria. He shared the story behind his work, including personal connections to both Colorado and Missouri, and how Mizzou\u2019s investments in research excellence are shaping a new generation of medical breakthroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Mizzou, we are building healthier communities and finding new solutions to society\u2019s most difficult challenges. It was great spending time with our supporters in Denver, and I look forward to returning soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Denver area is home to more than 6,300 Tigers \u2013 making it one of the largest Mizzou alumni communities in the country. Earlier this week, I was pleased to join many accomplished Colorado alumni to celebrate all things Mizzou, including our transformative research that is saving and improving lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}