{"id":8825,"date":"2023-08-25T11:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=8825"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T16:56:38","slug":"sharing-the-power-of-murr-with-lt-gov-kehoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/08\/25\/sharing-the-power-of-murr-with-lt-gov-kehoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the power of MURR with Lt. Gov. Kehoe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (center) with university leaders and MURR faculty and staff.\" class=\"wp-image-8827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited-1536x1148.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Lt.-Governor-Kehoe-President-Choi-tour-of-MURR-8-23-2023-edited.jpg 1982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (center) with university leaders and MURR faculty and staff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, I accompanied Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe on a tour of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). MURR Executive Director Matt Sanford led the tour, and we were proud to highlight our work producing medical isotopes for more than 1.6 million cancer and heart disease patients each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Kehoe-at-MURR-edited-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, MURR Executive Director Matt Sanford and President Choi.\" class=\"wp-image-8830\" width=\"257\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Kehoe-at-MURR-edited-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Kehoe-at-MURR-edited-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/Kehoe-at-MURR-edited-1.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lt. Gov. Kehoe, MURR Executive Director Matt Sanford and President Choi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also discussed the university\u2019s plan to grow MURR\u2019s lifesaving impact. This fall, we\u2019ll celebrate the groundbreaking of MURR West, an addition to the existing facility that adds more lab, production and administrative space. We\u2019ve also made incredible progress on NextGen MURR \u2013 a new, state-of-the-art reactor that will expand our capacity to produce medical isotopes that will be used in advanced cancer medicines for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I enjoyed sharing our record of safety and excellence with Lt. Gov. Kehoe. Thanks to support from state leaders, we are securing MURR\u2019s place as the world\u2019s most important university research reactor for fighting cancer, while also attracting innovative research, economic investment and jobs to Missouri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I accompanied Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe on a tour of the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). 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