From Iowa to Oklahoma to Kansas, universities are working more closely with agribusiness in search of ways to pay for projects where tax dollars have become more scarce. Critics worry that agriculture schools might focus more on industry than the public interest.

TIAA-CREF invests heavily in farmland, so it paid a university to research it.

Large donors can put universities in potentially awkward positions when faculty conclusions conflict with the interests of those benefactors. Data collected by Harvest Public Media and Investigate Midwest show corporations have given at least $170 million to ag colleges in the past decade.

From Iowa to Oklahoma to Kansas, universities are working more closely with agribusiness in search of ways to pay for projects where tax dollars have become more scarce. Critics worry that agriculture schools might focus more on industry than the public interest.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU President Dan Mahony

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Melani Engel, Director of Adoption Services for LFCS Missouri

With new diseases emerging all the time, scientists want to know more about potential threats from ticks.

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with SIU Law School Dean Camille Davidson

The state's Office of Firearm Violence Prevention will help dole out a promised $250 million dollars to violence prevention organizations over the next three years.

Treasurer Michael Frerichs has launched "Operation Purple Heart" to reunite lost medals with their recipients.