Six weeks of hard work paid off for three St. Louis-area high school students, who spent their summer conducting scientific research with faculty members at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Saya Jacob, Meredith Redick and Marta Wells participated in the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program, and their work garnered each a 2009 Pfizer and LMI Aerospace/D3 Technologies Award for Excellence in Research. Jacob, Redick and Wells worked with UMSL researchers Xuemin Wang, James O’Brienand Keith Stine, respectively. Click here for more information about the awards. Click here to read aSt. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the program. (Adobe Reader is required.)
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Eye-care publication honors UMSL optometrist
Dr. Barbara Brown (pictured), manager of student and special services in the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was named one of the 2009 Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday, an eye-care trade publication. She was chosen in the mentor category and nominated by 17 UMSL optometry students. In their nomination, they wrote,”Dr. Brown is not only a mentor in optometry; she guides us through every aspect of school, from the entrance interview process before enrollment to the licensing process as we leave school and apply for jobs.”
UMSL-mentored STARS participants win award
A summer of hard work has paid off for three aspiring scientists, who spent several weeks conducting intensive research with University of Missouri-St. Louis faculty members. The students have been named among the 24 winners of the 2009 Pfizer and LMIAerospace/D3 Technologies Award for Excellence in Research. The award is presented to students who distinguished themselves during the 2009 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program at UMSL.
UMSL’s College of Nursing to host lecture Sept. 15
The College of Nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will hold the Elizabeth McIntosh and Jerry Durham College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Lecture in Nursing Science at 4 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. The lecture, “Building a Program of Research in Injury Science: How Curiosity Never Kills the Cat,” will be presented by Marilyn S. Sommers, the Lillian S. Brunner Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Gallery 210 to present ‘Exposure 12′
“Exposure 12” will feature photography paintings by St. Louis-area artists Jamie Adams, Kit Keith and Bill Kreplin.
These artists blend mid-20th century popular culture with contemporary content and personal histories to construct their narratives. Whereas traditional narrative painting draws on mythological traditions, literary materials or historical events to illustrate a particular story, the artists look to pop art, mass media, found imagery and Hollywood to construct their works.
Vision Monday honors UMSL optometrist
Dr. Barbara Brown, manager of student and special services for the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was named one of the 2009 Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday, a national eye care trade publication. She was chosen as a mentor, which Vision Monday defined as “women who are team builders and developers of talent.”
Gallery Visio to feature ‘Children of the Mesh’
“Children of the Mesh” will feature silkscreen posters by John Vogl of the Bungaloo in St. Louis, Jennifer McKnight, assistant professor of art at UMSL, and Billy Baumann and Jason Teegarden-Downs of Delicious Design League in Chicago.
Six women among Business Journal honorees
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has an unofficial motto: “We educate St. Louis.” That motto was on display Friday at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis as the St. Louis Business Journal presented its annual Most Influential Business Women awards
Chancellor, wife give $2 million gift to UMSL
University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Tom George and his wife, Barbara Harbach, are making a commitment of $2 million to support the institution they have grown to regard so highly over the past six years.
Arianna String Quartet announces 2009-10 season
The critically acclaimed Arianna String Quartet, the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ resident quartet, will perform four concerts for their 2009-10 season, each with a different theme.
Financial counseling center opens
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is home to a new multidisciplinary center that focuses on the financial...
Nanomedicine Institute holds kickoff in July
The St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine held an opening ceremony on July 16 at the Center of Research, Technology, and Entrepreneurial Exchange in St. Louis.
Choral studies director grabs gold, twice
Jim Henry (pictured), director of choral studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, is a member of two choral groups that won gold medals July 3 at the 71st annual international convention of the Barbershop Harmony Society in Anaheim, Calif.
Gallery 210 announces fall exhibition season
This fall, Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will feature exhibits with themes of community building through visual art and Mexican-American culture clashes. In addition, Gallery 210 will devote two exhibits this season to local artists.