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UMSL Events for June 30-July 13, 2012

UMSL Events for June 30-July 13, 2012

Today’s UMSL Events contains information about events that will occur June 30-July 13. It contains information compiled from the UMSL Campus Calendar. No submissions are accepted, and since the calendar is self-populated, University Marketing and Communications is not responsible for the content that appears here or its accuracy. If you would like to receive UMSL Events via e-mail, you can subscribe to UMSL Daily or UMSL Daily Events.

Greek dig makes pages of Archaeology magazine

Greek dig makes pages of Archaeology magazine

Each summer for more than a decade, University of Missouri–St. Louis archaeologist Michael Cosmopoulos has led an expedition of students and volunteers to an area in the middle of an olive grove in southwest Greece for hands-on experience they’re likely to never forget.

Students develop formula, algorithm for school bus routes

Students develop formula, algorithm for school bus routes

Transportation continues to be a growing cost for area school districts facing annual budget cuts. University of Missouri-St. Louis doctoral students Jeremy North and William Ellegood may have just discovered a way to save thousands of dollars on busing and routing for districts. The pair recently won first place at the Graduate School Research Fair for their project “Applying Business Logistic Optimization Modeling to School Bus Routing.”

Professors talk Olympic Games in recent podcast

Professors talk Olympic Games in recent podcast

As the world gears up for the 2012 Summer Olympics next month in London, reflection on the last summer games continues. University of Missouri–St. Louis scholars Susan Brownell and Richard Wright recently sat down to film a video podcast about the Olympics for the British Journal of Sociology in London.

Instructor shows off international instrument collection

Instructor shows off international instrument collection

Aurelia Hartenberger has been collecting musical instruments for nearly four decades. But, they’re not your average run-of-the-mill ones. They come from all over the world. Her collection features African drums, bells and rattles, plus historical Civil War instruments and one-of-a-kind custom-made modern jazz pieces, including some played by jazz greats Artie Shaw and Clark Terry.

Women are crucial to future of IT in US

Women are crucial to future of IT in US

Information technology is pervasive in our lives. Whether using an app on a smart phone or a program for work, we are increasingly using computers more. In addition to business applications, there are applications for helping us meet people, run our home and plan our finances and even our vacations.

Novelist’s book makes ‘great summer reading’ list

Novelist’s book makes ‘great summer reading’ list

To paraphrase KMOX (1120), you don’t have to travel far from the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus to find great summer reading. “The Inverted Forest” by John Dalton, director of the MFA in Creative Writing program at UMSL, made the radio station’s list of “Books by St. Louis authors to read this summer.”

Eye on UMSL: Big camps on campus

Eye on UMSL: Big camps on campus

Saxophonist Dave Pietro leads a Jazz Camp class in J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at UMSL. Held June 10-15, it’s one of several precollegiate camps on campus each summer. Others include Girls Leadership Camp, STARS, UMSL Bridge Program Summer Academy, Xtreme IT! Summer Academy and UMSL Boys Basketball Camps. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.

56 student-athletes make Academic All-GLVC Team

56 student-athletes make Academic All-GLVC Team

Fifty-six University of Missouri–St. Louis student-athletes showed success both on the field and in the classroom. They were named to the Academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team.

Media Coverage: June 2012

Media Coverage: June 2012

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Xtreme IT! doubles in size thanks to gifts

Xtreme IT! doubles in size thanks to gifts

Next week more than 40 high school students will arrive on the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis ready to learn the ins and outs of information technology.

Beekeepers to swarm UMSL for 3-day conference

Beekeepers to swarm UMSL for 3-day conference

The University of Missouri–St. Louis will be buzzing with activity during a three-day conference of beekeepers July 12-14. The 2012 Heartland Apicultural Society Conference will offer instructional classroom programs and hands-on classes in a bee yard. Sessions are designed for beekeepers at all skill levels. Click here to view the conference schedule.

Scholar walks away winner at Madrid Film Festival

Scholar walks away winner at Madrid Film Festival

Niyi Coker’s film “Pennies for the Boatman” took center stage at the Madrid International Film Festival by beating out the competition and taking home the prize for best film script.

Big Muddy Dance Company to jazz up Touhill stage

Big Muddy Dance Company to jazz up Touhill stage

The art form of jazz has roots that run deep in many American cities, including St. Louis. The Big Muddy Dance Company taps into the city’s jazz heritage for its performances. The downtown St. Louis-based company will next present its eclectic repertoire of new and classic dance works at the University of Missouri–St. Louis

New bike trail, underpass taking shape

New bike trail, underpass taking shape

A new bicycle underpass being constructed on the campus of University of Missouri–St. Louis finally started to take shape Friday, as crews used a large crane to put sections of the underpass in place.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Call Me Maybe’

Eye on UMSL: ‘Call Me Maybe’

With recreations of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” video popping up all over the Internet, a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students decided to create their own tribute to the sugary sweet summer hit.

Golfer earns Midwest All-Region, team honors

Golfer earns Midwest All-Region, team honors

Sophomore Joe Atkisson led the University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s golf team with a scoring average of 75.88 this season, while earning a bid to the NCAA Midwest/South Central Regional. His excellent season has led to him being named to the NCAA Division II PING Midwest All-Region team.

UMSL Events for June 16-22, 2012

UMSL Events for June 16-22, 2012

UMSL Events contains information about events that will occur in the seven days following publication (Saturday-Friday). It contains information compiled from the UMSL Campus Calendar. No submissions are accepted, and since the calendar is self-populated, University Marketing and Communications is not responsible for the content that appears here or its accuracy. If you would like to receive UMSL Events via e-mail, you can subscribe to UMSL Daily or UMSL Daily Events.

Marketing expert talks legacy of ‘Queen of Carpet’

Marketing expert talks legacy of ‘Queen of Carpet’

St. Louisans will no longer be able to get “Rich man’s carpet at a working man’s price,” as the self-proclaimed “Becky, Queen of Carpet” has landed, ending her more-than-30-year reign over the region’s flooring industry.

Celebrated choral groups to converge at Touhill

Celebrated choral groups to converge at Touhill

Many of the world’s best a cappella voices will fill the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall during a pair of performance June 23 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Student gets hands dirty at Cahokia excavations

Student gets hands dirty at Cahokia excavations

Timothy Meyer, a senior majoring in anthropology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been getting his hands dirty this summer, logging real-world experience helping excavation efforts at Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Ill., just east of St. Louis.

Media Coverage: June 2012

Media Coverage: May 2012

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Eye on UMSL: Opportunity Scholars

Eye on UMSL: Opportunity Scholars

UMSL sophomore Elle Fitzpatrick (left) was on hand June 6 at the Provincial House to welcome new students (from left) Ashley O’Neal, Ellen Vehige, Eric’el Johnson and Mihaela Stoyanova.

Piano students to hold benefit concert

Piano students to hold benefit concert

A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis piano students will soon travel to Russia and to help defray the costs they are holding a special benefit concert June 15 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis.

Women are crucial to future of IT in US

In defense of the F-word in K-16 education

Recently I received an email from a student unlike any message I have received in 40 years as a college professor. It is worth noting for what it says not so much about this student as about the culture we have now created within K-16 education in America. Commenting on the failing grade the student received in one of my courses, the individual wrote that s/he had “complied” with the paper and tests and that it was I, the instructor, who had failed insofar as I had not done what it took to enable a passing grade and had not given adequate warning of failure. The student concluded that “you should be embarrassed to give a student an F and demanded a refund of the money charged for the course.

Alumna earns Optometrist of Year honor

Alumna earns Optometrist of Year honor

Dr. Karen Aldridge recently earned the highest award an optometrist can receive from the Kansas Optometric Association. The University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna (OD 1992) was recognized as the 2012 Optometrist of the Year for personal sacrifices to advance the profession and the welfare of the public.

UMSL Events for June 9-15, 2012

UMSL Events for June 9-15, 2012

UMSL Events contains information about events that will occur in the seven days following publication (Saturday-Friday). It contains information compiled from the UMSL Campus Calendar. No submissions are accepted, and since the calendar is self-populated, University Marketing and Communications is not responsible for the content that appears here or its accuracy. If you would like to receive UMSL Events via e-mail, you can subscribe to UMSL Daily or UMSL Daily Events.

PPRC grant helps establish St. Louis Public Radio Fellowship

PPRC grant helps establish St. Louis Public Radio Fellowship

St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU has established a new fellowship designed to discover, encourage and train the best possible representatives of a diverse new generation of public media talent. The St. Louis Public Radio Fellowship for Coverage of Regional Race Matters is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Touhill makes St. Louis ‘Hot List’

Touhill makes St. Louis ‘Hot List’

The University of Missouri–St. Louis has snagged a ranking in a St. Louis magazine that puts out an annual “Hot List” of the 100 things to love about St. Louis.

Leadership Camp focuses on college, career, leadership

Leadership Camp focuses on college, career, leadership

Now in its third year, a fun-filled camp at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will help high school women focus on college, career and leadership readiness. The UMSL Executive Leadership Consortium will present the annual Girls’ Leadership Camp June 24-27 at the university.

It’s time to get Jubilized! How will you celebrate UMSL’s 50th?

It’s time to get Jubilized! How will you celebrate UMSL’s 50th?

Dancing and fireworks. Virtual murals. Scholarships. Concerts. Community health fairs. A 50-year retrospective on civil rights. For the last several months, dozens of people at the University of Missouri–St. Louis have been meeting and planning a year’s worth of ideas to celebrate UMSL’s founding in 1963.

Eye on UMSL: Sweet and sour

Eye on UMSL: Sweet and sour

Hey, what’s up with the 29 lemons? The answer: UMSL photographer August Jennewein stopped Sodexo staff members (from left) Tina McClendon, Ossie Townsel, Tyrell Walker, Robin Greene, Kiara Logan and Christiana Gerdine on their way to catering a conference June 1 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center. Apparently, lemons were in high demand.

Louis Armstrong music to highlight UMSL Night at the Symphony

Louis Armstrong music to highlight UMSL Night at the Symphony

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Alumni Association has invited the UMSL community to hear a musical showcase of the Big Easy through a tribute to Louis Armstrong. “Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong” will begin at 7:30 p.m. June 9 at Powell Hall in St. Louis. The concert is UMSL Night at the Symphony.

Media Coverage: June 2012

Media Coverage: April 2012

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

UMSL Events for June 30-July 13, 2012

UMSL Events for June 2-8, 2012

UMSL Events contains information about events that will occur in the seven days following publication (Saturday-Friday). It contains information compiled from the UMSL Campus Calendar. No submissions are accepted, and since the calendar is self-populated, University Marketing and Communications is not responsible for the content that appears here or its accuracy. If you would like to receive UMSL Events via e-mail, you can subscribe to UMSL Daily or UMSL Daily Events.