Composer Walter Mays (right) joined the internationally known “Pro Arte Quartet” (from left, David Perry, violin, Suzanne Beia, violin, Sally Chisholm, violin and Parry Karp, violoncello) in a conversation/performance of his new “String Quartet No. 2” Feb. 10 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
Professor Michael Cosmopoulos honored as a Guggenheim Fellow in the Classics
The fellowship honors leading thinkers, innovators and creators in art, science and scholarship with more than 223 chosen for the 2026 class from more than 5,000 applicants across all fields.












