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.

Assistant Professor Dan Grossman explores the ‘maybe’ problem
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’