Noted labor economist, author and political commentator Julianne Malveaux speaks Jan. 21 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her lecture was part of the university’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observance. More than 800 guests attended the program, which included musical performances by The Dickson String Quartet, Normandy High School Jazz Band and Trinity Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Mass Choir. The theme for the event was “Celebrating 50 Years of Fulfilling the Dream.” (Photo by Jack Crosby)
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.












