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)
UMSL alum Lúcia G. Lohmann named next president of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Lohmann earned a PhD in biology with an emphasis in ecology, evolution and systematics from UMSL in 2003 and had support from the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology while pursuing her degree.