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. Media Coverage highlights some of the top coverage, but does not serve as a comprehensive listing.

Carole Basile, dean of the College of Education, was quoted June 5 in the St. Louis Public Radio story “Renovated Girls Inc. center in north county gives girls more opportunities.” Basile was quoted June 17 in the St. Louis Public Radio article “’What am I supposed to do?’ ask some parents in Normandy.”

Lynn Beckwith, the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Urban Education, was quoted June 2 in the St. Louis Public Radio article “Appointed boards hold lessons for Normandy: Keep sense of urgency event when change is slow.”

Kathleen Sullivan Brown, associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies, was quoted June 27 in the St. Louis Public Radio story “University City says no to Normandy transfers.”

Alan Byrd, dean of enrollment services, was quoted June 3 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Colleges wary of proposed funding plan.”

Michael Campbell, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, wrote the June 18 Life of the Law article “The rise of lock ‘em up: How crime became a politics question.”

Sarah Caudill, a junior majoring in chemistry, was featured June 3 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Colleges wary of proposed funding plan.”

Susan Feigenbaum, professor of economics, wrote the June 3 St. Louis Post-Dispatch letter to the editor “Increase the gasoline tax to pay for publicly maintained roads.”

Greg Geisler, associate professor of accounting, was quoted June 23 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Would Monsanto move its headquarters out of the country?”

Louis Gerteis, professor of history, wrote the June 21 St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “The Civil War in Missouri: An overview by Prof. Louis S. Gerteis.”

Anna Glushko, a junior psychology major, was quoted June 23 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Student newspapers weigh trading independence for financial support.”

Drew Griffin, director of admissions, was quoted June 2 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “High school graduates bridge to college.”

Matt Henry, assistant teaching professor of music, was mentioned June 27 in the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat article “Heart it through the grapevine: You’ll go ape over Muny’s ‘Tarzan.’”

Julie Hutchinson McGinnis, assistant clinical professor of optometry, co-wrote the June 15 Review of Optometry article “All eyes aren’t created equal.”

Terry Jones, Founders Professor of Political Science, was quoted June 1 in the St. Louis Public Radio story “Koster’s stance on death penalty may boost Democrats’ election chances.”

David Kimball, professor of political science, was quoted June 8 in the Associated Press article “Political parties fight to manipulate voting times.”

David Klinger, associate professor of criminology and criminal justice, was quoted June 29 in the Associated Press article “Newspaper: Police don’t report shootings to state.”

Lea Kosnik, associate professor of economics, was quoted June 3 in the Yahoo! Finance article “Energy employers can’t find enough young job seekers.”

Dave Robertson, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science, was quoted June 27 in the St. Louis Public Radio article “Missouri’s rekindled same-sex marriage fight highlights political shifts.”

Richard Rosenfeld, Curators’ Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, was quoted June 10 in the amNewYork article “Stop and frisk reduction has not caused uptick in shootings: Bratton.” Rosenfeld was quoted June 25 in the Newsday article “NYPD weighs whether cut in stops affects crime stats.” He was quoted June 25 in The Wall Street Journal article “NYPD studies frisk-decline consequences; review to probe uptick in violence after stop-and-frisk cutback.”

Michael Santarlas, OD 2002, was featured June 10 in The Optical Vision Site article “The Optometric Society announces elected board members.”

Alumnus Steve Schankman, BGS 1991, was interviewed June 23 on KTRS (550 AM) for the story “Steve Schankman to teach course at UMSL.”

Howard Schwartz, professor emeritus of English, was quoted June 25 in the St. Louis Jewish Light article “Louis Daniel ‘L.D.’ Brodsky dies at 73; prolific poet, book publisher.”

Helene Sherman, Founders Professor of Education, was interviewed about children and education on the June 16 episode of “Afternoons on 11” on KPLR (Channel 11).

Lana Stein, professor emeritus of political science, wrote the June 15 St. Louis Public Radio commentary “Part of the VA problem was setting an unrealistic standard.”

Kenneth Thomas, professor of political science, was quoted June 11 in the Money magazine article “America’s middle class: Poorer than you think.”

Barbara VanVoorden, associate teaching professor of English, was mentioned June 30 in the Baraboo (Wis.) News Republic article “A lot on his plate: Baraboo man hopes to break spinning record.”

Daniela Viotti, a senior business administration major and member of the women’s golf team, was quoted June 6 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Condoleezza Rice talks to Curtis Cup teams.”

Keith Womer, professor of logistics and operations management, was quoted June 23 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article “Would Monsanto move its headquarters out of the country?”