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 stories, but does not serve as a comprehensive listing. Notice a clip we missed? Email us at umsldaily@umsl.edu.
Carole Basile, dean of the College of Education
St. Louis Business Journal: a profile feature about Basile
St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU: remaking the teacher pipeline
Carl Bassi, associate professor of optometry
St. Louis Magazine: explaining why some see the dress as blue and black and others see white and gold
James Brady, head coach of the UMSL baseball team
KSDK (Channel 5): a UMSL Triton playing baseball with Cystic Fibrosis
Alan Byrd, dean of enrollment services
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: college aid for undocumented students
Deborah Clark, research associate in the Department of Biology
Business Insider: carbon and tropical forests
R. Rocco Cottone, professor of counseling and family therapy
Counseling Today: a commentary by Cottone titled “The end of counseling as we know it”
Julie Dunn-Morten, curator of the St. Louis Mercantile Library
Town & Style: Fine Print, Rare Book & Paper Arts Fair at the Mercantile
Robert Elam, a student pursuing a master’s degree in social work
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: co-wrote a commentary titled “Is Missouri the land of opportunity?”
Joe Gorder, BSBA 1979
Business Insider: where CEOs of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies earned their degrees
Aurelia Hartenberger, associate adjunct professor of music
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hartenberger’s extensive music instrument collection
Dan Isom, Endowed Professor of Police and the Community
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: working to heal the racial divide
Terry Jones, Founders Professor of Political Science
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: political divide between urban and rural communities in Missouri
David Klinger, professor of criminology and criminal justice
Vox: available data on shootings involving police
CNN: civil discourse between police and protesters
“CNN Tonight” on CNN: “Hands up, don’t shoot”
Tampa Bay (Florida) Times: how often unarmed white people are shot by police
Los Angeles News Group: data on officer-involved shootings
Vox: circumstances under which police can legally shoot
Drew Letcher, a biochemistry major
Iowa City Press-Citizen: Letcher’s starting a brewery with his father in Iowa City
Laura Miller, Eiichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Professor of Japanese Studies
The Telegraph (London): the miniature food trend
Alumna Rae Mohrmann, MEd 1976
KSDK: feature on Mohrmann competing in her 100th marathon
Ray Mundy, director of the Center for Transportation Studies
Chicago Tribune: taxi services at O’Hare International Airport
Hannah Perryman, a junior softball player
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.): story about Perryman and her sister’s softball achievements
Jennah Perryman, a freshman softball player
Daily Herald: story about Perryman and her sister’s softball achievements
David Robertson, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science
St. Louis Jewish Light: whether being of Jewish faith is political disadvantage for statewide candidates
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: political divide between urban and rural communities in Missouri
MSNBC: lack of economic recovery in Ferguson and black America
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: how Chris Koster, democratic frontrunner for Missouri governor race, can overcome credibility issues
St. Louis Public Radio: predicted low turnout to election that impact taxes and town rules
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: how Tom Schweich’s suicide might overshadow the GOP primary for Missouri governor
Associated Press (via WTRV in Indianapolis): Mitch McConnell’s letter to governors advising them to ignore certain Environmental Protection Agency regulations
J. Martin Rochester, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science
St. Louis Jewish Light: commentary on the complicated reality of race
William Rogers, associate professor of economics
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: new construction’s impact on St. Louis-area home prices
Richard Rosenfeld, Founders Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Newsday (Melville, New York): correlation between stop and frisk activity and serious crimes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: whether police department are guilty of racial profiling based on based on traffic stop statistics
The State (Columbia, South Carolina): lack of reliable data for police-involved shootings
The Crime Report: what caused the crime decline
Alumna Natalie Sago, BSEd 2013
STLhighschoolSPORTS.com: feature about Sago’s selection to officiate the McDonald’s All-American Game
Alumnus Karl Schmitz, BSBA 2011
The Denver Post: introduction of Schmitz as new Denver Broncos punter
Daniel Seddon, senior on the baseball team and a business administration major
KSDK: playing college baseball with Cystic Fibrosis
James Shuls, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison): school choice
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: commentary by Shuls about Missouri’s K-12 funding system
Natissia Small, director of the UMSL Bridge Program
The St. Louis American: the UMSL Bridge Program’s efforts to prepare precollegiate students for higher education
Lana Stein, professor emeritus of political science
St. Louis Public Radio: analysis of the March St. Louis aldermanic election results
Jesse C. Swanigan, senior lecturer in finance
The St. Louis American: wrote an article about a parishioner fighting Alzheimer’s in the name of Rev. William G. Gillespie.
Todd Swanstrom, E. Desmond Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: why the high number of St. Louis County municipalities might be a problem
Minnesota Public Radio: Ferguson and the geography of race and poverty
Kenneth Thomas, professor of political science
Business Insider: state and local government-approved tax breaks
Blanche Touhill, chancellor emeritus
Ladue News: Touhill’s new historic UMSL photography book
Cathy Vatterott, professor of educator preparation, innovation and research
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa): use of standards-based grading
Jim Widner, director of jazz studies
“Cityscape” on St. Louis Public Radio: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
Laura Wood, a student pursuing a PhD in education
St. Louis Jewish Light: efforts to help homeless women meet often-overlooked need
Alumnus Michael Vargas, MEd 2011
The Monitor (McAllen, Texas): commentary about teaching for America
Cathy Vatterott, professor of educator preparation, innovation and research
“The Take Away” on Public Radio International: whether or not elementary school students need homework
Alumna Krista Vitt, BA communication 2006
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: efforts to help “DancingMan,” who was insulted on social media
Ryan Zull, senior liberal studies major
The Lincoln County (Missouri) Journal: story on Zull winning state-wide art contest for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
