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.
Dominique Aneekaneeka, nursing student
St. Louis Public Radio: protesting at Standing Rock
Michelle Arrington, nursing alumna
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: the perks of December graduation
Cuesta Benberry, library science alumna (deceased in 2007)
Chicago Sun-Times: new exhibit of African American quilts
Nick Bommarito, criminology alumnus
Portageville Missourian-News: new conservation agent in New Madrid County
Dannie Boyd, communication alumnus
The Vital Voice: Regional Arts Commission Place-Based Community Arts Training Institute fellows
Robert Lowry Clinton, adjunct political science faculty
The Washington Times: the Bill of Rights
Karen Davis, education alumna
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: new inductee into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
Steven Davis, student
Olney Daily Mail and Tribune-Star of Terre Haute, Indiana: having success for the UMSL men’s basketball team
John Dorroh, consultant with the Gateway Writing Project
Belleville News-Democrat: story published in “Chicken Soup for the Soul” Joy of Christmas Edition
Aimee Dunlap, assistant professor of biology
Nine Network of Public Media: the importance of bees
Tom George, chancellor
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: December graduation
Rakeem Golden, student
Kansas City Star: impressions of incoming University of Missouri President Mun Choi
Jean-Germain Gros, professor of political science and public policy
New Books Network: interview about his new book, “Healthcare Policy in Africa”
Charles Hoffman, dean of the College of Business Administration
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: new doctor of business administration program
Dan Isom, Endowed Professor of Policing and the Community
KBIA: a discussion of community policing
David Klinger, professor of criminology and criminal justice
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: when police officers have right to use of deadly force
Sandra Langeslag, assistant professor of psychological sciences
The Wall Street Journal, Independent, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, prima and Daily Mail: research on making oneself fall in and out of love
Tom Meuser, associate professor of gerontology
Forbes: studying legacy beliefs across generations
Orinthia Montague, education alumna
Moody on the Market and South Bend Tribune: named finalist to be the new president at Lake Michigan College
Jerome Morris, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education
Webster-Kirkwood Times: five-year extension of the voluntary transfer program
Joylynn Pruitt-Adams, education alumna
Oak Park Patch and Oak Leaves: named permanent superintendent of Oak Park-River Forest High School District in suburban Chicago
Dave Robertson, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science
Missourinet: the road for Democrats to regain statewide offices
Newstalk ZB: Donald Trump’s cabinet picks show him cozying up to Russia
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: crowded mayoral field could dilute black vote
Richard Rosenfeld, Founders Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Baltimore Sun: inconsistent and flawed police response to sexual assault
Factcheck.org: too soon to call 2015 the end of a crime drop
Vox.com and The Charlotte Observer: Ferguson Effect
The Wall Street Journal: rise in homicides in large U.S. cities in 2016
The Daily Caller: rise in homicides over the past two years
Chris Shires, museum studies alumnus
ClassicCars.com: new executive director of the Gilmore Car Museum
Sue Stepleton, MBA alumnus
Town & Style: recipient of the Jerry Paul Youth Advocacy Award
Todd Swanstrom, E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor in Community Collaboration and Public Policy
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The Choice Program
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: city receives nearly $30 million grant from HUD
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: north-south MetroLink expansion
Rita Swiener, psychology alumna
Ladue News: Santa’s Helpers
Ashland Tate, media studies alumnus
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Boys Hope Girls Hope
Cathy Vatterott, education professor
The Heartland Institute: schools reducing or eliminating homework
