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Award-winning fiction writer Kevin Wilson to read at Gallery 210
Kevin Wilson, the award-winning, Tennessee-based author of "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth," will read his...
St. Louis native returns home to display artwork at UMSL
Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will take a look back at more than 20 years of paintings and works...
Theater scholar to make UMSL debut with ‘The Crucible’
Salem, Mass., 1692. A community is divided by accusations of witchcraft. When tales from several troubled girls are...
Political scientist to discuss role of race, gender, class in politics
Political scientist Nadia Brown will discuss "The Impact of Identity on the Representation of Black Women Legislators"...
Lobbying fails to change policy says scholar
A group of political scientists including David Kimball, associate professor of political science at the University of...
Soprano to explore love for ‘An Evening of Song’
For "An Evening of Song," soprano Stella Markou will explore works by seven different composers with love, or some...
Media Coverage: October 2010
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
Learn to promote like a Cardinal at UMSL
Dan Farrell, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the St. Louis Cardinals, will discuss his journey to the...
Gallery Visio artists find muse in model
Roderick Young has worked as a figure model for more than 10 years at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and other...
Political scientist will discuss women decision makers in European Union
Joyce Mushaben, professor of political science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will discuss "Women in...
‘Robot Love’ screens at Gallery 210
"Robot Love" was inspired in part by the cover of "Megatron Man," Patrick Cowley's archetypal 1980s disco album....
Acappellooza: All about a cappella
Nearly 1,200 students from more than 25 St. Louis-area high schools packed into the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts...
Pianist, scientist, relationship builder: Chancellor profiled by St. Louis Beacon
University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George was the subject of a profiled published Wednesday by the St....
Women in the Arts takes to the airwaves
Women in the Arts at the University of Missouri–St. Louis took to the airwaves beginning Sept. 16 with a new biweekly...
Faculty showcase their work at Gallery 210
The artwork now on display at the University of Missouri–St. Louis' Gallery 210 touches on a wide variety of media....
Nigerian native’s summer successes range from cinema to theater
On a Thursday night in July, Niyi Coker touched down at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, having just completed...
Themed living helps students build community
They come from as far away as Canada, Florida and several states scattered throughout the Midwest. Most of these 20...
UMSL researchers show impact of transit spending on job growth
Transit spending is a path to job growth, according to a new report prepared by the Public Policy Research Center at...
Founding, interim COFAC deans share path to leadership
In the fall of 1980, both John Hylton and James Richards joined the music faculty at the University of Missouri–St....
Media Coverage: September 2010
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
Gallery FAB gears up for 2010-11 season with print show
A local five-person printmaking collective will showcase its work to open the 2010-11 season in Gallery FAB at the...
Gallery 210 to ‘expose’ work by local artists
Gallery 210 will expose St. Louis to the work of three talented local artists. "Exposure 13," the University of...
Gallery Visio gears up for 2010-11 season
A live art show, work by a husband-wife team, a collection of photos taken abroad and four additional exhibits will...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch features political scientist
Todd Swanstrom, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at...
Media Coverage: August 2010
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
UMSL to honor Dance St. Louis director
Michael Uthoff’s choreography has been seen throughout the world for 40-plus years. He has toured extensively as a...
Gallery 210’s next season to feature paintings, prints, concert posters
St. Louis native Rosalyn Schwartz makes rich, vibrant and intense paintings. Clifford Stoltze has compiled an...
Alumna assumes executive director role at COCA
Before Kelly Lamb Pollock's career began, she lived near the Center of Creative Arts in University City, Mo. She used...
UMSL beats buzzer by 2 years, tops $100 million goal
The Champagne cork has popped two years early at the University of Missouri–St. Louis as the Gateway for Greatness...
Historian’s book looks ‘beyond preservation’
Historic preservation has been a shot in the arm for inner-city St. Louis, according to University of Missouri–St....
Scholar’s film to debut at St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
“Pennies for the Boatman,” a film directed by Niyi Coker, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of...
Student goes from gold medal to ESPY Award
St. Louis was well-represented among the winners of last night’s ESPYs, the annual awards for athletic achievement...
Researchers report high state foreclosure rates
Todd Swanstrom, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at...
Student leader looks to shatter stigma
Kelcy Siddall was fortunate. He grew up in a rough neighborhood, but at an early age, his family instilled within him...
Media Coverage: July 2010
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
HEC-TV to air Chancellor’s Report to the Community
UPDATE: HEC-TV has posted the 34th annual Chancellor's Report to the Community to its webiste. Visit...
Scholar studies role of gender in political leadership
The question was simple and casually asked. Maybe it was even posed rhetorically. Regardless, Farida Jalalzai has made...
Dickson String Quartet: The family that plays together, stays together
It's been said that the family that plays together, stays together. The Dickson family gives new meaning to that old...
Jazz musicians hone skills with professional artists
Miles Vandiver unleashed a steady barrage of smacking and tapping on his drums. The rhythmic assault to his kit...
UMSL researchers release Missouri TIF study
A University of Missouri–St. Louis political scientist and an alumna have recently released a major study of tax...
Students gain perspective on women in public life
Jessy Chisholm aspires to attain a doctorate in political science and public policy administration with the goal of...
Media Coverage: June 2010
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
Scholar to moderate foreclosure panel discussion
Why are foreclosures increasing in the St. Louis area? What can the states, counties and municipalities do in response...
UMSL alumnus begins prestigious internship
Nicholas Foster had never been to New York City before enrolling at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Now an...
30 dance companies to converge at Touhill
Dancers from 30 companies based in nine states and Canada will converge for the third annual Spring to Dance Festival tomorrow through Saturday at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
All that jazz at UMSL
Students returning to the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus for the start of the summer session this week might...
Commissioner of NYC DOC to headline dinner
Dora B. Shriro, the only official in the country to have led two state departments of corrections, will deliver the keynote address at the 21st Century Leadership Academy awards dinner presented by the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
State taps UMSL faculty for appointed school board
The Missouri State Board of Education appointed University of Missouri–St. Louis faculty members Lynn Beckwith and Mark Tranel to a three-person “special administrative board” to lead the Riverview Gardens School District in north St. Louis County.
Exhibit focuses on St. Vincent Home for Children
“Bed in the Attic” was photographed by 16-year-old Shardae for the PPRC exhibit “Photography Project: St. Vincent Home for Children.”
The latest installment in the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ ongoing Public Policy Research Center Photography Project will feature pictures taken by teenagers, educators, support staff and volunteers of the north St. Louis County-based St. Louis Home for Children.