FBI Special Agent Tom Barlow discusses the case of Glenn Duffie Shriver, a Michigan man serving four years in prison for attempting to spy for China.
Author Ryan Heinz
New Natural Bridge out now
Each new Natural Bridge issue has already been read many times over before the University of Missouri–St. Louis literary journal reaches the hands of its subscribers. Issue No. 27, released last week, was no exception.
Historian discusses ‘our friends, the killer robots’
With his most recent book, “Sublime Dreams of Living Machines,” Minsoo Kang tracked our love-hate relationships with robots, automata and other machines that mimic human behavior. The associate professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis further discussed the topic in a feature about his work that ran in St. Louis Magazine.
Eye on UMSL: Anticipation
UMSL groundskeeper Kevin Usery attaches a new Jubilee banner to a light pole on campus in anticipation of next year’s celebration of the university’s founding in 1963. Plans are in the works for a year’s worth of events that will kick off in January. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
Top dancers to tap at Touhill
As dance styles go, tap won’t be confused for contemporary. But it certainly isn’t dead yet. Need proof? Exhibit A: The St. Louis Tap Festival, now in its 21st year.
Media Coverage: July 2012
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.
Sidewalk tour, film screening look back at Pruitt-Igoe
Pruitt-Igoe was supposed to be the new model of urban housing and the answer to low-cost housing needs and overcrowding in post-World War II St. Louis. But within 20 years, several of the 33 11-story apartment buildings constituting Pruitt-Igoe would lie in rubble following their widely televised demolition. Thick, overgrown foliage and trees now blanket the vacant site where the uniform high-rises once stood.
Eye on UMSL: Buzz worthy
Eleanor Balson (center, holding wooden shelf) leads the beekeeping seminar “Is your hive healthy?” on July 12 at UMSL. Balson is an apiary inspector for the Illinois Department of Agriculture. She was on campus for the Heartland Apicultural Society Annual Conference, which runs July 12-14 and offers informational sessions and hands-on instruction to beekeepers of all skill levels. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
Eye on UMSL: Corned beef on rye
UMSL alumni siblings Robert “Max” Protzel, BSBA 2004, and Erica Protzel, BFA 2008, serve up Protzel’s Delicatessen’s signature corned beef on rye with a pickle, which the family-owned establishment has been serving since 1954.
Tedeschi Trucks Band to play bluesy Touhill show
While Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have been spouses for more than a decade, their musical marriage is just two years old. But they’ve packed in plenty of accolades in that time as leaders of the 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band including a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album for TTB’s debut “Revelator.”
- Eye on UMSL: Primed to lead
- Master’s grad Shiori Kaji has audit accounting role lined up with Anders CPA
- Geospatial summer camp offers high schoolers hands-on experience with emerging technology
- Fourth-year Optometry student Emerald Jones honored as recipient of prestigious Remington R. Williams Award
- Chemistry Professor Michael Nichols discusses Alzheimer’s disease research in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
- Inaugural UMSL Engineering Camp helps high school students build excitement about the field
- UMSL names College of Business after accomplished alum and marketing industry leader Ed G. Smith
- College of Education hosts annual Future Teacher Leadership Academy for local high schoolers
- Eye on UMSL: For a good cause
- Art and Design Professor Jeff Sippel named Missouri Arts Council’s Featured Artist for June 2025
- Eye on UMSL: Primed to lead
- Master’s grad Shiori Kaji has audit accounting role lined up with Anders CPA
- Geospatial summer camp offers high schoolers hands-on experience with emerging technology
- Fourth-year Optometry student Emerald Jones honored as recipient of prestigious Remington R. Williams Award
- Chemistry Professor Michael Nichols discusses Alzheimer’s disease research in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
- Inaugural UMSL Engineering Camp helps high school students build excitement about the field
- UMSL names College of Business after accomplished alum and marketing industry leader Ed G. Smith
- College of Education hosts annual Future Teacher Leadership Academy for local high schoolers
- Eye on UMSL: For a good cause
- Art and Design Professor Jeff Sippel named Missouri Arts Council’s Featured Artist for June 2025