Second place went to Kevin Hill, a senior majoring in accounting, for his photograph “Blue Boats.”
Second place went to Kevin Hill, a senior majoring in accounting, for his photograph “Blue Boats.”
Lincoln Brower was in St. Louis to give this year’s Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture, co-sponsored by the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL.
Ephrem Andemariam, the program coordinator of African and African American studies at UMSL and a festival organizer, discussed some of films to be screened.
Robert Marquis, professor of biology, and Christina Baer, a doctoral student in biology, conducted a study that found leaf-tying caterpillars are inadvertently benefitting adult Asiatic oak weevils, an invasive species.
The university has lined up an eclectic group of speakers for the weeklong event, which runs April 21-25.
Many of the widely known facts about monarch butterflies that are presented in biology classes and nature documentaries, have come out of Lincoln Brower’s research.
They’ll look at changes in ER utilization, enrollments in treatment programs, housing and employment and involvement with law enforcement.
Visitors to the Richard D. Schwartz Observatory can view planets, galaxies and other celestial objects.
Brittany Ferrell is president of UMSL’s chapter of the Minority Student Nurses Association.
KSDK photojournalist Jim Tuxbury returned to his alma mater to pursue an electrical engineering degree.