The grant calls for a 125 percent increase in Missouri’s minority STEM graduates, with the goal of graduating more than 600 statewide by 2021.
Author Marisol Ramirez
Meet Liz de Laperouse: New Harris Leadership Council volunteer chair, longtime conservation advocate
Liz de Laperouse, who spent some of her youth in what is now Zimbabwe, brings a worldly perspective to conservation and her new Harris Center role.
Chemistry alumnus shakes up classroom learning environment after unusual academic path
It took Joe Wilson 20 years to get his PhD in chemistry from UMSL due to a big tech detour, but his journey is paying off as a professor.
More to mail than stamps: Computer science alumni, now USPS IT pros, earn consecutive promotions
Edwin Schaeffer, David Ellis and James Vaughn each stepped up to the title of computer programmer/analyst at the USPS St. Louis I/T Solutions Center.
Harris Center’s cemetery bat survey featured on St. Louis Public Radio
The Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL recently hosted a bat survey at Bellefontaine Cemetery, with high school students and a local reporter joining the activity.
US News names UMSL ‘A+ School’ for top 25 percent high school grads
Data used for the rankings shows 61 percent of UMSL’s 2015 freshman class graduated in the top 25 percent of their high school class.
Stars of the STARS program choose UMSL
New students Gabrielle Murphy and Christopher Ernst come to UMSL after gaining research experience in the precollegiate STARS program more than a year ago.
More math, please: Ben Peet’s creativity with calculus wins him Chancellor’s Award
Math icebreakers, a collaborative classroom and more have earned the adjunct instructor the 2016 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence to a Part-time Faculty Member.
American Society of Plant Taxonomists honors botanist Peter Stevens with Asa Gray Award
Steven’s Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, which documents the evolutionary relationships of flowering plants and is the only resource of its kind relied on worldwide, earned him the distinction.
Galapagos bird expert Patty Parker honored with Brewster Medal
The American Ornithologists’ Union recognized the Des Lee Professor of Zoological Science for her vast contributions to the field of ornithology.
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- Social work student marshal Zeth Crews grows professionally at Places for People
- Veteran Ryan Manley graduates with information systems and technology degree
- Sociology graduate Addi Nunnelly applying lessons from the classroom in her work in the community
- New Doctor of Business Administration cohort features students with diverse professional backgrounds
- Biology graduate Julia Talbert working as research assistant at the Danforth Plant Science Center
- McDonnell Foundation supporting St. Louis Public Radio initiative to improve dialogue across differences
- UMSL receives $5.1 million grant to promote evidence-based literacy strategies in Missouri schools and area career centers
- New graduates celebrate their triumphs with family members, friends during fall 2024 commencement
- Language student Theresa Kallal finds meaning living life abroad in France and Spain
- College of Nursing receives funding from Missouri State Board of Nursing to develop new nurse educator certificate program