Kylie Shafferkoetter, Author at UMSL Daily

Don’t miss extraordinary way to see sky at observatory open house

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Apr 1, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Events

Once again the University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Physics and Astronomy is bringing the sky to life with its annual observatory open house series. UMSL will hold a public viewing Saturn, Beehive Cluster and Hercules at 8:30 p.m. April 9 at the Richard D....

UMSL announces winners of Junior Science Symposium competition

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Apr 1, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus

The University of Missouri–St. Louis has announced the winners of a research competition held by the university's Missouri Regional Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium. The competition enables high school students to present the findings of their...

UMSL archaeologist helps discover oldest written record in Europe

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Apr 1, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Centers, faculty

The oldest written record in Europe was discovered during a recent excavation in Greece by University of Missouri–St. Louis archaeologist Michael Cosmopoulos. The find changes what is known about the origins of literacy and bureaucracy in the Western world. Measured...

UMSL passport office to hold open house

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Apr 1, 2011 | Campus, Centers

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Center for International Studies’ passport services office will hold an open house from 1 - 3 p.m. on April 20 in 302 Social Sciences Building. Refreshments will be served and passport acceptance agents will be on hand to answer...

Noninvasive glucose monitor closer to market

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 29, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, faculty, Uncategorized

People with diabetes could soon have a pain-free way to check their blood glucose levels. Researchers at the University of Missouri–St. Louis have developed a portable, inexpensive noninvasive blood glucose detector; the university has licensed patent rights for the...

UMSL’s graduate nursing program ranked in top 14 percent by U.S. News & World Report

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 23, 2011 | Campus, faculty, Nursing

The University of Missouri-St. Louis' Master of Science in Nursing program is among the top 14 percent of graduate nursing programs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. UMSL is ranked 64 out of 467 in the magazine's 2012 edition of Best Graduate...

VP of research appointed to national journal editorial board

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 23, 2011 | Campus

Nasser Arshadi, vice provost for research and professor of finance at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been appointed as a member of the editorial board and accepting editor at the journal “Technology and Innovation-Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Conference explores Bob Dylan, immigrant influence on art

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 15, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Centers, Events, faculty

“Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and Modern America” will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 19 in the Century Rooms of the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St....

Discovery Channel features UMSL geologist

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 15, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, faculty

Michael Fix has been digging up dinosaur bones in Missouri since the 1980s. Unknown to most people, the massive prehistoric creatures made their home in the Show-Me State from about 144 million to 65 million years ago. The Discovery Channel recently featured the...

Top science students receive award

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Mar 8, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, School of Fine and Performing Arts

Future scientists, engineers and doctors were honored last week by the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ College of Arts and Sciences. Thirty-six St. Louis-area high school juniors received a Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Science at the inaugural...