Kylie Shafferkoetter, Author at UMSL Daily

UMSL’s ITenterprises offers cloud computing to startups

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 18, 2011 | Campus

ITenterprises at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has partnered with Hexagrid Computing to offer a unique form of cloud computing to startup technology companies. Now young companies can access data center and computing resources to help develop and grow...

Research administrator joins international editiorial board

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 11, 2011 | Campus, Uncategorized

Nasser Arshadi, vice provost for research and professor of finance at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has joined the editorial board of the international research journal “Public and Municipal Finance.” The journal addresses theoretical and empirical issues...

2011 Midwest research summit next week

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 11, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Events

Research and education opportunities in a changing economy is the topic of a collaborative conference that will examine and promote partnerships among educational institutions in procuring federal, state and private funding to support research in the Greater St. Louis...

Learn about planets, stars at observatory

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 11, 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 of Jupiter, Mercury, Beehive Cluster and M35 (open cluster) at 6:30 p.m....

Author to reveal Helen of Troy’s story

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 4, 2011 | Campus, Centers, Events

Award-winning historian, author and broadcaster Bettany Hughes will give this year’s Catharine Pellican Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture at 7 p.m. March 3 in Century Room A in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She will...

Chiwoniso to share African rebel songs

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 4, 2011 | Campus, Centers, Events

Emboldened by the historic sprit of African music with the perspective of American protest songs, Chiwoniso writes and sings brilliantly reflective and entrancing compositions. Experience “Chiwoniso: Rebel Woman” at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee...

Irish voices of Titanic come to life at UMSL

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 4, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Centers, Events

Learn about the gutsy Irish women of the Titanic during the lecture, “I’m Lucky to Have Me Own Life: The Irish Girls of the Titanic,” from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Feb. 10 in 331 Social Sciences & Business Building at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The lecture is...

Experts to explain revolution in Egypt

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Feb 4, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, Centers, Education, Events, faculty

Events in Egypt are moving extremely fast, sometimes making it difficult to follow and understand the implications of these rapid changes. Faculty experts at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will hold an informal discussion about the Egyptian revolution and its...

UMSL serves as model for Mideast universities

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 31, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, Campus, Centers, faculty, School of Fine and Performing Arts

A request from an alumnus has blossomed into a unique relationship between the University of Missouri–St. Louis and two Middle Eastern universities. UMSL serves as mentor, model and mediator to both the Modern College for Business and Science in Oman and the Gulf...

Chancellor’s book explores nanotechnologies

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 19, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, faculty

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George has edited the book, “Computational Studies of New Materials II: From Ultrafast Processes and Nanostructures to Optoelectronics, Energy Storage and Nanomedicine,” published by World Scientific (Singapore)....