Kylie Shafferkoetter, Author at UMSL Daily

Japanese big drums to thunder at UMSL

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 13, 2011 | Campus, Centers, Events, Touhill Center

Japanese musicians will perform “Taikoza: Such Sweet Thunder” at 8 p.m. Jan. 29 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. There will be a pre-show discussion at 7:10 p.m....

UMSL biologists help determine when avian pox hit Galapagos Islands

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 13, 2011 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, faculty

University of Missouri–St. Louis biologists Patricia Parker and Robert Ricklefs and a slew of other scientists have pinpointed 1898 as the year the avipoxvirus or avian pox hit the Galapagos Islands and started infecting their birds. This discovery is vital to...

Medicinal Chemistry Group serves St. Louis science community

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 11, 2011 | Campus

The Medicinal Chemistry Group is a recent addition to the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Currently housed in the Center for Nanoscience, the startup's mission is to collaborate with St. Louis-area researchers by providing chemistry work for local labs. The MCG was...

UMSL’s African-American nursing conference to focus on health disparities

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 6, 2011 | Campus, Events, Nursing

The College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will hold its fourth annual African-American Nursing History Conference from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Sheraton Westport in Maryland Heights, Mo. The event will focus on health disparities...

Athena Awards benefit UMSL scholarships

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 4, 2011 | Campus

The Hellenic Spirit Foundation honored 12 women with Athena Awards for their impact on the St. Louis region. The awards were given Nov. 12 at the Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis. Awardees included outstanding leaders of the greater St. Louis business...

Honors student plans for life after UMSL

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Jan 4, 2011 | Alumni, Arts & Sciences, Campus, Honors College, students, Uncategorized

If you have a humanities degree, you’ve likely been asked by someone at some point: “What are you going to do with that?” Senior Kristin Jordan knows exactly what she’s going to do after she earns diplomas in English and philosophy from the University of Missouri–St....

UMSL dean honored with alumni award

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Dec 6, 2010 | Campus, faculty, Nursing

Juliann Sebastian, dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was honored with an outstanding alumni award at the 50th anniversary celebration for the College of Nursing at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The awards, which...

Foreign languages major to get new name

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Nov 23, 2010 | Arts & Sciences, Campus, faculty

There will be a few changes in foreign languages at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Whether students say “hola” or “konnichiwa,” starting in fall 2011, incoming students will earn a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages with a concentration rather than a...

UMSL students dig up link to past

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Nov 16, 2010 | Arts & Sciences, students

During the last few weeks, University of Missouri–St. Louis students have been digging in the dirt – and what they’ve found is a solid link to the past. Nineteenth century ceramics, metal fragments and stone tools and debris associated with a 7,000-year-old Native...

Can space save the Earth? Find out at UMSL

by Kylie Shafferkoetter | Nov 3, 2010 | Centers, Uncategorized

Can space save the Earth? Gregg Maryniak will discuss this question at his lecture of the same name at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 12 in 121 Research Building at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Maryniak is the vice president of energy and aerospace at the St. Louis Science...