Fredrika Newton, the president of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, delivered the keynote address.
Fredrika Newton, the president of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, delivered the keynote address.
Mtibaa shared the honor with former UMSL doctoral student and graduate research assistant Jianyu Wang for research on cybersecurity and remote computing.
Brooks fulfilled a promise he made to his late parents – and himself – by returning to school and found a supportive environment at UMSL.
Dunlap and her team hope their research at the site along Interstate 44 will offer insight on the potential for urban agriculture along interstate highways.
The funding will add to $80 million the university has received from the state of Missouri over the past three years as it works to transform and modernize its campus.
Nnanna was the founding dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Texas Permian Basin from 2018 to 2023 and more recently has been the director of its Texas Water and Energy Institute.
Nunnelly, a summa cum laude graduate at just 20 years old, exemplifies resilience, academic excellence and a passion for community impact.
Hamilton has had internships at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and with Virginia Tech’s The Ecology of Bird Loss Project in the Northern Mariana Islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Fifth-year senior David Reynolds won the 50-yard freestyle and helped lead the Tritons to victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay in Friday’s meet with Maryville and Missouri S&T.
Loiterstein, a member of UMSL’s first graduating class, had planned on becoming a CPA but instead developed into one of the region’s largest wholesalers of Christmas trees.