Eight young women from the Hazelwood, Jennings and University City school districts took part in the six-week program this summer.
Author Steve Walentik
Gov. Mike Parson signs budget directing $20 million to Transform UMSL alongside an increase in core funding
The FY24 funding follows $40 million in ARPA funding the state directed to the university last year to kickstart UMSL’s first steps in realizing its Campus Master Plan.
Pressing the start button: UMSL prepares to launch new esports program this fall
Bovey Zhang is serving as the inaugural director of the program after previous stints at Cottey College and Saint Leo University.
Biology doctoral student Ketra Oketcho aims to improve global food security through research at Danforth Plant Science Center
Oketcho is trying to understand the mechanisms behind native resistance to cassava mosaic virus, which impacts cassava, a tuberous root plant that is a staple crop in much of Africa.
UMSL Addiction Science Team hosts roundtable with Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine
The meeting focused on ways to increase access to naloxone for people impacted by addiction in low-income housing.
50 area high school students attend UMSL’s inaugural geospatial summer camp
The four-day camp provided students with an introduction to geospatial science and gave them a chance to work with GIS tools such as ArcGIS to investigate policy problems.
Ask an expert: Criminologist Richard Rosenfeld studies the impact the opioid epidemic has had on homicides
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation recently published a report from Rosenfeld and colleagues Joel Wallman and Randolph Roth showing a link between opioids and homicide.
UMSL welcomes new Commissioner Bennett Boggs, members of Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education
The board held the first quarterly meeting of Boggs’ tenure leading the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development at the Touhill.
SGA President Sydney Stark bound for law school in New England
Stark graduated magna cum laude with degrees in criminology and criminal justice and Spanish and a certificate from the Pierre Laclede Honors College.
Alumnus Marco Cheatham designs soccer ball commemorating Juneteenth for St. Louis CITY SC’s match against LA Galaxy
UMSL served as the presenting partner for the match, and the first 10,000 fans through the gates received a ball.
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- Master’s grad Shiori Kaji has audit accounting role lined up with Anders CPA
- Geospatial summer camp offers high schoolers hands-on experience with emerging technology
- Fourth-year Optometry student Emerald Jones honored as recipient of prestigious Remington R. Williams Award
- Chemistry Professor Michael Nichols discusses Alzheimer’s disease research in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
- Inaugural UMSL Engineering Camp helps high school students build excitement about the field
- UMSL names College of Business after accomplished alum and marketing industry leader Ed G. Smith
- College of Education hosts annual Future Teacher Leadership Academy for local high schoolers
- Eye on UMSL: For a good cause
- Art and Design Professor Jeff Sippel named Missouri Arts Council’s Featured Artist for June 2025