UMSL brings Missouri Veterans History Project under its umbrella to memorialize veterans’ oral histories

Oct 15, 2018

A new agreement gives the project a home base in the Department of Military and Veterans Studies.

Crime enforcement rates in St. Louis have fallen since 2002, according to new research from UMSL criminologists

Oct 11, 2018

Associate Professor Lee Slocum and her colleagues shared research compiled over the past year as part of their work with the Research Network on Misdemeanor Justice.

Eye on UMSL: Ask the agent

Oct 9, 2018

Matt Giegling, the applicant coordinator and recruiter for the St. Louis Division of the FBI, talked to students last week in Century Room B of the Millennium Student Center.

Founders Dinner video shares stories of how UMSL transforms the lives of its graduates

Oct 8, 2018

LaQuisha McCann (above), now a nurse at SSM Health DePaul Hospital, is featured along with fellow alumni Lucy Feicht, Miranda Ming and Tom Minogue.

UMSL honors six distinguished alumni at Founders Dinner

Oct 5, 2018

Ken Cella, Gwen Moore, Michael Finkes, Tori Gillespie, Aaron Golchert and Mary Suiter have stood out for career success and commitment to community service.

Internship puts recent museum studies graduate behind the scenes at National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Oct 1, 2018

Sophie Grus worked as the curatorial intern in Cooperstown after completing her master’s degree in history with a concentration in museum studies in May.

Two-time novelist acclaims MFA program for publishing success, gratifying profession

Sep 26, 2018

Her UMSL MFA launched Denise Bogard’s fruitful writing and teaching career, and earlier this year, she published her revamped thesis, “After Elise.”

Internship & Job Fair gives UMSL students a head start on their careers

Sep 24, 2018

The annual event brought 134 companies on campus to meet with 525 students and alumni at the Mark Twain Athletic Center.

Inaugural World Languages Day encourages area high school students to continue studies

Sep 24, 2018

About 300 St. Louis-area high school students attended the event created by the Department of Language and Cultural Studies to encourage cross-cultural empathy and language studies.

Chancellor Tom George’s latest book aims to teach chemistry to students in other STEM disciplines

Sep 24, 2018

“Understanding Molecules: Lectures on Chemistry for Physicists and Engineers” was published as an eBook earlier this month and is scheduled for hardcover publication on Oct. 1.

A picture-perfect UMSL Night at the Ballpark

Sep 17, 2018

Campus photographer August Jennewein was on hand to capture the scenes as students, alumni, faculty and staff gathered for the annual event at Busch Stadium.

St. Louis Business Journal recognizes 2 UMSL alumnae among 2018 Diverse Business Leaders class

Sep 17, 2018

Amy Hunter and Opal Jones joined the 18 other honorees at an awards luncheon Friday.

Chancellor recognizes outstanding faculty, staff for their varied contributions to UMSL

Sep 13, 2018

Tom George bestowed awards on nine faculty and staff members during the Faculty and Staff Recognition ceremony Wednesday at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Dustin Steinhoff building his journalistic credentials with work at The Current, Riverfront Times

Sep 10, 2018

The St. Louis Press Club and St. Louis Post-Dispatch awarded the communication major the Ronald W. Wade Journalism Scholarship earlier this year.

Eugene J. Meehan scholarships ease financial burdens for arts and sciences students

Sep 10, 2018

The Eugene J. Meehan Scholarship awards $3,000 each to students in the College of Arts and Sciences. The 25 recipients in the 2018-19 academic year were recognized last Wednesday.

Seven faculty members chosen for the Manuel Pacheco Leadership Development Program

Sep 10, 2018

The UM System program has supported an annual cohort of between 30 and 40 academic department chairs, directors, and assistant deans since it began in 2000.

Protection of animal life in the Galápagos Islands getting major boost with support of UMSL, Saint Louis Zoo

Sep 5, 2018

Researchers from the two St. Louis institutions have been working to build local capacity to support research of pathogens threatening native species on the islands since 2001.

Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education take center stage in UMSL marketing campaign

Sep 4, 2018

UMSL is running 60-second radio spots and 30-second television commercials throughout the month of September, featuring four alumni each from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education.

Criminologist Heidi Grundetjern to receive King’s Gold Medal for doctoral research in Oslo

Aug 31, 2018

Grundetjern examined the roles women occupy in illicit drug markets and found a lot more variation and nuance than shown in earlier studies.

MacArthur Foundation-funded initiative has helped reduce jail population in St. Louis County over past 2 years

Aug 27, 2018

UMSL criminologist Beth Huebner is the lead researcher on the project that also has helped decrease the average time people spend behind bars and reduce racial disparities.

Ask an Expert: Andrew Hurley examines history of climate and its impact on St. Louis

Aug 27, 2018

The professor of history talked about the often-overlooked ways weather has affected the city’s neighborhoods and how residents have adapted in this edition of UMSL Daily’s Q&A series.

Andrew Kersten settling into new position as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Aug 20, 2018

Kersten spoke to UMSL Daily about the challenges and opportunities he sees at UMSL at what he hopes will be an inflection point in the university’s history.

New year, new faculty

Aug 20, 2018

UMSL introduced more than 20 new full-time faculty members to the university community during a two-day new faculty orientation organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning.

UMSL hosts its first naturalization ceremony

Aug 13, 2018

A total of 109 individuals from 41 countries became U.S. citizens during Friday’s ceremony at the Millennium Student Center.

Leaving their mark: 3 UMSL alumnae among 2018 Most Influential Business Women class

Aug 13, 2018

The St. Louis Business Journal recognized Amy Kweskin, Gloria Carter-Hicks, Ginnie Westmoreland and the other honorees at a luncheon last week.

Media outlets call upon UMSL political scientists for analysis of August election results

Aug 9, 2018

UMSL Department of Political Science faculty members helped statewide and national media outlets make sense of the Aug. 7 elections in Missouri.

Anthropologist Susan Brownell discusses the changes in China since the Olympics with Agence France-Presse

Aug 8, 2018

The story was widely distributed globally, including in countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore in Southeast Asia.

Online Bachelor of Liberal Studies program ranked among nation’s best values

Aug 3, 2018

The popularity, affordability and overall strength of UMSL’s online Bachelor of Liberal Arts program landed it No. 14 on Best Value Schools’ national rankings.

3 UMSL alumnae selected for yearlong Japan Exchange and Teaching Program

Aug 3, 2018

Taylor Clark, Erika Sonneville and Samantha Jarnagin will serve as assistant language teachers in placements across Japan.

UMSL internships help Jennings students get a head start on college

Jul 30, 2018

The third year of the UMSL/Jennings Summer Internship Program gave 13 high school students the chance to work as research assistants under the tutelage of UMSL instructors in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, economics, education and music.

Criminology alumna aims to shine light on criminal justice in America through work with Measures for Justice

Jul 23, 2018

Shelby Davis serves as a data outreach associate for the nonprofit organization, which is working to gather county-level criminal justice data throughout the United States.

Ask an Expert: Barbara Graham sheds light on the Supreme Court confirmation process

Jul 20, 2018

Graham, who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the Supreme Court, discusses what’s in store for nominee Brett Kavanaugh in this edition of UMSL Daily’s Q&A series.

UMSL well represented in 2018 St. Louis Business Journal 30 under 30 class

Jul 16, 2018

MBA student Nicole Ward and alumnae Fredrecka McGlown and Kirsten Jones joined other honorees at a reception last week at The Caramel Room.

MIMH Professor David Tate honored for his research on traumatic brain injuries

Jul 16, 2018

The associate research professor at the Missouri Institute of Mental Health was named the Senior Faculty Investigator of the Year.

St. Louis teens create and collaborate through Gateway Writing Project’s OneCity Stories program

Jul 12, 2018

A diverse group of high schoolers learned about expression across many forms of media during a three-week course at UMSL at Grand Center.

A crash course in customer service: Taylor ‘DeeDee’ Effinger experiences Disney magic in semester-long program

Jul 10, 2018

The mathematics major spent five months working in and exploring the Walt Disney World Resort.

Gateway Arch Museum makes good use of Fausz artifact collection

Jul 9, 2018

Fred Fausz, UMSL emeritus associate professor of history, has dozens of artifacts from his personal collection pertaining to the American fur trade on display at the newly redesigned museum.

Jianli Pan receives recognition, funding for work on edge cloud computing, cybersecurity

Jul 9, 2018

The assistant professor of computer science was named the Junior Faculty Investigator of the Year at the Research & Innovation Reception in May.

Faculty members bring attention to UMSL with their expertise, research pursuits

Jun 25, 2018

Sandra Langeslag’s research on how to get over a breakup has received attention around the globe, but she’s not the only faculty member who’s been in the news in the past year.

MFA alumnus Jason Vasser-Elong explores his family’s origins and own experiences in debut book, ‘shrimp’

Jun 25, 2018

The 174-page collection of poems, published by 2Leaf Press, brings together his passion for writing and interest in culture, heightened by his experiences majoring in anthropology.

Ask an Expert: Political scientist Terry Jones discusses the changes afoot in Jefferson City

Jun 18, 2018

The professor emeritus offered insight on such questions as whether the lieutenant governor’s seat should be filled after Mike Parson replaced Eric Greitens in the governor’s office.

UMSL alumnus Corey Smale takes entrepreneurial career in new direction with Good Fortune

Jun 15, 2018

The Strange Donuts co-founder, who earned a degree in communication, has opened a New Chinese American restaurant in the Botanical Heights neighborhood.

Alumnae work to heal impoverished East African communities, financing unlikely entrepreneurs

Jun 12, 2018

Kaitlyn Gresham and Christy Horton manage Under the Same Tree, a 501(c)(3) that helps economically empower Kenyans and Ugandans like Neema Mungusikiza (above) and her daughters.

Criminology student Thomas Baker named a 2018 Pat Tillman Scholar

Jun 11, 2018

The Army veteran is the third UMSL student in as many years to receive the prestigious scholarship, which will support his work toward a PhD.

YouTube star Richard Williams, better known as Prince Ea, takes on the education system and more

Jun 7, 2018

The 2011 anthropology graduate’s spoken-word videos on a variety of topics have connected with a wide audience and earned him a place on Forbes’ 30 under 30 Education list.

A scientist with a brawny résumé and new feminist perspective

Jun 6, 2018

Drake Anderson’s research on the physiological effects of sexism fueled more than a future in psychology.

A look inside UMSL’s undergraduate research scene

Jun 6, 2018

Budding researchers are finding their roots as undergraduates at UMSL.

UMSL political scientists share insights on change in Missouri Governor’s Mansion

Jun 4, 2018

Professors Dave Robertson and Terry Jones discussed the fallout from Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation last week with local and national media outlets.

Cultivating the next writers of the literary world

Jun 1, 2018

The MFA in Creative Writing program is celebrating 20 years of giving rise to new voices and more than 50 books.

How to get over a breakup: New research from UMSL’s Sandra Langeslag featured in TIME

Jun 1, 2018

Langeslag’s study shows that thinking negatively about exes increases chances of feeling less love toward them … but can also leave people in a bad mood.