Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
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Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
The past two years have witnessed a string of successes for UMSL Athletics led by student-athletes who shine in the classroom as well as in the arena.
The past two years have witnessed a string of successes for UMSL Athletics led by student-athletes who shine in the classroom as well as in the arena.
The past two years have witnessed a string of successes for UMSL Athletics led by student-athletes who shine in the classroom as well as in the arena.
She’s been strengthening her linguistic and clinical skills to better serve the growing Latinx community.
She’s been strengthening her linguistic and clinical skills to better serve the growing Latinx community.
She’s been strengthening her linguistic and clinical skills to better serve the growing Latinx community.
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
The event drew an estimated 750 people to campus two weekends ago, featuring all sorts of treasures plus demonstrations, library tours and free ice cream.
Building on a college career marked by service, graduating senior Jessica Ploss hopes to become a federal agent and assist families affected by crime.
The graduating senior is a two-term president of the Student Government Association, criminology and criminal justice major, mentor and frequent user of Dr. Seuss quotes.
Amy Hunter fights for equality in St. Louis and beyond while pursuing a doctorate in social justice.
After fleeing her home country’s civil war while in high school, Alaa Kuziez landed in Missouri and faced big decisions in a totally new place.
Small, independent and nearly as old as UMSL itself, the newspaper that has regularly filled campus racks since 1966 marks a major milestone this year.
K.C. Strittmater learned disaster management after flooding hit the Bolduc House Museum in Ste. Geneviève, Mo.
A total of 20 awards were given in recognition of individual UMSL students, faculty and staff members, and student organizations.
J. Martin Rochester’s latest book explores how the laws of combat must adapt to an always-changing battlefield.
The honor comes just two years after the formation of the UMSL Cybersecurity Program, and only one other institution in Missouri holds the distinction.
Graduating students will gather with family, friends and the campus community for commencement exercises set to take place May 14 and 15.
Campus Compact has recognized Dan Mueller’s years of community service and honored him with the 2016 Newman Civic Fellows Award.
For UMSL’s Peter Acsay, who coordinates the St. Louis regional contest each year, it’s gratifying to see young people doing the kinds of things professional historians do.
Greek Studies professor Michael Cosmopoulos facilitates student growth through the power of travel, archaeological study and myth.
Sally Barr Ebest was recognized by the University of Missouri System for her distinguished service and exceptional contributions to achieving the university’s goals.
The precollegiate research program Students and Teachers as Research Scientists has a record 96 high school juniors enrolled this summer.
Co-curated by Jennifer McKnight and Terry Suhre, the exhibition offers a look at the typeface-making process, historical posters, brand-new designs and more.
More than 100 Ferguson Middle School students visited campus, where they experienced the recently renovated UMSL planetarium.
Mirthweek, set for April 25 to May 1, has evolved from what was once simply the annual Mirthday into a whole week’s worth of campus festivities.
The acclaimed poet will also give a public reading at 7 p.m. April 25 at UMSL at Grand Center during his stay in St. Louis.
More than 1,200 people are attending UMSL’s fourth annual Midwest Digital Marketing Conference at St. Louis Union Station April 21.
The founding faces behind Ben & Jerry’s ice cream made an appearance at UMSL last week before a crowd of about 150 people.
While introducing her students to a centuries-old storytelling format, Assistant Teaching Professor of Japanese Keiko Ueda immerses them in Japanese culture.
Francis Beinecke was the featured speaker of UMSL’s 2016 Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture. She is a McCluskey fellow at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and a senior fellow at the NRDC.
Christopher Harper plays guitar and sings an original composition as fellow UMSL student Lynnsey Street practices yoga on UMSL’s North Campus.
Criminology and Criminal Justice Professor Beth Huebner is the lead researcher on the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Safety and Justice Challenge grant.
Dan Younger, who graduated from the St. Louis high school in 1964, later returned to photograph the facility and recently was featured on the Nine Network.
The UM System honored Richard Rosenfeld for demonstrating clear distinction in teaching, research, writing, creative activities and service to the university and humankind.
At a recent reception, the UMSL community formally honored the recipients of the sought-after Community College President’s Scholarship.
David Horne will discuss the search for life on Mars at the Astrobiology and Life Beyond Earth conference at UMSL April 8 and 9.
On April 5, U.S. Navy veteran and education major Michael Wattle unveiled his mural “Overlapping Identities” to a packed crowd in Clark Hall outside of the Veterans Center.
The Associated Black Collegians have more than doubled their membership numbers in the last year and have encouraged conversation around heritage, race and culture at UMSL.
Researchers in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice have been awarded a highly competitive grant to study school safety and better understand the causes and consequences of school violence.
Louis Gerteis, chair of the Department of History at UMSL, offers some answers in response to a big question recently submitted to St. Louis Public Radio.
The “Whine About It” sensation’s campus visit drew a sold-out crowd to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on March 22.
In collaboration with UMSL’s Deans Network, serial entrepreneur Dan Lauer is spearheading UMSL Accelerate, a new interdisciplinary effort on campus.
UMSL named Aladeen Stoll, Stella Markou, Jacquelyn Lewis-Harris, Eric’el Johnson and Brendolyn Bailey-Burch 2016 Trailblazers last week.
Eric Majzoub explained his hydrogen fuel cell technology research – and the solutions it offers the automobile industry – on HEC-TV’s “Innovations.”
The new mentoring program took off in September 2015, and both students and those volunteering as mentors say they are finding it worthwhile.
Using keen work ethic and intellect, Lauren Salminen and Laurie Baker, PhD candidates in the behavioral neuroscience program, have earned highly coveted research training grants.
Rankings were released this week in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools Guide Book.
Author and comedian Hannah Hart offered a look inside “My Drunk Kitchen” as well as some life lessons during her campus appearance March 10.
Two University of Missouri-St. Louis athletes earned Great Lakes Valley Conference honors this week.
The March 15 to 18 series explores disability from all sorts of angles – artistic, historical, medical, institutional and educational.
Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media. Media Coverage highlights some of the top stories.
For her varied projects and contributions to the community, the Arts and Education Council recently awarded Lewis-Harris its 2016 Arts Collaborator award.
Junior media studies major Mario Miles-Turnage takes a water break while working out at the Recreation Wellness Center.
A convocation for the new School of Fine and Performing Arts was held Feb. 19 in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
More than 50 students received the Distinguished Achievement for Excellence in Science Award from UMSL’s College of Arts and Sciences.
A competition involving hundreds of students in the St. Louis area draws a large crowd to campus as the university hosts the annual National History Day district contest.