Historian receives UMSL teaching award

Jun 21, 2011

University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George surprised Fred Fausz last week when he presented the associate...

Former soldier heads to medical school

Jun 21, 2011

Army veteran and University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Adam Henderson says combat medics were in short supply...

Entrepreneurial boot camp to be held at UMSL

Jun 8, 2011

Along with the National Black MBA Association-St. Louis Chapter and Marks & Associates, IT Enterprises at the...

Economist discusses housing market

Jun 7, 2011

For the past few years, "housing market" is a phrase that has struck concern, fear or despair into most Americans....

Two tenants join IT Enterprises

Jun 7, 2011

Two tenants, Achor Anaerobic and BMA Software, have moved into IT Enterprises, the biotechnology and information...

University releases spring issue of magazine

Jun 6, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis employs more than 1,500 full- and part-time faculty members. Released today, the...

NY Times calls professor’s book ‘remarkable’

Jun 3, 2011

For many authors, a favorable book review from The New York Times is a career highlight. Richard Cook, professor and...

Criminologist receives service award

May 31, 2011

Richard Wright, a Curators’ Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was...

Conservative writer discusses ‘Political Idealism’

May 24, 2011

Conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz visited the University of Missouri–St. Louis last week. After...

Historian explores St. Louis’ beginnings

May 20, 2011

J. Frederic Fausz, associate professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, set out to explore the...

Historian’s book gives fresh take on St. Louis’ French founding

May 20, 2011

The animal wealth of the western “wilderness” provided by talented “savages” encouraged French Americans from...

English scholar to participate in interfaith poetry reading

May 19, 2011

Howard Schwartz, professor emeritus of English at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will partake in an interfaith...

Corpse flower makes a stink at UMSL

May 17, 2011

It's stinky. It's odd looking. And it only blooms once or twice a decade. The ever-interesting corpse flower showed...

Rain doesn’t dampen commencement spirit

May 17, 2011

A steady, cold rain over the weekend made it feel more like Seattle than St. Louis, but it didn’t seem to dampen the...

Howard Buffet receives World Ecology Award

May 11, 2011

  Philanthropist, farmer, photographer and conservationist Howard G. Buffett became the 19th recipient of the World...

Writer, advocate to discuss political idealism

May 11, 2011

Conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz will discuss “Political Idealism” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. May 19 in...

UMSL to honor microbiologist, music director

May 10, 2011

Environmental microbiologist Rita Colwell was the first woman director of the National Science Foundation. St. Louis...

Chancellor touts another record-breaking year

May 10, 2011

It’s been another record-breaking year for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Chancellor Tom George told a crowd of...

Tritons women golfers have ‘great chemistry,’ find success

May 9, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis women’s golf team has six members, but those six members call four different...

See, smell ‘corpse flower’ this weekend

May 6, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis is waiting patiently for the spectacular and rarely seen plant, known as a...

Learn about Irish Western writers

May 4, 2011

In recent decades, a large and well-regarded volume of creative work has emerged from the West of Ireland, written by...

First woman NSF director to serve as keynote for Gender Studies symposium

May 4, 2011

Rita Colwell, the first woman director of the National Science Foundation, will serve as the keynote speaker for...

UMSL announces 2011 STARS participants

May 3, 2011

For academically talented high school juniors and seniors, this summer will afford them a chance to conduct research...

Chemist wins Chancellor’s Award for Research

May 3, 2011

George Gokel, associate director of the Center for Nanoscience and distinguished professor of science at the...

Economist to lecture on financial meltdown, confidence crisis at UMSL

Apr 29, 2011

Costas Azariadis will discuss the current financial crisis and whether the United States and Europe are in recovery...

Scholar’s talk to focus on image data representation, processing

Apr 29, 2011

Charles Chui, Curators’ Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and consulting professor of...

Students see world through EU eyes

Apr 26, 2011

This weekend, a group of political science and business administration students at the University of Missouri–St....

Alumnus wins international award for conservation

Apr 25, 2011

University of Missouri-St. Louis alumnus Corneille Ewango (MS biology 2006) received a prestigious 2011 Future for...

Big History: From Big Bang to BlackBerry

Apr 19, 2011

History classes often cover a lot of retrospective ground. But not like Kevin Fernlund’s undergraduate course in big...

Physics takes alumnus to great heights

Apr 19, 2011

When Tim Giblin mentions where he works, you can’t help but take note. He instructs and trains astronauts, flight...

Big History Lecture to focus on famous fossil Lucy

Apr 12, 2011

Donald Johanson and Tom Gray had just concluded a long, hot November morning of mapping and surveying for fossils near...

Hundreds celebrate UMSL’s commitment to community

Apr 12, 2011

Enticed by the promise of cake, hundreds of people learned a lot about community engagement at the University of...

Physics scholar receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Apr 12, 2011

Sonya Bahar, associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was named a...

St. Louis Jewish Light features English scholar’s award-winning book

Apr 7, 2011

The St. Louis Jewish Light calls “Gathering Sparks” “absolutely terrific” and gives it high marks for storytelling....

UMSL international photo, poster contest winners announced

Apr 7, 2011

The Center for International Studies at the University of Missouri­–St. Louis announced the winners of its sixth...

Economist to discuss work of F. A. Hayek

Apr 6, 2011

Economist Bruce Caldwell will discuss “The Road to The Road to Serfdom” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. April 21 in 331 Social...

New report looks at lessons from Prop A passage

Apr 5, 2011

Last year, St. Louis County voters approved Proposition A, a mass transit sales tax increase. And they did so by a...

Alumnus writes ‘Travel Dreams Sold Here’

Apr 4, 2011

Graydon “Gig” Gwin has seen it all when it comes to traveling. Gwin, BA history 1971, has visited every country on...

Don’t miss extraordinary way to see sky at observatory open house

Apr 1, 2011

Once again the University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Physics and Astronomy is bringing the sky to life with...

UMSL announces winners of Junior Science Symposium competition

Apr 1, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis has announced the winners of a research competition held by the university's...

UMSL archaeologist helps discover oldest written record in Europe

Apr 1, 2011

The oldest written record in Europe was discovered during a recent excavation in Greece by University of Missouri–St....

Sports historian talks baseball finances, fans

Mar 31, 2011

Today marks the opening day for the St. Louis Cardinals’ 2011 season. What’s practically a local holiday is also a...

Noninvasive glucose monitor closer to market

Mar 29, 2011

People with diabetes could soon have a pain-free way to check their blood glucose levels. Researchers at the...

Conference to examine race, gender, sexuality in Missouri

Mar 28, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis will present “Compromising Positions: Race, Gender and Sexuality in the State of...

GLVC honors Tritons softball player

Mar 28, 2011

Sophomore designated player Leslie Davis of the University of Missouri–St. Louis softball team was named the Great...

UMSL Seminar Series explores lessons learned from Prop A

Mar 23, 2011

The University of Missouri–St. Louis Community Partnership Project will present, as part of their Seminar Series, “One...

Economists find link between old information network, increased research productivity

Mar 23, 2011

Without early information networks, university researchers would not have been as productive. That overall finding is...

Breakfast with the Deans a rousing success

Mar 15, 2011

What started with a casual conversation between marketing and a dean resulted in a rousing success for the University...

Conference explores Bob Dylan, immigrant influence on art

Mar 15, 2011

“Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and...

Alumni Weekend set for April 14-17

Mar 15, 2011

With more than 58,000 alumni of the University of Missouri–St. Louis living and working in the St. Louis region,...