After immigrating from the Philippines and earning her engineering degree, Weir serves as an advocate for women and immigrants in STEM.
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Times Higher Education ranks UMSL highly for gender equality, reducing inequality
The university continued to rank in the top 60 globally in the Gender Equality ranking and also scored highly several other categories.
Scholarship event recognizes mentorship and academic and career support in addition to funding
Students, alumni and business partners gathered virtually for the Scholarship Recognition Luncheon to share the importance of UMSL scholarship programs.
Opportunity Scholarship empowers academically gifted high school graduates to study at UMSL
Eva Konde, Abigail Wall, Max Evets, Miranda Martin and Candra Mottert are the latest recipients of the all-inclusive scholarship and will join this fall’s freshman class.
Kameron Ripple honors grandfather’s memory at the Triton Pantry
Afternoons volunteering with his grandfather left a lasting impression on Ripple, who became the Triton Pantry’s first part-time employee.
UMSL graduate Rob Jones gets a boost from the Joint Engineering Program to build a business of his own
Jones worked toward his degree part-time for more than a decade while simultaneously working his way up at Wellston-based John Harder & Company.
Missouri Online to expand educational access for students across the state and beyond
The new one-stop resource allows prospective students to view the online offerings of all four University of Missouri System universities on a single website.
UMSL extending test-optional admissions policy for fall 2022 applicants
The extension will eliminate a barrier for students at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the availability of standardized tests nationwide.
New Federal Statistical Research Data Center to open in St. Louis with support of UMSL, partners
UMSL is joining with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis to support the center.
Kearsten Sakamoto finds passion for problem solving in Joint Engineering Program
Sakamoto hopes to work on solving issues such as unequal food access through transportation engineering.