UMSL’s program helps local entrepreneurs scale up their successful businesses with help from local companies.
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Fourth EIC Demo Day showcases five entrepreneurs who have grown businesses with Anchor Accelerator program
UMSL’s program helps local entrepreneurs scale up their successful businesses with help from local companies.
Fourth EIC Demo Day showcases five entrepreneurs who have grown businesses with Anchor Accelerator program
UMSL’s program helps local entrepreneurs scale up their successful businesses with help from local companies.
Fourth EIC Demo Day showcases five entrepreneurs who have grown businesses with Anchor Accelerator program
UMSL’s program helps local entrepreneurs scale up their successful businesses with help from local companies.
Biology graduate and 2024 Women Trailblazers recipient Nora Stith heading to dental school this fall
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
Biology graduate and 2024 Women Trailblazers recipient Nora Stith heading to dental school this fall
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
Biology graduate and 2024 Women Trailblazers recipient Nora Stith heading to dental school this fall
Stith was a 2019 Opportunity Scholar and served in leadership for multiple organizations across campus.
MBA student Leo Sowa has made the most of his UMSL experience, on the pitch and in the classroom
Sowa, who is from Berlin, served as team captain his final two seasons on the Tritons soccer team
MBA student Leo Sowa has made the most of his UMSL experience, on the pitch and in the classroom
Sowa, who is from Berlin, served as team captain his final two seasons on the Tritons soccer team
MBA student Leo Sowa has made the most of his UMSL experience, on the pitch and in the classroom
Sowa, who is from Berlin, served as team captain his final two seasons on the Tritons soccer team
Accomplished student-athletes lead UMSL Athletics to new heights
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.
Accomplished student-athletes lead UMSL Athletics to new heights
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.
Accomplished student-athletes lead UMSL Athletics to new heights
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.
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UMSL community reflects on Maya Angelou
“We have lost a wonderful poet and noble person,” says Drucilla Wall, poet in residence at UMSL.
Aaron Mann wins graphic design internship with top firm
The senior art major aced an interview to earn a summer internship with Osborn Barr, the leading agricultural communications firm in North America.
Ashleigh King named Third Team Capital One Academic All-American
The lone senior on the 2014 team started all 57 games in centerfield, posting a batting average of .290 with 54 hits, including 10 doubles, 22 RBIs and 37 runs.
Criminologist Finn-Aage Esbensen named ASC Fellow
He is the fifth faculty member from his department to be named an ASC fellow. Other fellows include Bob Bursik, Janet Lauritsen, Richard Rosenfeld and Richard Wright.
Nermin Zimic wins AIGA award for genocide project
After graduating from UMSL in May, he’s already started working as an assistant art director at Falk Harrison, a brand communication agency based in St. Louis.
Kat Riemer walks in to gallery gig after earning art degree
The recent UMSL graduate gets to earn a living in the art world while gaining experience and furthering her knowledge.
UMSL scientist named 2014 Inventor of the Year
Zhi Xu has been honored by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis for creating an inexpensive, noninvasive blood glucose monitor.
Marquis Love wins awards, job for graphic design work
He won the Peoples’ Choice Award from AIGA Saint Louis for this design commemorating United Nations Day and started work at the agency Manifest Digital.
Media Coverage: April 2014
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 coverage.
Eye on UMSL: Campus tour
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster received an up-close look at the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus during a half-day visit May 22 with Chancellor Tom George.
Butler named Honorable Mention All-American by Daktronics, Inc.
The junior’s 14 home runs are a single season softball program record and ranked 32nd in NCAA DII, while she has 32 career long balls, also a program-best.
Friends, faculty, staff honored by UMSL Fine Arts and Communication
Priscilla Block (center), director of St. Louis Artworks, won the Dean’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts from the UMSL College of Fine Arts and Communication.
Perryman garners NFCA Second Team All-America honors
The UMSL sophomore earns All-America honors for the second straight season after being selected to the third team as a freshman.
UMSL’s research faculty receives high national rankings
Researchers like UMSL criminologist Richard Rosenfeld (left) rank 14th among universities in the U.S. with high faculty research activity.
Charlie Nowell turns graphic design awards, internship into job
The newly minted graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis is used to producing art that stands out in a crowd.
Online undergraduate courses help criminology student work toward her degree
Cara Sampson is juggling a lot in her life right now, but online courses are ensuring she stays on pace to graduate.
Engineering student gains international experience, secures Boeing job
Going abroad. Graduating from college. Starting a new job. Getting married. Deborah Medintz is doing all of them within months of each other.
Eye on UMSL: Finals
UMSL business administration students Dan Wang (left) and Aolei Zhang study for one of their finals outside Cafe TJ at the Thomas Jefferson Library.
UMSL commencement: 5 ceremonies, nearly 1,600 graduates, 6 honorary degrees
All of the honorary degree recipients have strong ties to UMSL or the St. Louis region and a commitment to excellence in their work and their communities.
Poetry gets wild on UMSL campus
Seventeen spots on the University of Missouri–St. Louis have become miniature art sanctuaries for the summer.
These UMSL grads reporting for military duty
UMSL graduates (from left) Eric Messmer, Tasha Hack and Timothy Iuchs became the Army’s newest second lieutenants at commissioning ceremonies held May 14.
Hillary Clinton, first US woman president? UMSL political scientist says it’s unlikely
Farida Jalalzai, chair of the Department of Political Science, wrote about Clinton’s chances for The Washington Post.
UMSL scholars discuss ‘selfies’ in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Technology has made it easier to quickly snap a photo and upload it to one of dozens of social media platforms for all to see.
Instructor dishes on yams mix-up, tomatoes’ poisonous past
Patti Wright, associate professor of anthropology at UMSL, studies the past interrelationships between people and plants or what is called “paleoethnobotany.”
Yates named GLVC Player of the Year in Men’s Golf
Colby Yates was also named to the All-GLVC list, along with senior Joe Atkisson and sophomore Anthony Cope.
Eye on UMSL: Be Inspired
The Afro-Cuban Ensemble preformed Thursday on North Campus at the victory celebration for UMSL Be Inspired, the faculty and staff giving campaign.
Fast forward 20 years: UMSL, WUSTL reshape face of engineers in the region
Recognizing a need to educate place-bound and minority students looking for engineering careers, the universities partnered in 1993 to fill that void.
Triton Health Educators: New peer-education group on campus
The group’s primary focus is educating peers about the abuse and misuse of prescription drugs.
Studio Schools provide new model for educating teachers
UMSL’s College of Education faculty created the Studio Schools model as a way to better prepare future teachers for the classroom.
UMSL faculty members share St. Louis knowledge as city turns 250
UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.”
UMSL honors business alumni with Salute to Business Achievement Awards
Recipients of this year’s awards are (from left) Cletus Glasener, Sheila Burkett, Jolene A. Lampton, Sean C. O’Donnell and Orvin Kimbrough.
Bosnians’ road to success passes through UMSL
UMSL’s Bosnian students and alumni make their mark on the campus and the region.
Alumnus Ryan Barker educates policy makers, citizens about health care
Barker always knew he wanted to work in health care, though it took some time for him to figure out specifically what he wanted to do in the field.
UMSL veterans boosting enrollment, settling in
More than 400 veterans are finding a home on the UMSL campus, aided by the Veterans Center and a new academic department.
SUCCEED prepares people with intellectual, developmental disabilities for independent life
The first cohort of students in the two-year residential post-secondary program began in August.
Optometrist talks evolution of college, contact lenses
There’s a good chance no one knows the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri–St. Louis better than Vinita Henry.
Living large: UMSL has an on-campus housing boom
“All of our housing options opened fully occupied for the first time, which shows the growing student involvement that is taking place at UMSL,” says UMSL housing Director Jonathan Lidgus.
UMSL helped Noelle Laudon find her true calling
She was about to embark on the wrong career path. So she shifted gears and set her sights on her true calling – nursing.
Alumnus rides successful law, political careers to Metro Transit chief
John Nations, BSPA 1985, oversees the agency responsible for operating the public transportation system for metropolitan St. Louis.
Novacks credit UMSL for their success
“UMSL helped me become serious about academics,” says Steve Novack, who serves as a member of the UMSL Chancellor’s Council.
In print: Recently published books by UMSL faculty
Authors and editors include Mary Lacity, Susan Brownell, Denise Mussman, Uma Segal, Laura Miller, Margaret Sherraden and Mark Burkholder.
UMSL highlights diversity during annual Multicultural Variety Show
Siyun Zhang, photographer for The Current, and a UMSL senior majoring in communication, attended the variety show and captured a few moments of merriment.
UMSL alumnus comes full circle
Patrick Gadell, BA political science 1973, has thrown himself into connecting students and alumni with UMSL in meaningful ways at all points in the engagement life cycle.
Faculty recognized for funded projects, patents issued
The awards reception marked the conclusion of UMSL’s weeklong Research & Innovation Week.
Women in the Arts seeks proposals for 3rd conference
This November, the University of Missouri–St. Louis will host a premier event designed to recognize and promote the accomplishments of women in the arts.
Leadership awards night includes red carpet, lots of selfies
More than 200 students, faculty, staff and family members cheered on the award winners like Josiah Perkins, who received the Student Leader of the Year Award.
MFA alumna breathes new life into december magazine
The prominent literary magazine december is warming up with the help of Gianna Jacobson, MFA 2010.
Counseling educator named ‘Living Legend’
UMSL professor Mark Pope was recently named a “Living Legend of Counseling” by the American Counseling Association during the annual convention in Honolulu.
Graphic design students collect old cellphones for recycling
Students (from left) Delores-Rene’e Eddington, Nicole Smith, Amy Orban and Kurt Rohan developed the Recharge on Recycling project to help students recycle their old cellphones, rechargeable batteries and laptops.
UMSL PhD student earns science teacher award
Fifth grade teacher Christine Ries received the 2013 Outstanding Elementary Science Teacher of Missouri Award.
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