Attendees had the chance to play carnival games, ride amusement rides and enjoy sweet treats as UMSL celebrated spring weather and the approaching end of the academic year.
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Attendees had the chance to play carnival games, ride amusement rides and enjoy sweet treats as UMSL celebrated spring weather and the approaching end of the academic year.
Attendees had the chance to play carnival games, ride amusement rides and enjoy sweet treats as UMSL celebrated spring weather and the approaching end of the academic year.
Attendees had the chance to play carnival games, ride amusement rides and enjoy sweet treats as UMSL celebrated spring weather and the approaching end of the academic year.
Attendees had the chance to play carnival games, ride amusement rides and enjoy sweet treats as UMSL celebrated spring weather and the approaching end of the academic year.
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
More than 70 undergraduates presented their original, mentored investigations and creative inquiries during Friday’s event.
More than 70 undergraduates presented their original, mentored investigations and creative inquiries during Friday’s event.
More than 70 undergraduates presented their original, mentored investigations and creative inquiries during Friday’s event.
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
Students shared electronic poster presentations recapping their work in the Community-Based Clinical Education Program.
Tax season is in full swing but for some people the cost of preparing the annual returns can be taxing. Students from the College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri–St. Louis want to ease the burden by offering free tax preparation services to low-income taxpayers and senior citizens through April 13 at various locations.
Brian F. Lavin, president and chief executive officer of NTS Development Company, will discuss “Public Private...
People who watch the NBC reality weight-loss show “The Biggest Loser” are prone to have negative opinions of obese people, according to a study by Jina H. Yoo, associate professor of communication at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Whatever your mood, Robert Treece likely has a painting to match it.
What are the critical skill gaps experienced by the St. Louis business community? How can St. Louis businesses and educational institutions collaborate together to close these critical skill gaps?
Later today, I’m going to make a slight departure from my normal schedule — and wardrobe — when I wear a 2-foot-high red and white striped top hat, sit down among a roomful of grade school kids and do my best Cat in the Hat impersonation.
Gary Langham, vice president and chief scientist for the National Audubon Society, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture.
University of Missouri–St. Louis junior guard Darian Cartharn has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, as announced Monday by the league office. Cartharn averaged 21.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, while leading the UMSL Tritons to a pair of wins last week.
Richard Williams started getting serious about hip-hop in high school. But it was at the University of Missouri–St. Louis that he discovered he had something to say as a rapper, according to an interview with St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.
Do you want an edge in the global business market? See yourself traveling and interacting with worldwide companies? Attend the fifth annual University of Missouri–St. Louis International Business Career Conference March 1 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at UMSL. The conference, “Unleash Your Global Potential,” will run from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and includes a series of workshops, speakers and panel discussions.
A Moroccan Muslim man is gay. A Japanese musician with Down Syndrome is an African drummer in Senegal. Miriam Makeba is a world-famous South African singer.
In Japan, getting sloppy drunk with your boss can actually be a career booster. After-work drinks with clients or co-workers is seen as a team-building exercise and shows company loyalty.
Freshman pitcher Hannah Perryman of the University of Missouri-St. Louis softball team has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week, as announced Feb. 18 by the league office.
The University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Devonna Smith has been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, as announced last week by the league office. The senior forward helped pace the UMSL Tritons with two home division wins.
The St. Louis Jazz Orchestra will pay tribute to one of the leading bands of the swing era, the Count Basie Orchestra, with a concert at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. “A Night of Count Basie” will begin at 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Blanch M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL.
The Pierre Laclede Honors College at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will throw a party to mark two occasions this Friday (Feb. 22). The honors college will release issue 13 of its annual literary publication “Bellerive” and kickoff the submissions collection for issue 14, which will be produced during the fall semester.
Some of the best and brightest high school juniors from around the St. Louis area were honored last week by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Thirty-five Missouri high schoolers received a Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Science at the third annual ceremony held Feb. 12 in the Millennium Student Center on UMSL’s North Campus.
University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Jennifer Tappenden, MFA 2012, reads her poem "Making Glass" Feb. 12 in the...
The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 spurred Chikako Usui to create an exchange program between St. Louis and Ishinomaki, Japan, one of the hardest-hit areas.
An ambitious production that’s taken years of planning will finally get its unveiling later this month at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students, faculty and staff warm up Feb. 6 at a bonfire outside the Millennium Student Center. They were on hand for the dedication of “UMSL in Glass,” a glass-block sculpture conceived by students in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies for the UMSL Jubilee.
The idea grew from a class last spring in advertising techniques taught by Kristy Tucciarone, associate teaching professor of media studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. At the time, the university was planning the yearlong Jubilee celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2013.
Two University of Missouri–St. Louis alumni are among the young professionals being honored in the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2013 “40 Under 40” class.
It was a family affair. They arrived in twos and threes. Others had more than four in their groups. And they all came to celebrate an institution that had made a difference in their lives.
In 50 years the University of Missouri–St. Louis has grown from one building, 26 faculty members and about 700 students to “a major educational presence in the region,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis fired up the second week of its UMSL Seriously Tobacco-Free campaign on Monday, and administrators weren’t the only ones taking the university’s tobacco-free policy seriously. Volunteer students handed out fliers with tobacco facts, cessation resource information and copies of the university policy during high traffic hours in the Quadrangle on North Campus.
The comprehensive list of literary journals and magazines compiled on the Poets & Writers website exceeds 800 listings. But if you’re a writer looking to get work published – or just seeking fresh reading material – where do you start? After all, as Poets & Writers points out, “each (literary journal and magazine) has a unique editorial voice, tone, viewpoint and mission.”
The work of nationally noted sculptor and metalsmith John Medwedeff will be the focus of the next exhibit at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’s Gallery 210.
This year is one of reflection and aspiration for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The UMSL community will look back and ahead as it celebrates the university’s 50th anniversary. And that’s exactly what the St. Louis Beacon did with its comprehensive article published Jan. 31.
The number of children abused and neglected in Missouri each year remains high, but has dropped more than 20 percent since 2006. State officials attribute the decline to the many social service agencies and organizations providing annual services throughout the state.
In 2006, Derek Amato suffered a head injury after diving into a shallow pool and hitting his head. He awoke a musical genius, able to play classical piano.
Got a case of the Mondays? Suffer no more. A look at the Middle East art scene, poetry of social protest and shared stories of resourceful Ozark families are some of the many cultural events that make Monday Noon Series a cure for the blues.
“We shall not cease from exploration, and at the end of all our exploring, will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.” Those words by poet T.S. Eliot ring true for Keith Womer, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Where he started is just where he wants to be. Womer will step down as dean and return to the classroom as a professor of logistics and supply chain management beginning July 1.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis will kick off its Jubilee, a yearlong celebration of UMSL’s 50th anniversary, with a spectacular evening of entertainment and fun on Feb. 1. UMSL Chancellor Tom George talked about the Jubilee, reflected on the university’s growth over a half century and discussed challenges in higher education last week on “St. Louis on the Air,” a program on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.
1798 was a heroic and tragic year in Irish history. An uprising against British rule lasted from May to September that year.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.
Politicians and government officials haves spent years discussing the economic recovery and the upward swing of the market. But is it really on the mend?
Joseph Hendricks has recently found himself performing in one of the most renowned concert halls in the United States, Powell Symphony Hall, home to the St. Louis Symphony.
The Arianna String Quartet will welcome award-winning violist Elias Goldstein Feb. 6 to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
In case you missed a chance last month to try out the newest campus coffee bar at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, here’s a good reason to check it out now.
The sixth annual African American Nursing History Conference, sponsored by the College of Nursing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will explore health care disparities, health care equity and health care promotion through awareness and action by providing free health care screenings to the community.
Erin Schulte believes the secret to a successful learning environment is the right mix of academic, emotional and physical stimulation. Schulte, an educational psychology doctoral student at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, is a guidance counselor at Parkway North High School in west St. Louis County.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.
Women make up the majority of the population, but represent less than 25 percent of the Missouri Legislature, according to the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. In fact, the institute points out that women are minority participants at all levels of public policy leadership.
A native of Ireland, poet Eamonn Wall has called the U.S. home for more than 30 years. Since 2000, he’s lived in Webster Groves, Mo., and the neighborhood has played a significant role in his writing. This transatlantic identity has shaped his writing and made him one of the most prominent contemporary voices of the Irish-American experience.
In her first St. Louis exhibition, artist Peregrine Honig will display a series of mixed media drawings she created during an artist’s residency in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Missouri legislature reconvened Wednesday after its holiday break. St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU assembled its political roundtable, including Terry Jones, chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, to discuss the issues that will be at the forefront of the first 2013 session.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.
Claire Boylan, a senior majoring in history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, makes notes while reading the book “Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764-1980.” The assigned reading was part of History of St. Louis, a course offered through the university’s Winter Intersession program. Boylan, of O’Fallon, Mo., was studying Jan. 8 in the second floor rotunda at the Millennium Student Center.
Lawmakers, government officials and the news media have discussed gun ownership policy in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn.