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.
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Media Coverage: September 2023
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.
Media Coverage: September 2023
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.
Media Coverage: September 2023
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.
Tritons United hosts new campus events and interventions for National Domestic & Dating Violence Awareness Month
A tabling event on Oct. 10 will feature an art exhibit through the Clothesline Project, a national organization that seeks to bring awareness to gender-based violence.
Tritons United hosts new campus events and interventions for National Domestic & Dating Violence Awareness Month
A tabling event on Oct. 10 will feature an art exhibit through the Clothesline Project, a national organization that seeks to bring awareness to gender-based violence.
Tritons United hosts new campus events and interventions for National Domestic & Dating Violence Awareness Month
A tabling event on Oct. 10 will feature an art exhibit through the Clothesline Project, a national organization that seeks to bring awareness to gender-based violence.
Erin Sullivan, Megan Green Simonds and Corey Worth receive UMSL Hero Awards
The monthly awards recognize the exemplary efforts of staff and faculty members from across campus.
Erin Sullivan, Megan Green Simonds and Corey Worth receive UMSL Hero Awards
The monthly awards recognize the exemplary efforts of staff and faculty members from across campus.
Erin Sullivan, Megan Green Simonds and Corey Worth receive UMSL Hero Awards
The monthly awards recognize the exemplary efforts of staff and faculty members from across campus.
MIMH partnering with Department of Mental Health and Missouri Behavioral Health Council to raise awareness and guide treatment of early psychosis
MIMH Associate Director Rachel Kryah is leading the project, which aims to help individuals impacted by first-episode psychosis get the resources and support they need.
MIMH partnering with Department of Mental Health and Missouri Behavioral Health Council to raise awareness and guide treatment of early psychosis
MIMH Associate Director Rachel Kryah is leading the project, which aims to help individuals impacted by first-episode psychosis get the resources and support they need.
MIMH partnering with Department of Mental Health and Missouri Behavioral Health Council to raise awareness and guide treatment of early psychosis
MIMH Associate Director Rachel Kryah is leading the project, which aims to help individuals impacted by first-episode psychosis get the resources and support they need.
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Pytheas Center recognizes UMSL music scholar
Barbara Harbach, professor of music at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has been named a composer of the month by the Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music. As of yesterday (Nov. 3), she was among a handful of composers profiled for the month on the center’s Web site, http://www.pytheasmusic.org.
Media Coverage: October 2009
The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...
UMSL scholar appointed associate editor of journal
Matthew Lemberger, assistant professor of counseling at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has been appointed Associate Editor for the Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education, and Development.
UMSL issues RFQ from developers for Grand Center project
The University of Missouri-St. Louis believes the fastest and cheapest way to build a new facility to offer academic programs and house its award-winning public radio station in Grand Center may be through a lease-purchase arrangement with a private developer.
UMSL breaks several enrollment records
University of Missouri-St. Louis officials cite the economy as well as increasing scholarships and freezing tuition as major factors for its record total enrollment of 16,548 students this fall – a one-year increase of 5 percent. The previous record of 16,094 students was set in 1996.
Jazz scholar leads music scholarship collaboration
Jim Widner, director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, joined forces over the weekend with his counterparts at the University of Missouri–Columbia and University of Missouri–Kansas City: Arthur White and Bobby Watson, respectively.
Researchers awarded $1.1 million grant
Two scientists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis have received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for their research on carbohydrate synthesis. Keith Stine, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Alexei Demchenko, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, are thrilled to move forward with their research, “Development and Application of Surface-Tethered Iterative Carbohydrate Synthesis.”
SLSO to debut work by alumnus composer
“Freedom’s Plow,” a new choral piece by University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Rollo Dilworth (pictured), MEd 1994, will make its world premiere Friday in a performance at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis. Commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, “Freedom’s Plow” will be performed in a concert that combines the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus and Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus.
Professor to be honored by TV society
The Mid-America chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will induct Michael D. Murray (pictured), Curators’ Teaching Professor of Media Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, into the chapter’s Silver Circle next week.
$4 million gift boosts fundraising at UMSL
Express Scripts knows what it means to be a good neighbor, and the company has proven that with $4 million in gifts to the University of Missouri–St. Louis since 2005, when the company announced it would move its world headquarters to the UMSL campus.
The contributions include two gifts that were announced Tuesday – $2.5 million from the company and $500,000 from Express Scripts Chief Executive Officer and Chairman George Paz and Melissa, his wife. The Express Scripts Foundation previously donated $1 million to the university.
UMSL-mentored students win research awards
Six weeks of hard work paid off for three St. Louis-area high school students, who spent their summer conducting scientific research with faculty members at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Saya Jacob, Meredith Redick and Marta Wells participated in the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program, and their work garnered each a 2009 Pfizer and LMI Aerospace/D3 Technologies Award for Excellence in Research. Jacob, Redick and Wells worked with UMSL researchers Xuemin Wang, James O’Brienand Keith Stine, respectively. Click here for more information about the awards. Click here to read aSt. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the program. (Adobe Reader is required.)
Eye-care publication honors UMSL optometrist
Dr. Barbara Brown (pictured), manager of student and special services in the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was named one of the 2009 Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday, an eye-care trade publication. She was chosen in the mentor category and nominated by 17 UMSL optometry students. In their nomination, they wrote,”Dr. Brown is not only a mentor in optometry; she guides us through every aspect of school, from the entrance interview process before enrollment to the licensing process as we leave school and apply for jobs.”
UMSL-mentored STARS participants win award
A summer of hard work has paid off for three aspiring scientists, who spent several weeks conducting intensive research with University of Missouri-St. Louis faculty members. The students have been named among the 24 winners of the 2009 Pfizer and LMIAerospace/D3 Technologies Award for Excellence in Research. The award is presented to students who distinguished themselves during the 2009 Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program at UMSL.
UMSL’s College of Nursing to host lecture Sept. 15
The College of Nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will hold the Elizabeth McIntosh and Jerry Durham College of Nursing Alumni Endowed Lecture in Nursing Science at 4 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater in the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL. The lecture, “Building a Program of Research in Injury Science: How Curiosity Never Kills the Cat,” will be presented by Marilyn S. Sommers, the Lillian S. Brunner Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Gallery 210 to present ‘Exposure 12′
“Exposure 12” will feature photography paintings by St. Louis-area artists Jamie Adams, Kit Keith and Bill Kreplin.
These artists blend mid-20th century popular culture with contemporary content and personal histories to construct their narratives. Whereas traditional narrative painting draws on mythological traditions, literary materials or historical events to illustrate a particular story, the artists look to pop art, mass media, found imagery and Hollywood to construct their works.
Vision Monday honors UMSL optometrist
Dr. Barbara Brown, manager of student and special services for the College of Optometry at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was named one of the 2009 Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday, a national eye care trade publication. She was chosen as a mentor, which Vision Monday defined as “women who are team builders and developers of talent.”
Gallery Visio to feature ‘Children of the Mesh’
“Children of the Mesh” will feature silkscreen posters by John Vogl of the Bungaloo in St. Louis, Jennifer McKnight, assistant professor of art at UMSL, and Billy Baumann and Jason Teegarden-Downs of Delicious Design League in Chicago.
Six women among Business Journal honorees
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has an unofficial motto: “We educate St. Louis.” That motto was on display Friday at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis as the St. Louis Business Journal presented its annual Most Influential Business Women awards
Chancellor, wife give $2 million gift to UMSL
University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Tom George and his wife, Barbara Harbach, are making a commitment of $2 million to support the institution they have grown to regard so highly over the past six years.
Arianna String Quartet announces 2009-10 season
The critically acclaimed Arianna String Quartet, the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ resident quartet, will perform four concerts for their 2009-10 season, each with a different theme.
Financial counseling center opens
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is home to a new multidisciplinary center that focuses on the financial...
Nanomedicine Institute holds kickoff in July
The St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine held an opening ceremony on July 16 at the Center of Research, Technology, and Entrepreneurial Exchange in St. Louis.
Choral studies director grabs gold, twice
Jim Henry (pictured), director of choral studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, is a member of two choral groups that won gold medals July 3 at the 71st annual international convention of the Barbershop Harmony Society in Anaheim, Calif.
Gallery 210 announces fall exhibition season
This fall, Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will feature exhibits with themes of community building through visual art and Mexican-American culture clashes. In addition, Gallery 210 will devote two exhibits this season to local artists.
High school students work as scientists at UMSL
Three local high school students donned lab coats and worked as research scientists this summer as part of a lab internship at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. With sponsorship from the American Chemical Society and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMSL, the students participated in the ACS Project SEED.
UMSL observatory to hold open house
The observatory open house will feature a viewing of the following celestial objects: Jupiter, Ring Nebula, Alberio and Hercules Cluster.
Public affairs official honored for service
Karen Pierre (pictured), manager in the Office of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, recently...
Institute for Nanomedicine holds kick-off ceremony
The new St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine held an opening ceremony recently at the Center of Research, Technology & Entrepreneurial Exchange (CORTEX) in St. Louis. The institute is a joint venture principally sponsored by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis to use nanotechnologies to treat human disease.
Gallery Visio announces 2009-10 season
A collaborative exhibit featuring silkscreen prints and a photography exhibit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will kick off the ninth full season at the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Gallery Visio. Five additional exhibits will round out the gallery’s 2009-10 season.
UMSL announces 2009 STARS graduates
More than 70 high school students spent their summer working with some of the top scientists in the greater St. Louis area. These aspiring student scientists conducted a wide range of research, studying everything from the mating activities of female water snakes to new methods for early cancer detection.
UMSL, SWIC ink enrollment agreement
University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George and Southwestern Illinois College President Georgia Costello...
University volunteer coordinator honored
The Metropolitan Volunteer Management Association has named Elizabeth Pawloski (pictured) its 2009 Volunteer Director of the Year.
‘Homework Lady’ writes book on homework
Too much of a good thing is never good for anyone. And Cathy Vatterott, associate professor of teaching and learning at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, says that’s true of homework, too.
Student wins Vibe magazine award
St. Louis has a rich musical history, and a young St. Louisan recently added to that history. Richard Williams, a...
UMSL raises $26.9 million, breaks record
The University of Missouri-St. Louis today announced that despite the dismal economy that has adversely impacted charitable donations, overall giving to the university this year totaled $26.9 million, an increase of 54 percent or $9.4 million over the 2008 fiscal year.
UMSL appoints contemporary art professor
Marilu Knode has been named the Aronson Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She is currently assistant director and head of research at Future Arts Research at Arizona State University in Phoenix.
Info systems researcher wins Fulbright Award
Rajiv Sabherwal (pictured), the Emery C. Turner Professor of Information Systems at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, has received a J. William Fulbright Scholar Award. He will spend the 2009-10 academic year at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, as the Fulbright-Queen’s School of Business Research Chair.
Honors students explore urban ecology
Students in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at the University of Missouri-St. Louis have begun an ecological survey of a stretch of land on UMSL’s South Campus and the adjacent St. Vincent Park.
UMSL to commemorate fall of Berlin Wall
The University of Missouri-St. Louis has been selected to participate in the “Freedom Without Walls” celebration sponsored by the German Embassy in Washington. The celebration will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Phew, what a smell!
A dramatic, rare plant spent about 20 hours emitting its characteristic stench Saturday and Sunday in the greenhouse at the Anheuser-Busch Ecology and Conservation Complex at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Known as “Titan Arum,” the plant generated more than 13,000 online visits to a webcam installed in the greenhouse and more than 300 in-person visits.
Alumna named Missouri’s Education Commissioner
On Thursday, the Missouri State Board of Education named Chris Wright Nicastro (pictured), superintendent of the Hazelwood (Missouri) School District and alumna of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the state’s new commissioner of education. Nicastro, MEd 1982, will begin her new job Aug. 1.
KWMU reporter earns national Murrow award
Adam Allington (pictured), reporter at 90.7 KWMU-FM, has won a 2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association.
UMSL observatory to hold open house
The observatory open house will feature a viewing of the following celestial objects: Saturn, Jupiter, Hercules Cluster, Alberio and Ring Nebula.
UMSL political scientist looks at foreclosure response
The effective metropolitan responses to foreclosure require not only local collaboration among public, private and nonprofit sectors, but also support from state and federal policies, according to a recent study.
Summer IT program on TV; Scholar honored
The weeklong Xtreme IT summer academy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis was featured Friday in a story by KMOV(Channel 4). The program exposes high school students to the information systems profession by providing insight into a range of applications. Students tour UMSL and the St. Louis-area offices ofIBM, Microsoft, AmerenUE andExpress Scripts.
Future scientists meet today’s scientists
Aspiring scientists spent the morning of June 24 mentally kicking around topics like the molecular soccer ball and ethics in science. More than 70 high school students participating in the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis listened to presentations given by UMSL Chancellor Tom George and Andrew Black, teaching professor of philosophy at UMSL. George, who also is a professor of chemistry and physics, discussed “The Saga of the Molecular Soccer Ball” and “Scientists as Administrators.”
Doctoral student earns fellowship
University of Missouri-St. Louis doctoral student Amanda Gendon (pictured) has received a 2009 Graduate Fellowship for Ethnic Minorities from The American Society of Criminology.
UMSL nurse named fellow of national organization
Dawn Lee Garzon, assistant professor of nursing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners during its national conference in June at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Submissions sought for Gallery 210 exhibit
Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is extending the deadline for receiving applications for the “St. Louis through the Lens 2009, Irv Shankman Memorial Photography Contest.” Submissions must be postmarked no later than 5 p.m. July 9. Hand deliveries are acceptable at the gallery at UMSL’s Telecommunity Center, One University Blvd. in St. Louis County (63121).
UMSL media scholar writes about ‘Development Communication’
The practice of development communication was born in the 1940s and rose to prominence out of the ashes of World War II. This concept involves a process of intervening in a systematic or strategic manner with either media (print, radio, video, Internet, etc.) or education (training, literacy, schooling) in order to promote positive social change in developing countries.
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