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Better vision care in the palm of your hand

Optometrist Tareq Nabhan and computer scientist Sanjiv Bhatia are investigating a way to use smartphones to improve diagnostics....

Mercantile Library celebrates 175 years with an exhibition honoring its place as the oldest library west of the Mississippi

"A Nation, A City, & Its First Library: Americana, as a Way of Life at the St. Louis Mercantile Library for 175 Years” kicked off a year of festivities. ...

Engineering grad Donnalyn Weir makes her American dream at Nidec

After immigrating from the Philippines and earning her engineering degree, Weir serves as an advocate for women and immigrants in STEM....

May nursing graduate Brandon Gilliam crafts leadership skills in his third career

Gilliam has been a broadcast journalist, an educator and an RN, and he's poised to become a BSN-credentialed nurse this May....

UMSL holding virtual commencement ceremonies for more than 1,800 graduates on May 15

A commencement address from 2021 Missouri Teacher of the Year Darrion Cockrell, an UMSL alumnus, will be incorporated into each ceremony....

French and communication graduate Rachel Thompson finds her place at UMSL

Thompson found purpose and discovered a natural instinct for event planning through involvement with the Millennium Student Center, Student Government Association and University Program Board....

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

Marina Prediger and Ben-Hur Kasprzak each concluded their careers with the most singles victories in school history as the UMSL tennis teams fell in the GLVC semifinals....

Eye on UMSL: Simulation lab

Construction on the new facility kicked off in November. It will allow the College of Nursing to educate 20 percent more BSN students annually....

UMSL awards supplemental research funding to 79 faculty members through the CARES Act

The awards totaled nearly $115,000 and assisted faculty members whose research and creative works were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic....

‘Our side of the story’: A glimpse into the daily life of an UMSL student nurse vaccinator

The College of Nursing has filled over 832 positions and given more than 25,000 vaccines and been named a COVID responsive school by the AACN....