The 12th annual conference featured more than 75 presenters and speakers, spread over 40 sessions, to educate and entertain 575 attendees at this year’s event.
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Midwest Digital Marketing Conference continues to build post-pandemic momentum with three-day event on UMSL’s campus
The 12th annual conference featured more than 75 presenters and speakers, spread over 40 sessions, to educate and entertain 575 attendees at this year’s event.
Midwest Digital Marketing Conference continues to build post-pandemic momentum with three-day event on UMSL’s campus
The 12th annual conference featured more than 75 presenters and speakers, spread over 40 sessions, to educate and entertain 575 attendees at this year’s event.
Midwest Digital Marketing Conference continues to build post-pandemic momentum with three-day event on UMSL’s campus
The 12th annual conference featured more than 75 presenters and speakers, spread over 40 sessions, to educate and entertain 575 attendees at this year’s event.
New graduates celebrate their successes, look forward to new beginnings during commencement weekend
UMSL saluted more than 1,700 spring and summer graduates during five commencement ceremonies, and photographer Derik Holtmann captured some of the joyous scenes.
New graduates celebrate their successes, look forward to new beginnings during commencement weekend
UMSL saluted more than 1,700 spring and summer graduates during five commencement ceremonies, and photographer Derik Holtmann captured some of the joyous scenes.
New graduates celebrate their successes, look forward to new beginnings during commencement weekend
UMSL saluted more than 1,700 spring and summer graduates during five commencement ceremonies, and photographer Derik Holtmann captured some of the joyous scenes.
UMSL community celebrates launch of 36th installment of Litmag, ‘Wander through the Woods’
About 80 people gathered in the Millennium Student Center to take part in the official release of the student-run literary and art journal.
UMSL community celebrates launch of 36th installment of Litmag, ‘Wander through the Woods’
About 80 people gathered in the Millennium Student Center to take part in the official release of the student-run literary and art journal.
UMSL community celebrates launch of 36th installment of Litmag, ‘Wander through the Woods’
About 80 people gathered in the Millennium Student Center to take part in the official release of the student-run literary and art journal.
UMSL OIPE leads initiative to declare Postsecondary Education for All Day
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s recent proclamation acknowledges and celebrates students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
UMSL OIPE leads initiative to declare Postsecondary Education for All Day
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s recent proclamation acknowledges and celebrates students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
UMSL OIPE leads initiative to declare Postsecondary Education for All Day
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s recent proclamation acknowledges and celebrates students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Summer camp to immerse students in singing
The College of Fine Arts and Communication at the University of Missouri–St. Louis announces Acappellooza Summer Camp, an a cappella music camp for students in grades 9–12. For four days, from July 16–19 students will be immersed in singing led by some of the world’s most prominent names in a cappella music, including members of the internationally famous Ambassadors of Harmony and Jim Henry, director of choral studies at UMSL.
Improv Shop to feature UMSL chancellor as guest monologist at Touhill
The Improv Shop, featuring guest monologist Tom George, chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will bring its improvisational comedy to UMSL. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 15 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
UMSL Events for May 10-May 16, 2013
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UMSL Events for May 3-May 9, 2013
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Women’s semipro basketball team St. Louis Surge to open season at UMSL
For the St. Louis Surge’s 2013 season, the women’s semiprofessional basketball team will call the University of Missouri–St. Louis home. The Surge will kick off its season with a home opener, taking on the Atlanta Tarheels. The game will begin at 7:05 p.m. May 4 in the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center at UMSL.
Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks
Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi's Coffee, leads an interactive presentation April 23 in the Millennium Student...
UMSL Events for April 26-May 2, 2013
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Mercantile Library readies for 7th annual print fair
Organizers are expecting up to 1,000 art and rare book collectors to pack this year’s St. Louis Mercantile Library Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The number of dealers has increased to 25 this year and includes a fine-art gallery in Chesterfield.
Alarm Will Sound to perform ‘1969’ at Touhill
Inspired by a once-rumored but unconsummated meeting between the Beatles and Karlheinz Stockhausen – icons of 1960s rock and avant-garde composition, respectively – Alarm Will Sound’s “1969” connects the music, politics and culture of a turbulent decade through the works of the Beatles, Leonard Bernstein and contemporary composers Stockhausen and Luciano Berio.
St. Louis Storytelling Festival announces Irene Eveland Award recipient
The St. Louis Storytelling Festival Board, in association with the University of Missouri–St. Louis and the St. Louis Public Library, is proud to announce Vynetta Morrow as the 2013 Irene Eveland Award Recipient.
UMSL Events for April 20-26, 2013
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Science, entrepreneurship, economic development focus of UMSL symposium
Moving academic technology into an arena that benefits the public and your bottom line is the focus of an upcoming daylong symposium at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Russian, UMSL musicians to collaborate for Touhill concert
Last October, the Russian city of Samara played host to a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis piano students. This month, UMSL will return the favor.
Missouri Secretary of State urges UMSL student-veterans to take action
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander visited with student-veterans at the University of Missouri–St. Louis on...
American Academy of Nursing president to deliver nursing leadership lecture
Joanne Disch has served as a chief nurse executive in two major medical centers and has held numerous national leadership positions.
UMSL’s Mirthday: Time for fun, frivolity, laughter
Tegan Klevorn refuses to think about bad weather, even though it’s St. Louis and April brings showers and an occasional tornado. As coordinator of student activities, Klevorn oversees Mirthday, the annual student carnival and spring celebration held outdoors at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Just as the name implies – Mirthday is for frivolity, especially if it involves laughter.
Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival celebrates 10 years
Over the last ten years, the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival has grown to be one of the most significant jazz festivals in the Midwest. Produced by the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center and Jazz St. Louis, the 2013 festival will run April 18-20 and feature Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, Doc Severinsen and His Big Band and Anat Cohen and Matt Wilson.
UMSL art professor to be featured on C-SPAN
A presentation by Dan Younger, professor of art at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will be featured on C-SPAN’s history channel.
UMSL Events for April 13-19, 2013
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UMSL’s new poet laureate for the people
Poetry is for everyone, according to Jennifer Goldring, a student pursuing an MFA in creative writing and the 2013 poet laureate for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She wants to unveil the contemporary poetry scene to the general public and help debunk the stereotype of poetry as inaccessible and archaic.
Acclaimed scholars to examine validity of American exceptionalism
The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and its Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice host the AE21: American Exceptionalism in the 21st Century conference, April 25-26 at UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center. Presentations and discussions examine the contemporary relevance and validity of the exceptionalism thesis as applied to a variety of institutions in the United States and other developed nations.
Explore strategies for responding to youth violence
The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, along with the Des Lee Collaborative Vision and College of Arts and Sciences, will present the 12th Annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference. Speakers and guests will gather at UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center on April 11, to examine prevention and intervention strategies for responding to youth violence in general and in St. Louis specifically.
Annual ‘Parental Advisory’ exhibit returns to Gallery 210
Gallery 210's annual showcase of artwork by students from the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the University of...
UMSL Events for April 6-12, 2013
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Nursing lecture to feature cancer pain management researcher
Judith Paice, a research professor of medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, has traveled the world educating health-care professionals on cancer pain relief and palliative care.
Research and Innovation Week to feature founders of Kaldi’s, Square
Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi’s Coffee and Jim McKelvey, co-founder of the mobile payment company Square Inc., will be the featured speakers during Research and Innovation Week April 22-26 at University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Optometrists to meet for Nutrition and the Eye Symposium VI
The College of Optometry at the University of Missouri–St. Louis announces the Nutrition and the Eye Symposium VI, a continuing studies program taking place on April 13-14 at UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center. Optometrists will gather to explore research and findings of nutritional values that will increase longevity prospects, prevent, and even cure degenerative ocular diseases.
PPRC photo exhibit focuses on DEAF Inc.
A multi-generational group of people with ties to the Deaf Empowerment Awareness Foundation are both the subjects and photographers for a new University of Missouri–St. Louis exhibit. Participants included St. Louis-area deaf and hard-of-hearing people, American Sign Language interpreters and teachers who work with deaf students. Their photos result in an exhibit that is the latest in the Public Policy Research Center Photography Project series.
IRS representatives to visit UMSL to discuss regulations
The Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will present the Internal Revenue Service Workshop for 501(c)(3) Small- & Medium-Sized Organizations on April 30 at the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center on UMSL’s North Campus. For one day only, tax-exempt organizations, tax and legal professionals, and those who work and volunteer at 501(c)(3) organizations can learn about important IRS regulations straight from IRS tax representatives.
The Second City to stage ‘Laughing Matters’ at Touhill
Every time The Second City touring company returns to the University of Missouri–St. Louis for its extremely popular annual show at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, a future legend could be onstage. Named the country’s “Comedy Empire” by The New York Times, the Chicago-based improv group has a reputation for cultivating the next generation of comedic royalty with alumni including Tina Fey, Bill Murray and Steven Colbert.
Photography students show off their work at Gallery FAB
For her senior thesis exhibit, Sarah Zimmerle tapped friends, family and even some strangers, who all journeyed down to her basement to mug for her personal photo booth, which she’d constructed of PVC piping and black cloth.
UMSL Events for March 30-April 5, 2013
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Former RCGA executive to discuss ‘clean economy’
The idea of making business stronger through the use of clean and reusable resources is not a new one, but one that has rapidly evolved over the last decade.
You’re invited to the ball! ‘Die Fledermaus’ headed to Touhill
Audiences are invited to revel in the champagne-inspired escapades of Viennese society’s most mischievous connivers.
Alzheimer’s in minorities focus of contemporary issues series discussion
More than five million people today are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and as many as 16 million will have the disease in 2050. While symptoms are similar among all people, effects can differ based on racial, cultural or ethnic background.
Former US Sen. Jim Talent discusses ‘Decline of American Power’ at UMSL
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent discussed “The Decline of American Power and Its Consequences” on March 21 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
UMSL Events for March 23-29, 2013
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Chick Corea, Bela Fleck to play Touhill
Maybe pairing a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and the one of the world’s finest banjo players shouldn’t work. But the BBC calls Chick Corea and Bela Fleck “everything a collaboration of this caliber should be – perhaps even a little bit more.”
Arianna String Quartet to perform special Good Friday concert
The Arianna String Quartet will present a special Good Friday performance of Joseph Haydn’s musical masterpiece “The Seven Last Words of Christ.”
MADCO to pick up speed in ‘Momentum’ at Touhill
MADCO, the resident dance company at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will pick up speed in “Momentum” by performing the work of some of the nation’s hottest choreographers, including Gina Patterson (Austin, Texas) and Janice Garrett (San Francisco).
Jim Talent to discuss ‘Decline of American Power’
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Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series
University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses "Public Private Partnership's Maximum...
UMSL Events for March 16-22, 2013
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UMSL offers free viewing of Pan-STARRS comet, other celestial objects
Sky gazers can catch a glimpse of the comet Pan-STARRS as it treks across the night sky during a free public viewing at 7:30 p.m. on March 16 at the Richard D. Schwartz Observatory at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Explore State of Digital Media Marketing
The University of Missouri–St. Louis’ College of Business Administration and School of Professional & Continuing Studies will present the State of Digital Media Marketing Conference from 1–5 p.m. on April 2 at UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center.
Two book authors, one reading
The Graduate Writers Association at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is hosting the literary version of a double feature. Katherine Riegel and Ira Sukrungruang will provide the St. Louis literary community with back-to-back readings of poetry and creative nonfiction. The double reading is the big event for GWA’s Reading Series this spring.
UMSL Events for March 9-15, 2013
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Tennessee Williams’ plays to get Touhill treatment
Last month marked 30 years since the death of Tennessee Williams. And three decades on, his stories continue to stand as classics of the American stage.
Historian to discuss plight of Greek Jews at annual lecture
In her 2008 book, “Greece: A Jewish History,” Katherine Fleming gives a comprehensive account of Greece’s Jewish citizens, their diaspora in Israel and the U.S. and their near extinction at the hands of the Nazis.
Distinguished Speaker Series to feature UMSL alumnus Brian F. Lavin
Brian F. Lavin, president and chief executive officer of NTS Development Company, will discuss “Public Private...
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