The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
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UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
UMSL to honor alum Warner Baxter as it celebrates more than 1,700 new graduates during spring commencement ceremonies
The retired Ameren chairman will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate during a ceremony for graduates of the College of Business Administration on Friday.
UMSL entomologists Sara Miller and Aimee Dunlap are excited for historic event featuring billions of cicadas emerging in Missouri
UMSL entomologists Aimee Dunlap and Sara Miller join UMSL Daily for a conversation about the historic cicada emergence that will soon happen in Missouri.
UMSL entomologists Sara Miller and Aimee Dunlap are excited for historic event featuring billions of cicadas emerging in Missouri
UMSL entomologists Aimee Dunlap and Sara Miller join UMSL Daily for a conversation about the historic cicada emergence that will soon happen in Missouri.
UMSL entomologists Sara Miller and Aimee Dunlap are excited for historic event featuring billions of cicadas emerging in Missouri
UMSL entomologists Aimee Dunlap and Sara Miller join UMSL Daily for a conversation about the historic cicada emergence that will soon happen in Missouri.
UMSL Alumni Association recognizes 4 leaders at annual Salute to Business Achievement Awards
UMSL alumni Jeanne Dee, Bill Dickens, Morgan Koenig and Janelle Stowers were honored for their leadership in the business world.
UMSL Alumni Association recognizes 4 leaders at annual Salute to Business Achievement Awards
UMSL alumni Jeanne Dee, Bill Dickens, Morgan Koenig and Janelle Stowers were honored for their leadership in the business world.
UMSL Alumni Association recognizes 4 leaders at annual Salute to Business Achievement Awards
UMSL alumni Jeanne Dee, Bill Dickens, Morgan Koenig and Janelle Stowers were honored for their leadership in the business world.
Foreign language students take part in speed networking with World Affairs Council of St. Louis
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
Foreign language students take part in speed networking with World Affairs Council of St. Louis
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
Foreign language students take part in speed networking with World Affairs Council of St. Louis
Students had the chance to connect one-on-one with representatives from organizations such as Bayer Crop Science, Greater St. Louis, Inc. and Mastercard.
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UMSL Events for July 28-Aug. 3, 2012
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Gallery season will range from DIY art to quilts
Do-it-yourself art, large-scale surreal dreamscapes and a series of handmade quilts will be part of the 2012-13 exhibition season in Gallery Visio at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The exhibits are free and open to the public.
UMSL Events for July 21-27, 2012
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Top dancers to tap at Touhill
As dance styles go, tap won’t be confused for contemporary. But it certainly isn’t dead yet. Need proof? Exhibit A: The St. Louis Tap Festival, now in its 21st year.
‘Whelm’ sculpture takes shape outside Gallery 210
The metal mound taking shape outside of Gallery 210 on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus will become a 50-foot-long outdoor sculpture called “Whelm.”
Sidewalk tour, film screening look back at Pruitt-Igoe
Pruitt-Igoe was supposed to be the new model of urban housing and the answer to low-cost housing needs and overcrowding in post-World War II St. Louis. But within 20 years, several of the 33 11-story apartment buildings constituting Pruitt-Igoe would lie in rubble following their widely televised demolition. Thick, overgrown foliage and trees now blanket the vacant site where the uniform high-rises once stood.
UMSL Events for July 14-20, 2012
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High school students find ‘Xtreme’ fun at UMSL’s summer program
For the fifth consecutive summer, a group of tech-savvy high school students have gathered on the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis to try their hand at the world of information technology.
UMSL Events for July 7-13, 2012
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Tedeschi Trucks Band to play bluesy Touhill show
While Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi have been spouses for more than a decade, their musical marriage is just two years old. But they’ve packed in plenty of accolades in that time as leaders of the 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band including a Grammy Award for Best Blues Album for TTB’s debut “Revelator.”
Students pull out all stops to make ‘The Stakes’
Joshua McNew thought he’d scouted out the perfect location to shoot the gritty student-driven drama “The Stakes.” In January, cast and crew set up shop at the Ford Asphalt Company building in Bridgeton, Mo., for a two-day, 24-hour marathon shoot. One problem, the site is right next to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Student’s digital portrait paintings to be displayed at Gallery Visio
Becky Wulf blurs the lines of animation and fine art through her series of digital portrait paintings. The University of Missouri–St. Louis student will display her work July 12- Aug. 8 at Gallery Visio. An opening reception for the exhibition called “Booshi” “will be from 4 to 7 p.m. July 12. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
UMSL Events for June 30-July 13, 2012
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Instructor shows off international instrument collection
Aurelia Hartenberger has been collecting musical instruments for nearly four decades. But, they’re not your average run-of-the-mill ones. They come from all over the world. Her collection features African drums, bells and rattles, plus historical Civil War instruments and one-of-a-kind custom-made modern jazz pieces, including some played by jazz greats Artie Shaw and Clark Terry.
UMSL Events for June 23-29, 2012
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Big Muddy Dance Company to jazz up Touhill stage
The art form of jazz has roots that run deep in many American cities, including St. Louis. The Big Muddy Dance Company taps into the city’s jazz heritage for its performances. The downtown St. Louis-based company will next present its eclectic repertoire of new and classic dance works at the University of Missouri–St. Louis
UMSL Events for June 16-22, 2012
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Celebrated choral groups to converge at Touhill
Many of the world’s best a cappella voices will fill the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall during a pair of performance June 23 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Piano students to hold benefit concert
A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis piano students will soon travel to Russia and to help defray the costs they are holding a special benefit concert June 15 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis.
Legendary Japanese queen focus of lecture
The legendary and mysterious Japanese queen Himiko will be the focus of a lecture sponsored by the Japan America Society Women’s Association.
UMSL Events for June 9-15, 2012
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It’s time to get Jubilized! How will you celebrate UMSL’s 50th?
Dancing and fireworks. Virtual murals. Scholarships. Concerts. Community health fairs. A 50-year retrospective on civil rights. For the last several months, dozens of people at the University of Missouri–St. Louis have been meeting and planning a year’s worth of ideas to celebrate UMSL’s founding in 1963.
Watch Venus cross the face of the sun at UMSL
A rare event will transpire in the sky June 5, and astronomers at the University of Missouri–St. Louis are inviting the public to watch.
UMSL Events for June 2-8, 2012
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Panel to discuss IRA pros, cons
To IRA or not to IRA? That is the question. Panel experts will explore the pros and cons of individual retirement accounts for the discussion “Do you have an IRA for the IRS?” at 8 a.m. June 7 in the Student Government Association Chamber in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
UMSL Events for May 26-June 1, 2012
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Victorian era inspires new Gallery Visio exhibit
The latest exhibition at Gallery Visio at the University of Missouri–St. Louis takes its inspiration from the splendid Victorian era of St. Louis.
UMSL Events for May 19-25, 2012
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Dance festival to spring up again at Touhill
Dance lovers, name a place you can see the world-renowned shape-shifters Pilobolus for only $10. And what if that $10 also got you access to live performances by nine other renowned dance companies? That’s exactly what you get for the first night of the 5th Annual Emerson Spring to Dance Festival at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Thinking out loud with the intellectually curious
Why do we think about certain things? Why do we do certain things? A three-day conference for the thinking person gets under way May 20 at the Moonrise Hotel in St. Louis. The St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality or SLACRR is sponsored by the University of Missouri–St. Louis and Washington University in St. Louis. It runs through May 22. The conference provides a forum for new work on practical and theoretical reason.
Ritenour teens create photographic autobiographies
A new University of Missouri–St. Louis exhibit will provide an outlet for the distinctive voices of a group of St. Louis-area teenagers. The teens, all students at Ritenour High School in Breckenridge Hills, Mo., will tell their story through photographs. The exhibit is the latest in the Public Policy Research Center Photography Project series.
3 honorary degree recipients devote lives to service
Dr. Patricia Wolff, a St. Louis pediatrician who left her private practice last year to devote her time to providing food and medicine to malnourished children in Haiti, is one of three individuals receiving honorary degrees at five commencement ceremonies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis May 12 and 13.
UMSL Events for May 12-18, 2012
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Spoken-word ballet to make debut at Touhill
The world premiere of “A Life Unhappening” will meld choreography with the written word for a spoken-word ballet performance exploring the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on three generations of one woman’s family. The St. Louis Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association has teamed up with writer and producer Adam E. Stone for the performance, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 11 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Creative writers to give one last reading as students
A day before they graduate from the University of Missouri–St. Louis with an MFA in creative writing, eight students will read their original works. The semiannual MFA Graduate Reading will begin at 7 p.m. Friday (May 11) in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The reading is free and open to the public.
UMSL Events for May 5-11, 2012
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National entertainer envisions change
Tom Sullivan has been blind since shortly after birth. But that hasn’t stopped him from gaining national recognition as an award-winning actor, singer, author, producer, humanitarian and inspirational speaker.
Health care focus of outsourcing professionals meeting at UMSL
Health care is a growing global concern. Insurance costs, doctor bills and prescription fees continue to increase. The recent meeting of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Midwest Chapter meeting held at the University of Missouri–St. Louis focused on outsourcing of health care services.
Mercantile to host Civil War series
Missouri’s pivotal role in the Civil War will be explored at 7 p.m. every Thursday in May at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Students of Service finishes at 23,000-plus hours
The threat of bad weather Saturday morning kept some volunteers away. But the people who did show up at the University of Missouri–St. Louis for the final community service project of the semester had plenty of enthusiasm.
Schools collaborate for new Gallery 210 exhibit
Students from three St. Louis-area high schools have collaborated on a new exhibit of their artwork that will be on display in Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. “Collaborative II: The Things That Bring Us Together” can be viewed through May 19.
Storyteller to share troubling tale of American Indian boarding schools
Storyteller Dovie Thomason, a Lakota and Kiowa Apache, will explore a tragic chapter in U.S. history at 5:30 p.m. May 3 in 402 J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The free event, “The Spirit Survives,” will focus on the forcible use of American Indian boarding schools. It is part of the 33rd Annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival presented by UMSL.
Seminar to explore what really grows in community gardens
Community gardening organizations and health advocates have lauded community gardens as a means to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in urban food deserts. A review of the literature about community gardens reveals that there are links between health and community gardening, but they may not be what you think.
UMSL Events for April 28-May 4, 2012
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Arianna String Quartet offers ‘Famous Last Words’
The Arianna String Quartet will close out its 2011-12 concert series with a performance at 8 p.m. May 4 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Express Scripts founder to discuss new book
Harlan Steinbaum knows a thing or two about tough calls. A businessman for more than 20 years, he has made thousands of hard decisions, but one call became his career-defining moment.
Chancellor to deliver 36th annual Report to Community
It’s an annual report befitting a public university. No slick publication. No high-priced consultants. The report is delivered in person to the people who have invested in its outstanding product – an educated work force for the St. Louis region.
Nonprofit scholar to discuss human service deserts
Drawing on the concept of food deserts, popularized by first lady Michelle Obama, scholar Brent Never will discuss the implications of human service deserts for communities of need. He will present his lecture “Service Deserts and Nonprofits: ‘Lumpiness’ in the Fabric of Human Service Provision” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. April 27 at the chapel in Bellerive Hall on South Campus at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Following ‘Black Swan’ success, St. Louis Ballet set to stage ‘Swan Lake’
The 2010 film “Black Swan” earned critical praise, box office success and an Oscar for best actress for Natalie Portman. It also drew wider attention to the classic ballet “Swan Lake.”
Director helps St. Louisans take Shakespeare to the streets
The culmination of months of hard work will play out in the streets of the Benton Park West neighborhood of St. Louis this weekend. The intersection of Cherokee Street and California Avenue will be the backdrop for the Shakespeare-inspired play “The New World.” It’s an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” being presented by Shakespeare in the Streets.
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