Eye on UMSL: Feet in pond

May 25, 2015

Amanda Davis and Shane Bower’s friendly competition of rock-paper-scissors ended with their feet in the pond.

Eye on UMSL: Flying

May 11, 2015

UMSL students (from left) Annie Nohava, Juliana Knaup and Nick Perez ride the Cliffhanger during the UMSL Mirth Week carnival.

Eye on UMSL: Opportunity Scholars

Apr 30, 2015

With the first two Opportunity Scholars set to graduate from UMSL in May, all of the current students to hold that distinction recently gathered for a group photo.

Eye on UMSL: Showers & flowers

Apr 20, 2015

April rain showers, such as the one photographed through the window of UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building, have yielded numerous flowers across campus.

Eye on UMSL: Record breaker

Apr 7, 2015

On March 31, UMSL senior outfielder Jena Boudreau hit her first home run of the season. It was one for the books.

Eye on UMSL: The U crew

Mar 31, 2015

UMSL students devote countless hours each semester to audio and video production for UMSL Radio and The U News.

Eye on UMSL: Family

Mar 29, 2015

Chris Roccia and 2-year-old Jackson greet Miriam Roccia with roses during the UMSL Trailblazers reception.

Eye on UMSL: Bellerive encore

Mar 26, 2015

Nancy Gleason discusses her 10-year affiliation with the honors college-produced publication as guest speaker at the launch party for the latest edition.

Eye on UMSL: Piece of pi

Mar 15, 2015

Freshman computer science major Omar Ismail captivates a crowd in the Pilot House as he recites 2,020 digits of pi.

Eye on UMSL: Uplifting

Mar 10, 2015

UMSL student dancers perform at the 2014-15 College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean’s Awards for Creative Achievement in the Arts.

Eye on UMSL: Mediterranean flavors

Feb 18, 2015

Restaurant owner and chef Ben Poremba toasts in Olio, a former gas station he transformed into a wine bar and eatery in St. Louis’ Botanical Heights neighborhood.

Eye on UMSL: Goose crossing

Feb 9, 2015

A UMSL shuttle patiently waits for the campus’s feathered friends to cross the street.

Eye on UMSL: To serve

Jan 25, 2015

UMSL students (from left) Rachel Romano, William Lawson, and Jesse Herman participate in the MLK Day of Service by painting one of the stairwells at Circle of Light.

Eye on UMSL: Cotton candy clouds

Jan 21, 2015

“Sometimes the photo says it all,” said campus photographer August Jennewein of the early January dusk sky over UMSL that nearly left him speechless.

Eye on UMSL: Teamwork

Jan 8, 2015

UMSL business students (from left) Anthony Luzecky, Zachary Whalen, Patrick Earl, Taylor Obst, Jesse Guajardo and Suzanne Reed hold their last group study in the Millennium Student Center Fireside Lounge.

Eye on UMSL: To the future

Jan 4, 2015

Chatis Santos celebrates and points to the future during the Dec. 20 commencement ceremony at the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. Santos majored in computer science.

Eye on UMSL: Professional experience

Dec 21, 2014

Chris Emerson, UMSL Professional MBA student, shares his past IT experience with his cohort in their Information Systems Management class.

Eye on UMSL: Faculty authors

Dec 10, 2014

Information systems Professor Mary Lacity talks with Larry Frederick, UMSL’s chief information officer, about his book at the annual Faculty Author Reception.

Eye on UMSL: International flair

Dec 8, 2014

Alexandra Weil (left) and Audrey Charlet, both freshmen from Paris, brave the freezing cold as they walk to class with Lucas Pierrez-Peter, a freshman from Strasbourg, France.

Eye on UMSL: The agreement

Dec 2, 2014

UMSL Chancellor Tom George (seated, right) and Norman “Jay” Wilson (seated, left), executive director of admissions for the American University of Antigua College of Medicine, recently signed an articulation agreement.

Eye on UMSL: Sumo students

Nov 30, 2014

UMSL seniors Hasib Ibradzic and Abdul-Kariem Mattenzzi stepped inside sumo suits and into the ring to wrestle recently at UMSL’s Millennium Student Center.

Eye on UMSL: Teaching and Technology

Nov 18, 2014

Larry K. Michaelson presents the workshop “Designing Group Work that Really Works Online and in the Classroom,” part of a UMSL Center for Teaching and Learning two-day conference.

Eye on UMSL: Induction

Nov 10, 2014

Beta Gamma Sigma recently inducted new members during the UMSL College of Business Administration‘s annual Bachmann Book Series on Oct. 29.

Eye on UMSL: Ice cream chemistry

Nov 3, 2014

UMSL Chemistry Club members (from left) Rahmah Ghazal, Hung Nguyen and Jordan Rabus make some homemade ice cream to celebrate National Chemistry Week.

Eye on UMSL: Education initiative

Oct 6, 2014

Gov. Jay Nixon announces a $500,000 federal grant to North Campus, a tutoring program founded by St. Louis Alderman Antonio French (left). The announcement was made Oct. 2 at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Storyteller extraordinaire

Oct 1, 2014

Robert “Bobby” Norfolk, BGS 2003, wowed a crowd of more than 800 people during a special presentation at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ annual Founders Dinner Sept. 26.

Eye on UMSL: GardenVille

Sep 28, 2014

Through the Catholic Newman Center, UMSL alumnus Matthew Hubbard and student volunteers (from left) Janelle Miller, Sharee Chambers and Meagan Burwell work in the community garden known as GardenVille.

Eye on UMSL: Suited up

Sep 17, 2014

This foursome took to the Busch Stadium field for UMSL Night at the Ballpark prior to the start of the Sept. 12 St. Louis Cardinals game.

Eye on UMSL: #UMSLFAMOUS

Sep 3, 2014

Did you win an award? Get an internship, a scholarship or a job? Drop us a line at umslnews@umsl.edu and become #UMSLFAMOUS.

Eye on UMSL: New faculty

Aug 25, 2014

Christopher Boyce, supervisor of instructional technology for UMSL Information Technology Services, introduces new faculty members to software and hardware support they can take advantage of for their research and teaching.

Eye on UMSL: Reaching out

Aug 20, 2014

UMSL staff members deliver items to St. Stephen’s Food Pantry in Ferguson. The local food pantry has experienced a spike in demand as a result of recent events.

Eye on UMSL: Nanoporous carbons

Aug 6, 2014

Senior physics major Henry Hamper, an undergraduate research grant recipient at UMSL, makes nanoporous carbons in Benton Hall.

Eye on UMSL: Ice cream

Jul 28, 2014

University Child Development Center classmates Colin McGuire (left) and Gannon Crangle (right) top off their ice cream desserts with help from their respective grandmothers while Radley Bergfeld awaits his turn.

Eye on UMSL: Scoreboard guru

Jul 23, 2014

If you go to a St. Louis Cardinals game, you’ll likely note the elaborate digital scoreboard graphics and videos. Those are brought to you by UMSL alumnus Bobby Sutherland (left).

Eye on UMSL: Summer Academy

Jul 16, 2014

More than 200 St. Louis teens were accepted into this year’s iteration of the outreach program, which continues to successfully support underserved young people through precollegiate programming.

Eye on UMSL: Acappellooza

Jul 14, 2014

Jim Henry, director of choral studies at UMSL, leads the Acappellooza Summer men’s chorus in a rehearsal before the main concert.

Eye on UMSL: Progress

Jul 8, 2014

Here’s a look at the UMSL Recreation and Wellness Center construction progress. The facility is slated to open in the fall of 2015.

Eye on UMSL: The kiss

Jun 26, 2014

Louie offers a surprise “kiss” (of the foil-wrapped chocolate variety) to alumna Haley Brightwell, BSBA 2014, as she works in the Graduate Business Programs office.

Eye on UMSL: Forest Park

Jun 23, 2014

Theodore Link’s “Plan of Forest Park” (1876) is one of scores of maps that are being catalogued, conserved and displayed for the first time at UMSL’s St. Louis Mercantile Library.

Eye on UMSL: Music festival

Jun 12, 2014

College and high school students from the St. Louis area, Illinois and as far away as Colombia gathered at the Touhill for the Arianna String Quartet’s annual Chamber Music Festival.

Eye on UMSL: Triton pride

Jun 5, 2014

UMSL SUCCEED student Abeo Thompson strikes a pose with Louie while the university’s mascot had a lull during a recent photo shoot for a campus safety video.

Eye on UMSL: Campus tour

May 29, 2014

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster received an up-close look at the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus during a half-day visit May 22 with Chancellor Tom George.

Eye on UMSL: Finals

May 20, 2014

UMSL business administration students Dan Wang (left) and Aolei Zhang study for one of their finals outside Cafe TJ at the Thomas Jefferson Library.

Eye on UMSL: Be Inspired

May 13, 2014

The Afro-Cuban Ensemble preformed Thursday on North Campus at the victory celebration for UMSL Be Inspired, the faculty and staff giving campaign.

Eye on UMSL: Springtime statistics

Apr 28, 2014

Nevena Maric, assistant professor of mathematics at UMSL, and her applied statistics students took advantage of the nice weather and scenic spring setting on North Campus by moving class outside.

Eye on UMSL: Mirthday concert

Apr 22, 2014

American hip-hop recording artist B.o.B performs to an enthusiastic, sold-out audience at the Touhill to close out UMSL’s Mirthday celebration on campus.

Eye on UMSL: Packed house

Apr 6, 2014

A packed house attended the all-day “State of Digital Media Marketing Conference” at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Opening day

Apr 1, 2014

UMSL students (from left) Chris Jaros, Kevin Arendt, Jeff Sjerven, Zach Willmer, and Gen Onuma watch the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 1-0 on opening day.

Eye on UMSL: Celebrating 250

Mar 24, 2014

More than 250 sculpture cakes have been placed at strategic historic locations around St. Louis for Cakeway to the West, including two at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Phase 10

Mar 18, 2014

UMSL mathematics and computer science students (from left) Kevin Shee, Rygin Jireh Liceralde and Michael Nguyen blow off steam by playing their regular post-class Phase 10 card game.