Doctoral student Belinda Quimby brings servant leadership to Humboldt Academy as principal

Aug 22, 2022

Quimby worked in the performing arts field as a choreographer and director before changing career paths and enrolling in the College of Education.

Eye on UMSL: Back on campus

Aug 22, 2022

The sidewalks around University Libraries leading into the Quad were once again bustling with students on their way to class as the 2022-23 academic year commenced.

Students check back into Oak Hall on Move-In Day 2022

Aug 22, 2022

Last week, UMSL students began their college experience by moving into Oak Hall and discovering their new home for the academic year.

First Summer SURG cohort assists the Missouri Institute of Mental Health’s Addiction Science Team in addressing the overdose crisis

Aug 22, 2022

The five students spent the summer packing naloxone kits, conducting literature searches, creating infographics and working on their own personal research projects on overdoses.

Devin Banks discusses toll drug overdoses are taking on Black community in St. Louis with PBS NewsHour

Aug 21, 2022

Banks is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and a member of UMSL’s addiction science team.

UMSL Social Peers promotes inclusive campus community

Aug 15, 2022

The yearlong program pairs full-time undergraduate students from across campus with students in the Succeed Program based on common interests.

Eye on UMSL: Welcoming the world

Aug 15, 2022

More than 130 students representing 28 countries took part in UMSL Global’s International Student Orientation on Monday in the Millennium Student Center.

Political science student Sydney Young works to foster civic engagement in fellow students, community

Aug 15, 2022

Young was among 82 students nationally named to the ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll and recently started a fellowship with the ACLU.

UMSL set to welcome back students with Triton Take-Off, Weeks of Welcome activities

Aug 15, 2022

The Office of New Student Programs and the Office of Student Involvement have a full schedule of events designed to help students get involved on campus.

E. Desmond Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative connects St. Louis students with local arts agencies

Aug 9, 2022

The Collaborative recently hosted its annual kickoff with nearly 30 fine arts partner organizations, plus teachers from 17 St. Louis-area school districts.

Eye on UMSL: ‘I voted’

Aug 8, 2022

Jody Squires, the regional director for University of Missouri Extension programs in the Urban East Region, voted in last week’s primary election in the Millennium Student Center.

Doctoral candidates Ernesto Lopez, Bobby Boxerman do groundwork for newsmaking Council on Criminal Justice report

Aug 8, 2022

They have compiled crime data for the ongoing study of “Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities” with Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Rosenfeld.

Mentorship program at MIMH helps foster Megan Niehaus’ interest in neuroHIV

Aug 8, 2022

UMSL was one of five sites hosting students in the summer mentorship program organized as part of the International NeuroHIV Cure Consortium.

Scholar in Residence Tom Hoerr’s latest book touts empathy for school leaders

Aug 8, 2022

“The Principal as Chief Empathy Officer: Creating a Culture Where Everyone Grows” examines how empathy can help reduce conflict, foster teamwork and improve student achievement.

Dave Wacyk ready to conduct change as UMSL’s new director of instrumental music

Aug 8, 2022

Wacyk previously served as the director of instrumental music at Saint Martin’s University and taught instrumental conducting at Towson University.

Senior Jonathan Gutierrez explores Washington, DC through new summer internship program

Aug 8, 2022

Gutierrez is the first UMSL student to participate in the program, where he’s split his time interning at the World Affairs Council of America and touring the city’s cultural institutions.

Alumnus Steven Harris promoted to managing partner at RubinBrown LLP

Aug 2, 2022

In May, the Clayton-based accounting and professional consulting firm named Harris managing partner, only the fourth in the company’s 70-year history.

Eye on UMSL: Exemplary ushers

Aug 1, 2022

Volunteers Alan Ruby, Mary Fulmer, Pat Greer and Don Greer earned recognition as outstanding ushers for their dedication to the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

Shea Kerkhoff and Cassandra Suggs launch ‘Show Me Literacies’ podcast

Aug 1, 2022

Kerkhoff and Suggs have interviewed academics, educators and librarians in Missouri about research-informed strategies for teaching literacy in K-12 classrooms.

Anchor Accelerator wins St. Louis Business Journal Fire Award

Aug 1, 2022

The program was recognized for its commitment to boosting the local startup economy and its success in providing paid internships to students.

Stefani Weeden-Smith guiding development of St. Louis Anchor Action Network

Jul 29, 2022

Weeden-Smith began her role as director of the alliance of higher education institutions, hospital systems, corporations and nonprofits in September.

STARS program celebrates the work of its latest class of aspiring scientists

Jul 25, 2022

A group of 70 high school students from across the St. Louis region and beyond received hands-on training in scientific research through the six-week program.

Eye on UMSL: A new generation of scientists

Jul 25, 2022

High school students participating in the Students and Teachers As Research Scientists program gathered for a group photo in the Science Learning Building.

Melody Freeman, James Campbell and Layne Paubel receive UMSL Hero Awards

Jul 25, 2022

The awards recognize the exemplary efforts of staff and faculty members from across campus.

UMSL opens its doors to Film Camp USA

Jul 25, 2022

Forty-five students have participated in the eight-week camp and helped develop the short film “Watchers,” which will debut on Saturday at the Touhill.

Social Work Professor Joe Pickard named new Faculty Athletics Representative

Jul 25, 2022

Pickard will serve as a liaison between the university and the athletics department and also help represent the university in conference and NCAA matters.

Alex LaPorta signs to play professional basketball in Europe

Jul 21, 2022

LaPorta has signed to play the 2022-23 season with Basketball Academie Limburg in the Dutch Women’s Basketball League.

College of Optometry Professor Julie DeKinder named vice chair of the Accreditation Council on Optometric Education

Jul 20, 2022

The organization is the only accrediting body for professional optometric degree programs and optometric residency programs.

CLIMB Program provides area high school students hands-on research experience in UMSL labs

Jul 18, 2022

Thirteen interns from the Hazelwood, Jennings, Ritenour, Riverview Gardens and University City school districts took part in this summer’s program.

MEd student Jillian Dunn serves her community on Ferguson-Florissant Board of Education

Jul 18, 2022

Dunn won a three-year term in April and is interested in increasing teacher satisfaction and engaging community stakeholders.

Gateway Writing Project’s OneCity Stories program teaches high schoolers to use their voices for social change

Jul 18, 2022

The three-week program brought together 11 students from across the St. Louis region to hone their writing and multimedia skills.

Eye on UMSL: A walking lunch

Jul 18, 2022

Members of the campus community took breaks from classes and work and walked on the treadmills inside the Recreation and Wellness Center. 

Millennium Student Center to serve as polling place for primary, general elections

Jul 18, 2022

Residents of St. Louis County will be able to cast their votes on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus in both the primary and general elections this year.

Alumnus and Salute to Business Achievement honoree Joe Eimer gives back to move students forward

Jul 17, 2022

Eimer has stayed connected to the university, hiring several UMSL graduates and serving on the IST Advisory Board.

UMSL students play valuable roles in furthering the mission of St. Louis-based Food Outreach

Jul 13, 2022

Leizel Thomas and Noah Young are helping address food insecurity for those living with chronic illnesses in the St. Louis area.

Anchor Accelerator receives $300,000 grant from Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Jul 11, 2022

The grant was awarded through the Heartland Challenge, which funds programs, projects and initiatives that support underrepresented business owners and founders.

Student-athletes add long list of academic accolades to unrivaled year of competitive success

Jul 11, 2022

A record 158 UMSL student-athletes received academic All-GLVC recognition and 11 teams won team academic awards among other honors.

Abderrahmen Mtibaa researching ways to improve networking, security in disaster response networks

Jul 11, 2022

The assistant professor of computer science is working with colleagues at New Mexico State University and Saint Louis University on an NSF-funded project.

Missouri Sen. Brian Williams touts unprecedented investment in UMSL, north St. Louis County

Jul 11, 2022

Missouri’s 2023 budget will direct $40 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to UMSL to support a major campus redevelopment.

Eye on UMSL: Rise and shine

Jul 8, 2022

The summer sun shines on the atrium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.  

History alumnus Alexander Salois becomes key member of Facilities Management

Jul 5, 2022

Salois began working in the department part-time as a student, and has led an effort to digitize campus key records.

Art & design professor Scott Gericke commissioned to design July issue of St. Louis Magazine

Jul 1, 2022

For the magazine’s annual A-List Awards, Gericke utilized wood and metal type and line cuts both from UMSL and Central Print.

UMSL alumnus and retired Boeing executive Terry Elmendorf becomes UMSL’s executive in residence

Jun 27, 2022

Elmendorf returns to the university after more than 30 years in various leadership positions at Boeing.

Dr. Keshia Elder named dean of College of Optometry at the University of Missouri–St. Louis

Jun 27, 2022

Elder, who previously served as an associate clinical professor at UMSL from 2011 to 2016, will assume the role on Sept. 1.

College of Education hosts inaugural Future Teacher Leadership Academy for local high school students

Jun 27, 2022

The free two-week program was funded by a $30,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Eye on UMSL: Summer job

Jun 27, 2022

A crane lifts new insulation onto the roof at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center last week at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Communication graduate Brandyn Chambers in the spotlight on HGTV’s ‘Battle on the Beach’

Jun 24, 2022

Chambers, who earned his master’s degree in May, works with his father, Roosevelt, renovating homes through their company Chambers Development LLC.

Ask an Expert: Lynn Staley discusses the legacy of Title IX for women’s sports

Jun 23, 2022

Staley saw the impact of Title IX in her own life as a women’s basketball player at Kalamazoo College in the early 1980s.

Cigna Foundation awards $200,000 grant to support Bridge Program’s Saturday Academy

Jun 23, 2022

The Saturday Academy provides courses in mathematics, science and written and oral communication, and 100% of its graduates have matriculated to college since 2003.

Professor Todd Swanstrom part of UniverCities Exchange panel on public transit

Jun 21, 2022

UniverCities Exchange gathers community leaders and academic experts to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting St. Louis and Kansas City.