‘Transgender Spectrum’ event unites diverse groups

Nov 15, 2014

UMSL student Dan Stewart has worked to help plan the conference.

Research grant gives student a chance to examine state’s incarceration rates

Nov 9, 2014

Gwen Smith, a criminology and criminal justice major at UMSL, received a research grant from UMSL’s College of Arts and Sciences in the spring to study incarceration trends.

Civic organization recognizes student for mentoring work

Nov 6, 2014

UMSL anthropology student LaVell Monger was recently named Mentee of the Year by the 100 Black Men of Metropolitan St. Louis.

UMSL senior gives Missouri Reverse Transfer Program high marks

Nov 2, 2014

Public policy major Mark Stone was impressed with the simplicity of a new statewide program to increase the number of Missourians with an associate degree.

Fechner lecturer helps explain others’ points of view

Oct 30, 2014

Alexandra Horowitz, author of “On Looking” and The New York Times bestseller “Inside of a Dog,” spoke at UMSL for the College of Optometry’s 13th annual Fechner Day lecture.

Laverne Cox wows crowd, calls for love, conversation

Oct 23, 2014

“I stand before you today a proud African American transgender woman,” the acclaimed actress and transgender advocate told a sold-out crowd at UMSL on Oct. 21.

National award-winning novelist visits MFA students

Oct 21, 2014

Award-winning debut novelist Anthony Marra (left) visited UMSL MFA in Creative Writing students including Matthew Vivian and read at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.

Purnell, Roccia among NCI’s 30 Leaders in Their Thirties honorees

Oct 20, 2014

Andrea Purnell (left) is the director of communications and the arts for the Missouri Institute of Mental Health, and Miriam Roccia is the assistant dean of students.

Eye on UMSL: Autumn sun

Oct 19, 2014

The sun returns from a lengthy hiatus as Mackenzie Jo Remmert, a sophomore social work major, sits cross-legged among the Quad’s fallen leaves on warm and lovely autumn day.

Witnessing on-campus political debate gives UMSL students immeasurable experience

Oct 15, 2014

St. Louis County executive hopefuls and UMSL alumni Rick Stream and Steve Stenger battled over a number of topics of the St. Louis Public Radio-sponsored event.

Chancellor Tom George discusses UMSL’s role in community

Oct 13, 2014

He was a guest Oct. 9 on the St. Louis Public Radio program “St. Louis on the Air.”

A message from Chancellor Tom George on Ferguson

Oct 7, 2014

“For many, Ferguson is no longer a place. It’s now a symbol that elicits a broad spectrum of issues of global proportion.”

Students sing UMSL’s praises in Founders Dinner video

Sep 29, 2014

Adrian Liddell was one of several students who discussed why they chose UMSL in a new video that made its debut at the annual Founders Dinner on Sept. 26.

Alumni honorees stand out in chosen fields

Sep 29, 2014

The 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients include (from left) William Shiang, Claire M. Schenk, Barbara Willis Brown, Robert “Bobby” Norfolk and Kathleen Boyd-Fenger.

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.

George Paz: A leader who delivers

Sep 25, 2014

A UMSL alumnus, Paz, BSBA 1982, is the CEO of Express Scripts.

Athletics Q&A with junior midfielder DJ Bednar

Sep 24, 2014

The UMSL student, who is pursuing an engineering degree, discussed what brought him to UMSL, his role on the field and what goes through his mind on a game-winning goal.

Biology PhD student awarded grant for field research in Guyana

Sep 22, 2014

Gyanpriya Maharaj received the grant from The Rufford Foundation, based in the U.K., which helped finance her field research this summer.

UMSL child center teacher receives Early Childhood Education Award

Sep 17, 2014

Estella Rash, a childcare assistant at UMSL, received the award from The St. Louis American Foundation Sept. 12.

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.

Maltby wins Chancellor’s Award for innovation in teaching

Sep 16, 2014

The associate teaching professor of English will receive the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for a Non-Tenure Track Faculty Member on Sept. 17 during the State of the University Address.

UMSL poet earns Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award

Sep 16, 2014

Shane Seely, assistant professor of English at UMSL, will receive the award Sept. 17 at the State of the University Address.

Chancellor’s award winner is expert in financial planning

Sep 15, 2014

Gary Flotron, senior lecturer of finance at UMSL, will receive the 2014 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for a Part-Time Faculty Member on Sept. 17 at the State of the University Address.

Shatera Davis is UMSL’s student in new congressional internship

Sep 7, 2014

She was UMSL’s first participant in a new program that places students in congressional offices for internships.

UMSL bat study featured on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’

Sep 4, 2014

Bat hunting in a cemetery after dark sounds like a plot ripped from a horror movie. But it was all part of a recent scientific excursion involving a UMSL group.

UMSL senior is national Miss Amazing

Sep 3, 2014

Katie Johnson, a communication major, took the crown in a pageant for women with disabilities. She had won the Missouri title in April.

Galápagos hawks hand down lice like family heirlooms, study finds

Sep 1, 2014

The group of researchers includes Patricia Parker, the E. Desmond Lee Professor in Zoological Studies and chair of the Department of Biology at UMSL.

Undergrad research grant fosters young scientist’s passion

Aug 25, 2014

Kaylyn Bauer, a UMSL junior majoring in biochemistry and biotechnology, spent the summer interning at the Danforth Plant Science Center.

Grant spurs undergrad’s research toward better batteries, vehicles

Aug 20, 2014

Senior physics major Henry Hamper eyes a batch of the nanoporous carbon material he makes for research projects aimed at improving batteries and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

UMSL alumnus named state girls track coach of the year

Aug 13, 2014

Sheldon Webster (front with medal), BSEd 1986, is the girls track and field coach at McCluer North High School in Florissant, Mo.

Head of UMSL Museum Studies Program honored for ‘distinguished career’

Aug 5, 2014

Jay Rounds has been recognized by the Association of Midwest Museums for his decades of contribution to the field and legacy of shaping students into museum professionals.

Ideas Island sprouts creative collaboration for education scholars

Aug 4, 2014

“If you could have your own island to yourself, what would you create?” Assistant Professor Ralph Cordova responded, and then got to find out first hand.

New scholarship helps push summer enrollment above 5,000

Aug 3, 2014

The new Triton Summer Scholarship helped soon-to-be senior Tempestt Burel and 160 fellow UMSL students make the most of the university’s summer course offerings and stay on track toward graduation.

Check out the new UMSL website

Jul 31, 2014

Above is a glimpse of part of the new home page, umsl.edu.

UMSL artists, events, alumni among best in St. Louis

Jul 29, 2014

Honorees include the Arianna String Quartet, which was named Best Chamber Music Group.

Henry Ballard, 70, recent UMSL graduate

Jul 23, 2014

“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”

Legendary UMSL Basketball Coach, Athletics Director Chuck Smith passes away

Jul 22, 2014

Smith, 1927-2014, was an inaugural inductee to the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame in 2001 and was inducted into the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.

St. Louis teens make strides during UMSL Summer Academy

Jul 21, 2014

Scores of local high school students turned their summer break into a time of serious and memorable growth by taking part in the academy, offered by the UMSL Bridge Program.

‘Topping off’ ceremony marks progress as Rec Center takes shape

Jul 10, 2014

Eight months into the 20-month project that will culminate in the Rec Center’s 2015 opening, the facility’s framework is now complete.

UMSL educator Maggie Peeno receives art teaching’s highest honor

Jun 24, 2014

She was recently named a distinguished fellow by the National Art Education Association.

Samuel Mugaya lands nursing job, devoted to helping African homeland

Jun 23, 2014

The native Ugandan graduated in May with a BSN from UMSL’s College of Nursing and has accepted a position at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in west St. Louis County.

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.

UMSL security guard receives Boy Scouts service award

Jun 22, 2014

Bob Malon earned the Silver Beaver Award for his 16 years of exceptional leadership and service to scouting in the region.

Alumnus Chris Melde reminisces on recent return to UMSL, criminology faculty

Jun 18, 2014

The criminologist visited his alma mater earlier this spring to speak at the annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference.

How is a news organization like a university?

Jun 15, 2014

St. Louis Public Radio Editor Margaret Wolf Frievogel discusses the similarities in her recent commentary.

Learn the music business from legendary promoter Steve Schankman

Jun 12, 2014

From U2 to Maroon 5 to Pope John Paul II, if you’ve been to a major event in St. Louis in the past 40 years, Steve Schankman was probably involved.

From classroom to career: Latest wave of optometry graduates enter work force

Jun 11, 2014

Thirty-nine students graduated from the program in May, all of them with jobs already lined up in the optometry field.

Grant allows science students to get hands-on lab experience

Jun 10, 2014

Susan Monnig received a $1,000 research grant from UMSL’s College of Arts and Sciences last semester to study a species of cyanobacteria, a blue-green algae.

UMSL’s biology department embraces state-of-the-art technology

Jun 9, 2014

Michael Hughes, assistant professor of biology at UMSL, is the administrator of the next-generation sequencer, an instrument that rapidly sequences molecules like RNA and DNA.

Criminologist Finn-Aage Esbensen named ASC Fellow

Jun 3, 2014

He is the fifth faculty member from his department to be named an ASC fellow. Other fellows include Bob Bursik, Janet Lauritsen, Richard Rosenfeld and Richard Wright.