NBCU Academy’s Sandy Sharp delivered the keynote address in front of a packed crowd at Anheuser-Busch Hall.
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International Business Career Conference offers students advice on global careers
NBCU Academy’s Sandy Sharp delivered the keynote address in front of a packed crowd at Anheuser-Busch Hall.
International Business Career Conference offers students advice on global careers
NBCU Academy’s Sandy Sharp delivered the keynote address in front of a packed crowd at Anheuser-Busch Hall.
International Business Career Conference offers students advice on global careers
NBCU Academy’s Sandy Sharp delivered the keynote address in front of a packed crowd at Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Scott Morris, Jesse Frey describe how UMSL is fostering entrepreneurship in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
Morris serves as the director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, and Frey, a marketing major, is the founder of Headlok.
Scott Morris, Jesse Frey describe how UMSL is fostering entrepreneurship in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
Morris serves as the director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, and Frey, a marketing major, is the founder of Headlok.
Scott Morris, Jesse Frey describe how UMSL is fostering entrepreneurship in latest episode of Inside UMSL podcast
Morris serves as the director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, and Frey, a marketing major, is the founder of Headlok.
Supply chain master’s student Kabita Rokka lands job with Bruker Corporation
Rokka, who earned three degrees in her home country of Nepal before enrolling at UMSL, has made the most of her experience on campus, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Supply chain master’s student Kabita Rokka lands job with Bruker Corporation
Rokka, who earned three degrees in her home country of Nepal before enrolling at UMSL, has made the most of her experience on campus, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Supply chain master’s student Kabita Rokka lands job with Bruker Corporation
Rokka, who earned three degrees in her home country of Nepal before enrolling at UMSL, has made the most of her experience on campus, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Biology alum Chris Hollingsworth contributing to Saint Louis Zoo’s hellbender conservation and care team
Hollingsworth earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from UMSL in December 2023 and first joined the zoo staff as an intern early last year.
Biology alum Chris Hollingsworth contributing to Saint Louis Zoo’s hellbender conservation and care team
Hollingsworth earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from UMSL in December 2023 and first joined the zoo staff as an intern early last year.
Biology alum Chris Hollingsworth contributing to Saint Louis Zoo’s hellbender conservation and care team
Hollingsworth earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from UMSL in December 2023 and first joined the zoo staff as an intern early last year.
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School of Social Work faculty members, in conjunction with faculty from Saint Louis University, recently secured a $880,000 grant through the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
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Baseball led Derek Steiner to UMSL, but economics gave him a purpose and career path.
Wintry MLK Day of Service sees UMSL students clearing crops, sweeping floors
230 students participated in the annual MLK Day of Service, volunteering at 13 sites across the region for a total of 699 service hours.
Panel to address discrimination, avenues to equality
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sarah Lacy will moderate the Aug. 7 panel in the Millennium Student Center.
Students gain job experience, more through StudentPlus program
Participant Candice Clossum works closely with a mentor in an on-campus job that builds her repertoire while pursuing her degree.
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UMSL sets new record for gifts and pledges
Donors contributed a collective $31.2 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Alumna Kim Hudson gets morning show on FOX 2
She moved into the high-profile position as host of the “AM Show,” replacing Tim Ezell.
Legendary UMSL Basketball Coach, Athletics Director Chuck Smith passes away
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.
Rec Center progress on display in local media
UMSL student Barry Hykes talked with KTVI reporter Kim Hudson about why he felt the facility was important.
Eye on UMSL: Forest Park
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.
Alumnus Chris Melde reminisces on recent return to UMSL, criminology faculty
The criminologist visited his alma mater earlier this spring to speak at the annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference.
Learn the music business from legendary promoter Steve Schankman
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.
UMSL’s biology department embraces state-of-the-art technology
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
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.
Nermin Zimic wins AIGA award for genocide project
After graduating from UMSL in May, he’s already started working as an assistant art director at Falk Harrison, a brand communication agency based in St. Louis.
Kat Riemer walks in to gallery gig after earning art degree
The recent UMSL graduate gets to earn a living in the art world while gaining experience and furthering her knowledge.
UMSL scientist named 2014 Inventor of the Year
Zhi Xu has been honored by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis for creating an inexpensive, noninvasive blood glucose monitor.
UMSL’s research faculty receives high national rankings
Researchers like UMSL criminologist Richard Rosenfeld (left) rank 14th among universities in the U.S. with high faculty research activity.
Online undergraduate courses help criminology student work toward her degree
Cara Sampson is juggling a lot in her life right now, but online courses are ensuring she stays on pace to graduate.
Engineering student gains international experience, secures Boeing job
Going abroad. Graduating from college. Starting a new job. Getting married. Deborah Medintz is doing all of them within months of each other.
Spring has sprung at UMSL
Students and ducks have long flocked to Bugg Lake at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Counseling educator named ‘Living Legend’
UMSL professor Mark Pope was recently named a “Living Legend of Counseling” by the American Counseling Association during the annual convention in Honolulu.
Atkisson, Smith named Senior Student-Athletes of the Year
Devonna Smith will graduate as one of the best rebounders in the history of the women’s basketball program while Joe Atkisson will graduate as one of UMSL’s best-ever men’s golfers.
Congrats on your first job. Now start saving, accounting expert says
New college graduates will face an overwhelming number of financial choices, according to a new study by Gregory Geisler, associate professor of accounting at UMSL.
NCAA DII champion, international standout Tomas Kuzvard named swimming and diving coach
Both UMSL Tritons programs will begin competition in the 2014-15 academic year.
UMSL student elected to optometry’s top US student leadership position
Devin Sasser is the second UMSL student to hold the office of president of the American Optometric Student Association in three years.
Winners of International Photo Contest announced
Second place went to Kevin Hill, a senior majoring in accounting, for his photograph “Blue Boats.”
Eye on UMSL: Mirthday concert
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.
Famed ecologist visits UMSL campus, awarded conservation prize
Lincoln Brower was in St. Louis to give this year’s Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture, co-sponsored by the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL.
UMSL advertising students win gold ADDY
The students had a productive spring, bringing home a haul of medals at the St. Louis ADDY Awards.
St. Louis Metromorphosis to explore significance of city across 250 years
The UMSL conference will gather speakers to consider the critical role St. Louis played in different eras and how recent research has reshaped our understanding of the city’s significance.
8 photos of UMSL’s Bridge Program graduating another class of scholars
Bridge remains a highly successful precollegiate program with 100 percent of participating seniors enrolling in post-secondary institutions.
Verboven named GLVC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week
The UMSL sophomore received the honor for the second time in her career.
Women’s basketball selected to NCAA Tournament
For just the second time in program history, and the first since the 1999-2000 season, the UMSL team is going dancing.
UMSL kicks off Battle of the Boot shoe drive
Teddy Binkholder, a senior anthropology major, is leading the UMSL collection of shoe donations for the Battle of the Boot shoe drive.
IN UNISON offers performance, mentoring to UMSL music students
The St. Louis Symphony’s IN UNISON scholarship has offered sweet musical experiences to five University of Missouri–St. Louis students this year.
UMSL Professor Michael Cosmopoulos inducted into St. Louis Academy of Science
Founded in 1856, the academy is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific associations in the United States.
UMSL scholar honored by international philosophy association
Gualtiero Piccinini, associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at UMSL, will receive the 2014 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy.
Donors support UMSL improvements
Under the leadership of Chancellor Tom George (left) and Martin Leifeld, vice chancellor for University Advancement, UMSL has raised more than $18 million for scholarships, academic programs, faculty positions and facilities.
2 faculty members, alumnus collaborate on website with Saint Louis Art Museum
Jeanne Zarucchi hopes a website she helped create will be a new learning resource for art teachers and French language instructors in the St. Louis area.
‘Everybody can’t be Beyonce’: 87 middle school girls get a lesson in life
The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at UMSL and three members of the National Association of Women Judges presented the 2014 Girls Summit.
4 UMSL alumni named to St. Louis Business Journal’s 2014 ’40 Under 40′
The annual list recognizes individuals in the St. Louis community who have made an impact in the business world before reaching the age of 40.
UMSL Chancellor Tom George named to Dynamic People list
He was one of 10 Dynamic People featured in the Jan. 24 issue of the Ladue News.
Art professor brings his work home
Dan Younger’s photography is the subject of his first solo St. Louis show in more than 20 years. It will be on display Feb. 7 to May 17 at the Sheldon Art Galleries.
UMSL English professor honored with prestigious Irish studies position
Eamonn Wall will serve as the 2014 Charles A. Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies at Villanova University for the spring semester.
UMSL focuses on career planning early and often
What are your plans after graduation? Teresa Balestreri, who directs Career Services, says the first step to finding that dream job is to look in the mirror.
WomenArts Quarterly develops influence in short time
Despite just four years in circulation, the journal has found a reach beyond the boundaries of the UMSL campus.
UMSL staffer offers big-city advice to national organization
Tegan Klevorn, coordinator of student activities, wrote a “how to” on creating events at an urban university for the national magazine Campus Activities Programming.
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