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Formula for success: ’50 Years of Great Chemistry’

Formula for success: ’50 Years of Great Chemistry’

Joseph Bono graduated from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He shares many of the same memories that others have of UMSL’s early years. So, when he traveled from his home in Virginia last week to attend the reunion, “50 Years of Great Chemistry,” Bono recalled the old clubhouse, classes in the laundromat and the opening of Benton Hall.

Media Coverage: March 2013

Media Coverage: March 2013

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Karen Rosen: Alumna was among university’s first optometry graduates

Karen Rosen: Alumna was among university’s first optometry graduates

Optometry awards line the hallway leading to Dr. Karen Rosen’s office. She was one of Vision Monday magazine’s 50 most influential women in optical, the 2006 St. Louis Optometrist of the Year and one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s most influential business women.

Harold Messler: How carpooling turned into a chemistry career

Harold Messler: How carpooling turned into a chemistry career

Harold Messler says he wasn’t destined to go to college, but his introduction to the University of Missouri–St. Louis – a beginning that he calls “a real fluke” – ended up expanding his horizons further than he could have imagined. And it all started with chemistry.

Media Coverage: March 2013

Media Coverage: February 2013

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university,...

UMSL alumni take second in financial competition

UMSL alumni take second in financial competition

Three recent graduates from the University of Missouri–St. Louis walked away from Tucson, Ariz., earlier this year earning second place in the 2013 Financial Service Professionals National Industry Issues Competition.

Media Coverage: March 2013

Media Coverage: January 2013

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

UMSL Trailblazers ceremony hits another high note

UMSL Trailblazers ceremony hits another high note

St. Louis entertainers Carolbeth True and Deborah Scharn provided a lively beginning to this year’s Trailblazers ceremony at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Their renditions of Helen Reddy’s 1971 hit ”I Am Woman” and “I’m A Woman,” popularized by Peggy Lee in 1962, had the audience clapping and singing along

Inspiring the next generation of learners

Inspiring the next generation of learners

Later today, I’m going to make a slight departure from my normal schedule — and wardrobe — when I wear a 2-foot-high red and white striped top hat, sit down among a roomful of grade school kids and do my best Cat in the Hat impersonation.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Making Glass’

Eye on UMSL: ‘Making Glass’

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Jennifer Tappenden, MFA 2012, reads her poem "Making Glass" Feb. 12 in the...

UMSL’s ITE incubator welcomes E.K.G. Life Science Solutions

UMSL alumni named ‘40 Under 40’

Two University of Missouri–St. Louis alumni are among the young professionals being honored in the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2013 “40 Under 40” class.

Inspiring the next generation of learners

UMSL’s Natural Bridge celebrates 15th anniversary with literary journal symposium

The comprehensive list of literary journals and magazines compiled on the Poets & Writers website exceeds 800 listings. But if you’re a writer looking to get work published – or just seeking fresh reading material – where do you start? After all, as Poets & Writers points out, “each (literary journal and magazine) has a unique editorial voice, tone, viewpoint and mission.”

Social work alumnae to discuss child welfare

Social work alumnae to discuss child welfare

The number of children abused and neglected in Missouri each year remains high, but has dropped more than 20 percent since 2006. State officials attribute the decline to the many social service agencies and organizations providing annual services throughout the state.

Media Coverage: March 2013

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The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

UMSL alumna to discuss economic recovery

UMSL alumna to discuss economic recovery

Politicians and government officials haves spent years discussing the economic recovery and the upward swing of the market. But is it really on the mend?

Media Coverage: March 2013

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The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Media Coverage: March 2013

Media Coverage: October 2012

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Public Policy Administration honors 2 distinguished alumni

Public Policy Administration honors 2 distinguished alumni

Douglas Harms and Elizabeth Kurila took different career paths after each earned an MPPA from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. But they maintained close ties to the Public Policy Administration program at UMSL. Now they have something else in common: they’re the first recipients of the PPA Distinguished Alumni Award.

UMSL alumna’s handmade quilts to hang at Gallery Visio

UMSL alumna’s handmade quilts to hang at Gallery Visio

Quilts aren’t just quaint bedding that grandmothers make. A whole new generation has adopted the art form. A series of handmade quilts will be the focus of the next exhibit in Gallery Visio at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

UMSL’s own helps decorate White House for holidays

UMSL’s own helps decorate White House for holidays

When it comes to decking the halls, the White House could use some help. Each year volunteers from across the country are recruited to drape garland and hang ornaments throughout the residence. This year the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ own Donna Carothers, assistant director of Alumni Relations, was asked to lend a helping hand.

Missouri Teacher of the Year Cathy Cartier makes learning matter

Missouri Teacher of the Year Cathy Cartier makes learning matter

A warning bell rings, marking the upcoming third period at Affton High in south St. Louis County. A group of sophomores begin to gather in a cozy classroom. The walls are lined with posters of Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman. As the students hurry to their seats, a smiling Cathy Cartier greets each one and hands out a photocopied article from the Associated Press.

Media Coverage: March 2013

Media Coverage: September 2012

The University of Missouri–St. Louis makes a significant impact on the St. Louis area. Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media.

Express Scripts wants to showcase your artwork

Express Scripts wants to showcase your artwork

Calling all artists at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Express Scripts wants your work on its walls.The Fortune 150 company is soliciting artwork to showcase at its world headquarters, located on UMSL’s North Campus. This is a great opportunity to have your work displayed, and possibly sold to Express Scripts employees, clients, and the community.

UMSL dedicates Barnett Memorial Plaza

UMSL dedicates Barnett Memorial Plaza

This week’s rain kept students and faculty moving quickly through the heart of North Campus at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The elegant granite and limestone piece of art with its 12-foot tall fountain columns went mostly unnoticed as it was readied for its debut. The new Marguerite Ross Barnett Memorial Plaza will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Oct. 26.

Criminologists, crime analyst to discuss Public Safety Partnership

Criminologists, crime analyst to discuss Public Safety Partnership

The Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, city of St. Louis and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department are now in their eighth month of working together to address public safety issues in the city. So how’s it going? That’s what will be discussed in an Applied Research Seminar presented by the Public Policy Research Center at UMSL.

Golf tournament raises funds for Athletics

Golf tournament raises funds for Athletics

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus David Archibald (BSBA 2005), Matt Hellebusch and Kelsey Cline won the third annual UMSL Tritons Golf Tournament. But the biggest winner was the Department of Athletics at UMSL. Proceeds from the event went toward the department’s 11 sports programs.

UMSL director joins academic journal’s editorial board

UMSL director joins academic journal’s editorial board

Malaika Horne, curator emeritus of the University of Missouri System and founding director of the Executive Leadership Consortium at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been appointed to the 2013 editorial board for the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. The appointment is a three-year term.

Alumna to discuss ‘complex health care’

Alumna to discuss ‘complex health care’

Health care is a hot topic no matter what season it is and no one knows that better than attorney Claire M. Schenk who specializes in health-care fraud and abuse cases.

Eye on UMSL: Lee Medal for Philanthropy

Eye on UMSL: Lee Medal for Philanthropy

The University of Missouri–St. Louis held its annual Founders Dinner on Oct. 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis in Clayton, Mo. The event attracted 800 alumni and friends who celebrated the successful completion of the Gateway for Greatness Campaign, the university’s first comprehensive capital campaign. More than $154 million in private funding was raised over seven years to support scholarships, facilities, programs and faculty positions.