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UMSL names new police chief

Forrest L. Van Ness, a former St. Louis County Police captain, was officially sworn in June 1 as chief of police and...

Scholar’s talk to focus on image-based face recognition

Ramalingam Chellappa, Minta Martin Professor of Engineering and director of the Center for Automation Research at the University of Maryland, College Park, will discuss “Recent Advances in Face Recognition” at 7:30 p.m. May 3 in 118 Social Sciences & Business Building at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Alumni Weekend set for April 16-17

With more than 55,000 alumni of the University of Missouri–St. Louis living and working in the St. Louis region, the...

Alumnus photographs nature in Costa Rica

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Gregory Basco (MA political science 2000) is proof that you never know where your degree will take you.

Political scientist to discuss 2008, 2010 campaigns

Political scientist Ken Goldstein, a consultant for the political unit at ABC News, will discuss “Lessons Learned from Campaign 2008 and Looking Forward to Campaign 2010” at 7:30 p.m. March 9 in the Summit Lounge at the J.C. Penney Conference Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Music professor to retire from SLSO

After more than 25 years of association with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Robert Ray will soon retire as director of the SLSO’s IN UNISON Chorus.

Octogenarian World War II vet to graduate from UMSL

Ken Wilde (nee Klaus Weiss) was just a boy in Berlin when Nazi Germany and World War II disrupted his education and forever changed his life. Now 86 and living in Olivette, Mo., the retiree fulfilled his dream of completing his education. He will become the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ oldest master’s degree recipient when he receives a master’s degree in history at a UMSL commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 19) in the Mark Twain Athletic and Fitness Center.

SLSO to debut work by alumnus composer

“Freedom’s Plow,” a new choral piece by University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Rollo Dilworth (pictured), MEd 1994, will make its world premiere Friday in a performance at Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis. Commissioned by the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, “Freedom’s Plow” will be performed in a concert that combines the Saint Louis Symphony Chorus and Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus.

Six women among Business Journal honorees

The University of Missouri-St. Louis has an unofficial motto: “We educate St. Louis.” That motto was on display Friday at the Renaissance Grand Hotel in downtown St. Louis as the St. Louis Business Journal presented its annual Most Influential Business Women awards

Alumna named Missouri’s Education Commissioner

On Thursday, the Missouri State Board of Education named Chris Wright Nicastro (pictured), superintendent of the Hazelwood (Missouri) School District and alumna of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the state’s new commissioner of education. Nicastro, MEd 1982, will begin her new job Aug. 1.

Creative writing alumnus writes first novel

University of Missouri-St. Louis alumnus Dan Begley, BA English 1990 and MFA 1999, wasn’t having much success in his early attempts to publish what he called “a serious literary novel.

Members of UMSL family honored by NAACP

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the organization has created a list of the “100 Most Inspiring St. Louisans,” and 26 of the honorees are members of the University of Missouri-St. Louis community.

UMSL student earns honors society scholarship

Angela Toole, who graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in May with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, received the National Lambda Alpha Scholarship Award. Lambda Alpha is the National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology.

UMSL alumnus wins Elijah Watt Sells award

University of Missouri-St Louis graduate Chris Leon is a recipient of the 2008 Elijah Watt Sells award. The prestigious national award is presented each year to ten candidates earning the cumulative highest score on the four-part Uniform Certified Public Accountants examination. Approximately 85,000 people took the exam in 2008.