Dozens of volunteers – including UMSL faculty, staff and students – helped incoming freshmen and their families move their belongings from their vehicles to their dorm rooms.
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Amy Schechter, Marisa Omori and Mike Ellerman receive UMSL Hero Awards
The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
UMSL Music hosting internationally renowned pianist Ilya Shmukler for free recital on Aug. 24
Shmukler, winner of the prestigious Concours Géza Anda piano competition earlier this year, will perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann.
UMSL welcomes 21 new faculty members as fall semester begins
There are nine new faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences, four each in the College of Business Administration and the College of Nursing, two in the College of Optometry, one in the School of Social Work and one in UMSL Libraries.
Counseling MEd student Susan Becher publishes young adult novel
“Penn & Ava” tells the story of Ava, a high schooler coming to terms with her past trauma, finding herself and forging her own path.
College of Nursing Assistant Teaching Professor Marina Fischer offers accessible health care at Intentional Living in downtown St. Louis
Fischer earned her BSN at UMSL in 2009 and completed her DNP in 2022, leading to a full-time faculty position.
Professor Susan Brownell discusses ‘panda diplomacy’ with PBS News Hour
The Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Anthropology shared her expertise on U.S.-China relations in a news report that coincided with the arrival of two new pandas at the San Diego Zoo.
Riaz Zaidi earns 10th college degree, graduates with daughter
A lifelong learner, Zaidi graduated with a PhD in STEM education after previously earning degrees in areas such as aeronautical engineering, engineering management and international affairs.
Decade since Ferguson unrest has brought changes for criminal justice system and those who study it
Professor Lee Slocum talked to UMSL Daily about criminal justice reforms and changes in criminal justice research that have occurred in the past 10 years.
Microbiologist Lon Chubiz part of a team of researchers studying effects of increasing drought, fire on forest recovery
The team, led by colleagues at the University of Idaho, received a six-year, $15 million grant from NSF’s Biology Integration Institutes program.