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UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

UMSL’s golf teams are each headed to the NCAA Tournament after strong performances in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

UMSL’s golf teams are each headed to the NCAA Tournament after strong performances in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

Apr 28, 2025

UMSL’s golf teams are each headed to the NCAA Tournament after strong performances in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

UMSL Tritons weekly rewind

UMSL’s golf teams are each headed to the NCAA Tournament after strong performances in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

Eye on UMSL: Practice makes perfect
Eye on UMSL: Practice makes perfect

Coaches and student athletes from UMSL’s basketball, volleyball and soccer teams worked with more than 20 children at the Mark Twain Athletic Center as part of Bring a Child to Work Day.

Eye on UMSL: Practice makes perfect

Coaches and student athletes from UMSL’s basketball, volleyball and soccer teams worked with more than 20 children at the Mark Twain Athletic Center as part of Bring a Child to Work Day.

Eye on UMSL: Practice makes perfect

Apr 28, 2025

Coaches and student athletes from UMSL’s basketball, volleyball and soccer teams worked with more than 20 children at the Mark Twain Athletic Center as part of Bring a Child to Work Day.

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UMSL Symphonic Band to perform at Touhill

Feb 23, 2010

The University of Missouri-St. Louis Symphonic Band will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. March 3 in the Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

UMSL to present ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

Feb 22, 2010

“The Importance of Being Earnest,” the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ spring theater production, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. March 4 through 6 and 10 through 13 in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.

UMSL students win national art contest

Feb 15, 2010

Kristen Franke and Matt Grant, art education majors at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, placed second in the German Embassy’s Freedom Without Walls national art contest for their sculpture, “Light Beyond the Wall.”

National ad group recognizes UMSL student

Jan 29, 2010

Nicholas Foster, a senior media studies major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, was recently named to the American Advertising Federation’s annual list of Most Promising Minority Students.

UMSL Opera Theatre to present ‘L’Amour’

Jan 25, 2010

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Opera Theatre at the University of Missouri-St. Louis will perform “L’Amour,” two nights of opera’s most celebrated love stories.

UMSL theater scholar nabs 2 Kline nominations

Jan 19, 2010

Jason Cannon, visiting assistant professor of theater at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, earned a pair of Kevin Kline Award nominations Friday (Jan. 15) for his work on Dramatic License Productions’ inaugural production, “Doubt.”

UMSL doctoral candidate compares grandparents to parents

Dec 17, 2009

Vanessa Garry has been an educator for more than 30 years. And in that time she has learned that reading is the foundation of academic achievement and can determine a student’s success. So when Garry, vice president of education for Confluence Academy in St. Louis, began her thesis project for her doctorate in education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, she decided to look at reading.

UMSL twins to miss graduation for ‘murderball’ tryouts

Dec 15, 2009

Matt Schamburg’s best friend is his brother and fraternal twin, Mike. The two have been inseparable since birth. So when Matt was faced with the decision to participate in commencement or cheer on his brother as he tried out for the national wheelchair rugby team, the decision was a no-brainer.

UMSL commencements feature three speakers

Dec 14, 2009

Three guest speakers will address graduates and guests at the University of Missouri-St. Louis commencement ceremonies Dec. 19. The 10 a.m. ceremony will feature Karen Kalish, the 2 p.m. ceremony will feature Debra Hollingsworth, and the 6 p.m. ceremony will feature David L. Steward. All ceremonies take place in the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center.

UMSL Life Review Project helps seniors leave a legacy

Dec 10, 2009

Former Sen. Betty Sims has no shortage of life stories, in fact she could write several books just on her childhood with her two sisters, one of whom is her twin. Because of her many stories, both throughout her childhood and her adult life in politics, the UMSL Life Review Project was a great idea for her.

UMSL-mentored students win research awards

Aug 19, 2009

Six weeks of hard work paid off for three St. Louis-area high school students, who spent their summer conducting scientific research with faculty members at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Saya Jacob, Meredith Redick and Marta Wells participated in the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists program, and their work garnered each a 2009 Pfizer and LMI Aerospace/D3 Technologies Award for Excellence in Research. Jacob, Redick and Wells worked with UMSL researchers Xuemin Wang, James O’Brienand Keith Stine, respectively. Click here for more information about the awards. Click here to read aSt. Louis Post-Dispatch article about the program. (Adobe Reader is required.)

High school students work as scientists at UMSL

Jul 31, 2009

Three local high school students donned lab coats and worked as research scientists this summer as part of a lab internship at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. With sponsorship from the American Chemical Society and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UMSL, the students participated in the ACS Project SEED.

Gallery Visio announces 2009-10 season

Jul 24, 2009

A collaborative exhibit featuring silkscreen prints and a photography exhibit commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall will kick off the ninth full season at the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Gallery Visio. Five additional exhibits will round out the gallery’s 2009-10 season.

Student wins Vibe magazine award

Jul 22, 2009

St. Louis has a rich musical history, and a young St. Louisan recently added to that history. Richard Williams, a...

Honors students explore urban ecology

Jul 15, 2009

Students in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at the University of Missouri-St. Louis have begun an ecological survey of a stretch of land on UMSL’s South Campus and the adjacent St. Vincent Park.

Doctoral student earns fellowship

Jul 1, 2009

University of Missouri-St. Louis doctoral student Amanda Gendon (pictured) has received a 2009 Graduate Fellowship for Ethnic Minorities from The American Society of Criminology.

Creative writing students contribute to Post-Dispatch

Jun 10, 2009

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at the University of Missouri–St. Louis struck a deal earlier this spring with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to enable students to write book reviews for the newspaper.

UMSL musical wraps weeklong run in New York

Jun 10, 2009

A musical created by faculty and staff members at the University of Missouri-St. Louis recently wrapped a weeklong run in the theater capital of the world. “Booth” was staged June 2 through 7 at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University.

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