Diádié Bathily taught African dance at UMSL as a visiting scholar before founding the company.
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Afriky Lolo brings West African dance and drumming to UMSL campus
Diádié Bathily taught African dance at UMSL as a visiting scholar before founding the company.
Afriky Lolo brings West African dance and drumming to UMSL campus
Diádié Bathily taught African dance at UMSL as a visiting scholar before founding the company.
Afriky Lolo brings West African dance and drumming to UMSL campus
Diádié Bathily taught African dance at UMSL as a visiting scholar before founding the company.
UMSL expands geospatial workforce development through new collaboration with BAE Systems
BAE Systems will create scholarships and internship opportunities for students studying remote sensing and GIS as well as provide access to its powerful GXP® software.
UMSL expands geospatial workforce development through new collaboration with BAE Systems
BAE Systems will create scholarships and internship opportunities for students studying remote sensing and GIS as well as provide access to its powerful GXP® software.
UMSL expands geospatial workforce development through new collaboration with BAE Systems
BAE Systems will create scholarships and internship opportunities for students studying remote sensing and GIS as well as provide access to its powerful GXP® software.
UMSL’s economic impact on the St. Louis region exceeds $522.5 million
UMSL alumni also contribute more than $14 billion to the St. Louis region, according to the analysis by nationally recognized consulting firm Tripp Umbach.
UMSL’s economic impact on the St. Louis region exceeds $522.5 million
UMSL alumni also contribute more than $14 billion to the St. Louis region, according to the analysis by nationally recognized consulting firm Tripp Umbach.
UMSL’s economic impact on the St. Louis region exceeds $522.5 million
UMSL alumni also contribute more than $14 billion to the St. Louis region, according to the analysis by nationally recognized consulting firm Tripp Umbach.
County Executive Dr. Sam Page signs bill directing $10M to UMSL to support planned North County Business and Workforce District
Tuesday’s signing took place during Page’s annual State of the County Address held at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
County Executive Dr. Sam Page signs bill directing $10M to UMSL to support planned North County Business and Workforce District
Tuesday’s signing took place during Page’s annual State of the County Address held at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
County Executive Dr. Sam Page signs bill directing $10M to UMSL to support planned North County Business and Workforce District
Tuesday’s signing took place during Page’s annual State of the County Address held at the Touhill Performing Arts Center.
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Eye on UMSL: Springtime fun
The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
UMSL signs new agreement with Mineral Area College
Residents in southeast Missouri don’t have to leave their zip code to receive a serious education at a serious value. The University of Missouri–St. Louis and Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Mo., signed a new partnership agreement March 19 offering UMSL courses to those enrolled at MAC. Students can choose from the UMSL degree programs offered, including a bachelor’s degrees in liberal studies, bachelor’s or a master’s degree in social work and master’s degree in nursing.
PPRC Photo Project turns cameras on Fathers’ Support Center
If a man becomes estranged from his children, there’s a place to find help. It’s the Fathers’ Support Center in St. Louis. And it’s the latest subject documented by the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis for its Photography Project series.
Students vote in support of new rec center
Students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis want a new recreation and wellness center and are willing to pay more in student fees to make it happen. A student referendum on the issue has passed with overwhelming support. Overall, 1,543 students voted during the four-day campaign that stretched from March 12 through March 15. Of those votes, 1013 were in support of the new rec.
UMSL’s 50th anniversary Jubilee needs your help
If one of the years on your Facebook Timeline says University of Missouri–St. Louis, then our social media guru needs your help. “We launched the Facebook Timeline for the UMSL page last week noting a few historic milestones,” said Jon Hinderliter, UMSL’s manager of web and electronic communications. “Our goal is to expand the timeline and make sure every year is represented. Now we need to hear from the thousands of people out there with a connection to the university. What events rate a milestone designation?”
From start to finish: Creative writing students produce Natural Bridge
About half a year separate new editions of Natural Bridge, the contemporary literature journal published by the University of Missouri–St. Louis. And it takes every bit of that time for a staff primarily composed of students in the MFA in Creative Writing program to produce the issue in print and – for the first time ever – digital formats.
Education students, ARC members use flash mob to raise awareness
Patrons in the Nosh at the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis last week got a little more than chips with their lunch. More than 70 people, including UMSL education students and members of St. Louis ARC, took part in a flash mob to spread awareness about a national campaign to end the use of negative words.
Missing Phoenix: Coldon family asks UMSL community for help
Lawrence and Goldia Coldon live out every parent’s worst nightmare. Every day. The Coldons travel the St. Louis region telling the story of their missing daughter, hoping to find people who know something or someone, hoping to find Phoenix
Trailblazers honored for contributions to women
The five women honored at this year’s Trailblazers Award ceremony March 7 fulfilled the requirement: Women whose extraordinary lives have contributed to the advancement of women. The annual event at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is one of the highlights of Women’s History Month.
Eye on UMSL: Meet ‘n’ greet
Xavier Robinson, a senior majoring in biology at UMSL, meets with Deborah Horsfall Morley of the Wyman Center, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization that is nationally recognized as an expert in developing teens. They sponsored a booth at the “Spring Internship & Job Fair 2012” held at the Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
Students to vote March 12-15 on new rec center
On the eve of one of the biggest student elections in 15 years, Jericah Selby seems calm. Selby, a senior and president of the Student Government Association at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, attended to last-minute details of a student referendum set for March 12 through March 15.
Arkansas group helps shatter UMSL Day record
When the buses arrived Saturday with nearly 100 high school students in them, Alan Byrd broke out in a smile. Byrd, dean of enrollment management at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, had been working with the group’s organizers to attend UMSL Day, the university’s information session for prospective students and their parents.
Missouri’s top prosecutors to share stage at UMSL
For only the second time ever, the two prosecutors in Missouri’s two largest metropolitan areas are women. The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will bring them together for “Statehouse Sisters” at noon March 12 in Century Room A at UMSL’s Millennium Student Center.
Eye on UMSL: Greetings
Birgit Noll, associate teaching professor in the Pierre Laclede Honors College at UMSL, leads an information session about the honors college during UMSL Day on March 3. The event brought crowds of prospective students and their families to campus to gather information about the university. The picture, taken by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.
Dance students practice with Broadway pro
Under the watchful eye of Broadway professional Daryl Gray, a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis dance students were put through the paces recently.
Have you hugged a librarian today?
When was the last time you hugged a librarian? Last week? Last year? Never?
March UMSL Day ‘sold out,’ May 5 event added
For the first time ever, registration for Saturday’s Spring UMSL Day Open House has “sold out.” With 1,000 potential students and their parents planning to attend Saturday’s event at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, the March 5 registration has been closed. University officials announced an additional UMSL Day has been scheduled for May 5. This is the first time a third event has been scheduled to complement the regular spring and fall activities.
French for breakfast, Greek for lunch
Have an international experience without leaving the University of Missouri–St. Louis. UMSL will celebrate National Foreign Language Week March 5-11 by holding an array of events.
Flamingo Lounge closes; will reopen with new look, new name
Ever wonder where elementary and secondary teachers go after the kids leave? On any given day, you can find more than 100 of them in their role as graduate students at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. They spend two and a half hours in class, grab a snack from a vending machine and wait for the next class to begin. Add hundreds more nursing and optometry students doing the same thing and some of them might get cranky.
Fitness center renovations to begin at Mark Twain
Pretty soon, workouts at the University of Missouri–St. Louis are going to get a whole lot better. But first, there will be some inconvenience involved.
UMSL packs stands, men claim first, women tourney bound
With only a fraction of a second left in the game, senior Troy Long netted a short baseline jumper to give the University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s basketball team a win last week during fan-favorite Pack the Stands night.
Chowin’ down at the Pro Ho: Food you want, all you can eat
Mac n’ cheese, waffles for dinner, burgers, spaghetti, all you can eat – it should be a no brainer. But figuring out what college students want to eat is definitely not as easy as it seems. Just ask Ronnie Harry.
UMSL offers free viewing of moon, stars, galaxies
Go star-gazing at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold a public viewing of Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Orion Nebula and Pleiades at the Richard D. Schwartz Observatory on March 3 at 7 p.m. The viewing is free and open to the public. An expert will be on hand to answer all of your questions Bring the whole family!
Eye on UMSL: Swish!
UMSL senior Justin Hightower follows through on his free throw in the second half of the Tritons last second 58-56...
Green Dot program empowers bystanders to take action
You’re leaving campus late one night and two guys from your biology class are in the middle of the quad yelling at one...
Mercantile Library director takes visitor back in time
John Hoover tends to America’s past with loving devotion. For nearly 30 years that devotion has been concentrated on...
New website seeks to serve as campus marketplace
Need a slightly used futon? A pair of new bar stools? How about a pre-owned microwave oven?
If you need any of these items or have some things of your own that you would like to sell or trade, Scott Morrissey has a possible solution. It’s called Symblia.com.
Travel the world through poster art at Gallery FAB
A walk through Gallery FAB right now is a little like simultaneously walking 21 city streets, all in different countries. Through March 12, the walls of the University of Missouri–St. Louis gallery are adorned with large commercial and political posters originally affixed to buildings throughout the world.
45 faculty start testing iPads, apps for classrooms
It was one of those Aha! moments. “People were talking at this conference about disruptive technology and I...
Top high school science students recognized for excellence
Future scientists, engineers and doctors will be honored by the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ College of Arts and Sciences during a dinner on Feb, 21.
Seminar to showcase social work scholar’s research
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is a public metropolitan research university. And the university’s Public Policy Research Center will continue to showcase that with the second presentation in its “2012 Spring Applied Research Seminar Series: Applied Research Across the Disciplines.”
What to do with those old eyeglasses
So you have new eyeglasses, but you can’t seem to part with that older pair. A trio of optometry student groups at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has a good reason for you to cut back on the clutter. They are collecting used eyeglasses to benefit people in need in developing countries through Feb. 29 at two locations on campus.
Tappmeyer’s leadership instrumental in men’s basketball turnaround
For one 49-day stretch earlier this basketball season, the University of Missouri–St. Louis men’s basketball team did something that was inconceivable just a couple years earlier: not lose.
Evolution exploration to bring together researchers in biology, human sciences, humanities
Top researchers will come together this spring to explore evolution in biology, the human sciences and the humanities. And they will do so at the University of Missouri–St. Louis as part of the Consilience Conference hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences. It will take place April 26-28 at the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center on UMSL’s North Campus.
Applications, admissions, spirits soar
Higher education news has been pretty grim in recent weeks, but a big bounce in applications and an increase in admissions in the spring semester has marketing and admissions leaders at the University of Missouri–St. Louis smiling.
Director talks ‘Intimate Apparel’
Down but not out is the recurring theme of “Intimate Apparel,” the current production at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center, according to its director Niyi Coker, professor of African/African American Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Want to be a good neighborhood leader?
More than 170 neighborhood leaders from throughout the St. Louis region share something in common. They have all participated in the Neighborhood Leadership Academy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis where they learned the skills and built the networks necessary to create livable communities.
Speaker credited with breaking stained-glass ceiling
Vashti Murphy McKenzie says she grew up a “church child,” singing in the choir and attending Bible camp. So it’s not a...
Developer to discuss NorthSide Regeneration
Developer Paul McKee Jr. has a vision for the rebirth of north St. Louis. And although at times his idea has been...
Panel to focus on rental housing in St. Louis
Todd Swanstrom knows the value of communities working together. He is, after all, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor...
Eye on UMSL: Game on!
UMSL Chancellor Tom George (standing) joins UMSL information systems students Nijaiananth Sivagurunathan (left) and...
Have some arts and culture for lunch
Masterful storytelling, Irish song and modern dance are among the arts and culture The Center for the Humanities will...
Regional conference honors UMSL marketing, communications efforts
Competing against the likes of the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, the University of Nebraska, the University of Missouri–Columbia, Saint Louis University and other major universities, the University of Missouri–St. Louis was honored with a record number of awards for creative excellence by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District VI. The university’s Office of Marketing and Communications received 10 awards for its 2011 creative work.
CASE District VI recognized UMSL’s work in writing, graphic design, media relations, advertising, digital media and video production. The awards were announced Jan. 10 at the district’s annual conference in Denver.
Gallery Visio looks to Renaissance for next exhibit
For the exhibit “Fractured Realities,” Michigan-based artist Donna Childree Gotlib drew inspiration from Renaissance...
Students to stage Pulitzer winner’s ‘Intimate Apparel’
The next production of the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will...
New seminar series to showcase faculty research
The University of Missouri–St. Louis is a public metropolitan research university. And the university’s Public Policy...
Eye on UMSL: Sensory bath
Preschooler Maeve tries her hand at the sensory table Thursday at the University Child Development Center while...
Gallery 210 to host retrospective on modern artist Harry Bertoia
The next exhibit at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’s Gallery 210 will feature a look inside the mind of an...
MADCO to ‘Exercise Imagination’ of young people
Many young people think of “culture” as a heaping plate of vegetables. They know it’s supposed to be good for them,...
200 UMSL volunteers do what they do best – give back to their community
For the 200 volunteers who gathered early Monday morning to pick up their assignments, it was all about giving, not...
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