Andrea Purnell shared her perspective on art’s relationship to healing and advocacy.

Andrea Purnell shared her perspective on art’s relationship to healing and advocacy.
Andrea Purnell shared her perspective on art’s relationship to healing and advocacy.
Andrea Purnell shared her perspective on art’s relationship to healing and advocacy.
Fenson, who competed in the Olympic trials for curling while starting optometry school, plans to bring needed care to his hometown of Bemidji, Minnesota.
UMSL faculty members have discussed policing, poverty, racial tensions and the history of the region with CNN, CBS News, NPR, USA Today and more.
UMSL faculty members have discussed policing, poverty, racial tensions and the history of the region with CNN, CBS News, NPR, USA Today and more.
UMSL faculty members have discussed policing, poverty, racial tensions and the history of the region with CNN, CBS News, NPR, USA Today and more.
Andrea Purnell has organized flash mobs, staged plays as well as gallery shows in an effort to spotlight mental health issues.
Andrea Purnell has organized flash mobs, staged plays as well as gallery shows in an effort to spotlight mental health issues.
Andrea Purnell has organized flash mobs, staged plays as well as gallery shows in an effort to spotlight mental health issues.
There was probably only one room on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus where disco music could be heard Tuesday morning.
There was probably only one room on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus where disco music could be heard Tuesday morning.
There was probably only one room on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus where disco music could be heard Tuesday morning.
In a given year, about one in four adults will be affected by a mental or neurological disorder. Of Missouri’s approximately 5.9 million residents, close to 223,000 adults live with serious mental illness and about 65,000 children live with serious mental health conditions, according to figures from the National Alliance on Mental Illness.