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Honors College student Joe Retzer headed to SLU Law with full-tuition scholarship

Retzer became interested in political science after seeing the political personas of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential election....

Dave Robertson, leading voice on politics in Missouri, dies after battle with pancreatic cancer

Robertson was a nationally recognized scholar of American political development as well as a beloved teacher who inspired thousands of students over 37 years at UMSL....

Media Coverage: November 2019

Stories about the university, its scholars and their expertise are often covered by local and national news media. Media Coverage highlights some of the top stories....

Professor Dave Robertson offers his take on this week’s primary races

The UMSL political scientist has been busy working with area media to help Missouri voters sift fact from fabrication leading up to Aug. 2....

UMSL political scientists respond to Ferguson Commission report

UMSL's David Kimball (left) and Todd Swanstrom were among a group of scholars who recently wrote commentaries in response to the Ferguson Commission's report....

Political scientists look back at latest Missouri legislative session

Another Missouri legislative session has concluded, and it did so in a way that was “certainly unusual,” according to David Kimball. ...

UMSL political scientist to discuss US Constitution’s origin at book-signing event

UMSL political scientist David Robertson will discuss and sign copies of his new book at 7 p.m. June 6 in the auditorium of the University City (Mo.) Public Library, 6701...

Forum to focus on reproductive rights as national debate heats up

Reproductive rights have been a recent hot-button political issue. As the national debate heats up, a forum on reproductive rights at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will explore the issue,...

Political scientists weigh in on GOP presidential race as Missouri caucuses near

The focus of the 2012 race to select a Republican presidential nominee will soon shift to Missouri – again. The state held a nonbinding primary last month. The symbolic vote...

Reception showcases faculty authors, research

Robert Bliss had a problem. He had already spent his allotted funds for the semester on an economics book. But for this historian, a book titled “Federalism and the Making...