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Provost Steven Berberich announces 22 faculty promotions for the 2023-24 academic year

Nine tenured professors were promoted to associate professor, four individuals to full teaching professor, eight to associate teaching professor and one to associate clinical professor....

St. Louis Annual Conference on Reasons and Rationality attracts philosophers from around the globe

A group of 38 philosophers from locations as far as Brazil, Hong Kong, Stockholm and Zurich attended the conference, hosted by UMSL's Department of Philosophy....

Six faculty members granted sabbaticals for research and other creative works

Deborah Cohen, Lea-Rachel Kosnik, Nathan Muchhala, Rebecca Rogers, Eric Wiland and Gaiyan Zhang will spend either a semester or one full academic year on sabbatical....

Eye on UMSL: Talking points

Philosophy master's students Logan Bohlinger and Daniel Grasso discuss thesis ideas with Professor Eric Wiland on Monday afternoon at a table in the Quad....

Faculty members receive sabbaticals to develop new scholarship

Steve Bruce, James Campbell, Vanessa Garry, Kara Moskowitz, Lauren Obermark and Gualtiero Piccinini were granted sabbaticals in the 2022-23 academic year....

Eye on UMSL: Conversing in the Quad

Professor Eric Wiland makes a point to the first-year master's students in his graduate philosophy proseminar course while holding class in the Quad last week....

Philosopher Gualtiero Piccinini’s new book dives into the computational theory of cognition

"Neurocognitive Mechanisms: Explaining Biological Cognition," was published in December by Oxford University Press....

Philosophy graduate Zanyar Rojhelat’s Kurdish heritage inspires his work exploring right to self-determination

Rojhelat will pursue his PhD in philosophy at the University of Ottawa after earning his master's degree at UMSL....

The next step: Criminology and criminal justice major, who battled drug addiction for years, nears completion of his degree

Kael Maness has worked as a recovery coach and counselor while working toward his bachelor's degree and plans to pursue a master's in cybersecurity....

Nora Hendren, Nicholas Kedzuch and Maya Scruggs-Hicks receive UMSL Hero Award

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....