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UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert

UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert

The weather outside was frightful, but the music inside was delightful to the more than 1,200 who attended the Jazz for the Holidays concert Dec. 8 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The annual free jazz concert also served as the closing event for the...

UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert

The weather outside was frightful, but the music inside was delightful to the more than 1,200 who attended the Jazz for the Holidays concert Dec. 8 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The annual free jazz concert also served as the closing event for the...

UMSL caps yearlong Jubilee with holiday jazz concert

The weather outside was frightful, but the music inside was delightful to the more than 1,200 who attended the Jazz for the Holidays concert Dec. 8 at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. The annual free jazz concert also served as the closing event for the...

Veteran UMSL faculty member discusses a maturing metropolitan university

With time comes perspective, and the 44 years that Terry Jones has worked for the University of Missouri–St. Louis have provided the political science professor with a view that’s unique and revealing. Still in his twenties, he joined UMSL in 1969 – six years after it...

A brew for the U
A brew for the U

At 50 years old, the University of Missouri–St. Louis has cemented its status as a significant part of St. Louis history. In a nod to UMSL’s half century of scholarship and community building, Ferguson Brewing Company created Jubilee Brew, a special release Irish red...

A brew for the U

At 50 years old, the University of Missouri–St. Louis has cemented its status as a significant part of St. Louis history. In a nod to UMSL’s half century of scholarship and community building, Ferguson Brewing Company created Jubilee Brew, a special release Irish red...

A brew for the U

At 50 years old, the University of Missouri–St. Louis has cemented its status as a significant part of St. Louis history. In a nod to UMSL’s half century of scholarship and community building, Ferguson Brewing Company created Jubilee Brew, a special release Irish red...

Eye on UMSL: Bonfire
Eye on UMSL: Bonfire

A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students, faculty and staff warm up Feb. 6 at a bonfire outside the Millennium Student Center. They were on hand for the dedication of “UMSL in Glass,” a glass-block sculpture conceived by students in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies for the UMSL Jubilee.

Eye on UMSL: Bonfire

A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students, faculty and staff warm up Feb. 6 at a bonfire outside the Millennium Student Center. They were on hand for the dedication of “UMSL in Glass,” a glass-block sculpture conceived by students in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies for the UMSL Jubilee.

Eye on UMSL: Bonfire

A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students, faculty and staff warm up Feb. 6 at a bonfire outside the Millennium Student Center. They were on hand for the dedication of “UMSL in Glass,” a glass-block sculpture conceived by students in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies for the UMSL Jubilee.

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‘UMSL in Glass’ wall dedicated at sunset ceremony

‘UMSL in Glass’ wall dedicated at sunset ceremony

The idea grew from a class last spring in advertising techniques taught by Kristy Tucciarone, associate teaching professor of media studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. At the time, the university was planning the yearlong Jubilee celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2013.

St. Louis Beacon looks at 50 years of UMSL

St. Louis Beacon looks at 50 years of UMSL

This year is one of reflection and aspiration for the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The UMSL community will look back and ahead as it celebrates the university’s 50th anniversary. And that’s exactly what the St. Louis Beacon did with its comprehensive article published Jan. 31.

UMSL chancellor discusses university’s growth, challenges, Jubilee

UMSL chancellor discusses university’s growth, challenges, Jubilee

The University of Missouri–St. Louis will kick off its Jubilee, a yearlong celebration of UMSL’s 50th anniversary, with a spectacular evening of entertainment and fun on Feb. 1. UMSL Chancellor Tom George talked about the Jubilee, reflected on the university’s growth over a half century and discussed challenges in higher education last week on “St. Louis on the Air,” a program on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU.

Eye on UMSL: Ferguson Brewing

Eye on UMSL: Ferguson Brewing

Josh Wilson, brewmaster at Ferguson (Mo.) Brewing Company, discusses brewing beer while Ngusha Shaguy (right) and other members of the Chemistry Club at the University of Missouri–St. Louis look on. Wilson walked the students through the brewing process from adding cracked malt kernels, or grist, and hot water to a mash tun (left of Wilson) to two weeks later (for an ale) when the finished product is kegged or pumped into serving tanks that feed directly to the brewpub’s taps.

UMSL news at your fingertips

UMSL news at your fingertips

Chances are, you’re busy. And with all you have going on, it’s not easy to keep up with the University of Missouri–St. Louis. That’s why UMSL has developed two ways to easily get the information you want, delivered how you want it: the UMSL Daily newsroom and UMSL smartphone application.

Eye on UMSL: Anticipation

Eye on UMSL: Anticipation

UMSL groundskeeper Kevin Usery attaches a new Jubilee banner to a light pole on campus in anticipation of next year’s celebration of the university’s founding in 1963. Plans are in the works for a year’s worth of events that will kick off in January. The picture, by campus photographer August Jennewein, is the latest to be featured at Eye on UMSL.