UM System kicks off Engagement Week at UMSL

Oct 22, 2019

University of Missouri System President Mun Choi highlighted the impact of the system’s four universities.

Women support women with launch of new faculty network

Oct 21, 2019

Associate Provost for Academic Affairs Marie Mora and Interim Chancellor and Provost Kristin Sobolik launched the effort to help empower faculty.

New Founders Dinner video highlights how scholarships transform lives

Oct 11, 2019

Senior biology major Awa Konte was among seven students featured reading from thank you letters to donors about how scholarships have aided them on their journey to degrees.

Interim Chancellor and UM System President celebrate contributions of UMSL faculty and staff

Sep 23, 2019

Kristin Sobolik and Mun Choi bestowed Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence and the President’s Award for Campus Collaboration during the Faculty and Staff Recognition ceremony.

Interim Chancellor Kristin Sobolik touts UMSL as an ‘institution of opportunity’ in annual address

Sep 19, 2019

Members of the campus community gathered at the Touhill to hear Sobolik’s vision for where the university is and is headed in her State of the University Address.

Plenty of cheer at UMSL Night at the Ballpark

Sep 16, 2019

Campus photographer August Jennewein captured the fun from before the game through the last Cardinals run at the annual gathering of students, faculty, staff and alumni at Busch Stadium.

Engineering celebrates 25 years of transformative education

Sep 9, 2019

On Thursday, alumni, administrators and friends filled the Lee Theater in the Touhill Performing Arts Center to mark joint engineering’s silver anniversary.

UMSL community gathers to welcome new students on Move-In Day 2019

Aug 19, 2019

Campus photographer August Jennewein was on hand to capture some of the busy but joyous moments as students settled in ahead of the fall semester.

UMSL chemists to receive funding for projects as part of UM System’s $20.5M research investment

Aug 8, 2019

Cynthia Dupureur and Alexei Demchenko are leading two of the 19 innovative projects across the system’s four universities that are in line for funding.

Karl Guenther appointed director of UMSL’s Anchor Institution Initiative

Aug 2, 2019

Guenther has spent the past eight years working on community engagement and economic development issues at UMSL.

Kristin Sobolik appointed as interim chancellor

Jul 17, 2019

Sobolik’s appointment is effective Sept. 1 when UMSL Chancellor Tom George retires.

Kristin Sobolik tells St. Louis Business Journal how she keeps her life in balance

Jul 8, 2019

The provost, an ever-present figure on the UMSL campus over the past two years, likes to step away from her work with daily walks and long train rides.

UMSL launches new cybersecurity degrees to fill industry talent gap

Jun 17, 2019

Applications for admission open June 24 for the new bachelor and master of science in cybersecurity programs.

UMSL dedicates Triton Pantry as it continues to serve students facing food insecurity

May 24, 2019

A recent report said nearly half of all college students have some degree of food insecurity with more than one in five falling into the most severe category.

UMSL outperforms expected student graduation rate, according to New York Times study

May 24, 2019

The paper found that UMSL graduates students at a rate 5 percentage points higher than expected compared to other universities with similar characteristics.

UMSL taps Marie Mora to assist in faculty engagement as associate provost for academic affairs

May 17, 2019

The recent associate vice provost at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will take her new role July 1.

Provost Kristin Sobolik announces 25 faculty promotions taking effect before the next academic year

May 3, 2019

Ten faculty members received tenure and promotions to associate professor, eight more earned the rank of full professor, and seven non-tenure track faculty members were also promoted.

Professors Rebecca Rogers, Gualtiero Piccinini and Carl Bassi appointed to UM System’s most prestigious ranks

May 3, 2019

The Board of Curators also approved the appointments of retired faculty members Joyce Mushaben and Richard Rosenfeld to honored positions.

UMSL launches new degree programs in computing technology, entrepreneurship

Mar 14, 2019

The Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education approved a bachelor’s degree in computing technology and a business administration emphasis in entrepreneurship.

Higher Learning Commission reaffirms UMSL accreditation for next 10 years

Jan 22, 2019

The regional accrediting organization requires regular evaluations to make sure the universities it governs are living up to standards of quality and continual improvement.

UMSL’s online bachelor’s program ranked among nation’s best

Jan 15, 2019

UMSL ranked No. 1 in Missouri and No. 29 nationally on U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 list of “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs.”

New joint engineering Associate Dean Haiyan Cai aims to aid students

Jan 10, 2019

Cai brings eight years of experience as a National Science Foundation program director and UMSL chair of mathematics and computer science to the post.

11 student business ideas selected for first Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator cohort

Dec 10, 2018

The first cohort drew 37 applications from students in six UMSL colleges and schools.

George T. Sipos chosen to lead International Studies and Programs

Nov 26, 2018

Sipos will look to build on the work of retiring Associate Provost Joel Glassman when he assumes his post in March.

UMSL launches new hub for college access and academic support services

Nov 19, 2018

Assistant Provost Natissia Small is overseeing Student Academic Support Services, which includes the newly created University Tutoring Center in the Millennium Student Center.

UMSL helps transform lives with fifth annual Transgender Spectrum Conference

Nov 12, 2018

Black Lives Matter Canada cofounder Janaya Khan served as the keynote speaker for the fifth annual conference, held Friday and Saturday at the J.C. Penney Conference Center.

CCAMPIS grant will help expand child care access for UMSL student parents

Oct 29, 2018

More than $500,000 in funding over the next four years will help bolster efforts to support student parents and offer more services at the University Child Development Center.

Chancellor, provost lay out plans for UMSL’s next five years during visit to ‘St. Louis on the Air’

Oct 4, 2018

Tom George and Kristin Sobolik joined host Don Marsh in studio Wednesday afternoon at UMSL at Grand Center.

Nearly 700 educators convene at UMSL for annual Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference

Oct 1, 2018

The conference brought a crowd of 680 educators to learn about the latest trends in using technology to aid in education.

UMSL’s Community Innovation and Action Center aims to foster collective efforts to meet challenges in St. Louis

Sep 12, 2018

The center builds on the foundation of the Public Policy Research Center and will work to support and enhance the region’s nonprofit community.

UMSL sees gains in enrollment at start of fall semester

Aug 20, 2018

Classes began Monday with 2,838 new freshmen, transfer and graduate students among the university’s estimated 16,600 students.

Sixteen faculty members earn promotions ahead of 2018-19 academic year

May 24, 2018

“I commend each of these faculty on their accomplishments and thank them for their service to UMSL,” Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kristin Sobolik said.

Q&A with retiring Vice Chancellor for Advancement Martin Leifeld

May 14, 2018

Leifeld reflects on 10 years at the university and what he envisions for its future ahead of his retirement on June 30.

Marco Pipoly, UMSL’s 100,000th graduate, on path to career in neuroscience

May 14, 2018

Pipoly was celebrated as the university’s 100,000th graduate during commencement ceremonies Saturday afternoon and has received an NSF research fellowship for graduate school.

Less debt, clear path to graduation primary goal of new UMSL initiative

Apr 19, 2018

Keeta Holmes, director of learning innovation and design, is leading the Curriculum Alignment Process to help streamline course offerings and degree pathways.

UMSL taps Paul Evensen to lead Public Policy Research Center

Apr 10, 2018

Evensen is well-connected across the St. Louis community through his work with Social Innovation STL, which he launched in 2015.

Kristin Sobolik to assume title of executive vice chancellor on one-year anniversary of her hiring

Apr 3, 2018

The provost has played a vital role in the development of a new strategic plan and a review of academic degree programs since coming to UMSL.

Edward Munn Sanchez named new dean of the Pierre Laclede Honors College

Feb 19, 2018

Sanchez has been the assistant dean for academic affairs and diversity for the University of South Carolina Honors College.

Interest in UMSL increasing at record pace

Feb 2, 2018

UMSL is on pace for its third straight year of increased application numbers.

UMSL awards honorary degree to UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski

Jan 29, 2018

Hrabowski was the featured speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration on Jan. 15.

UMSL ranked No. 1 in Missouri for online bachelor’s program by U.S. News & World Report

Jan 9, 2018

UMSL ranks No. 23 nationally and No. 1 in Missouri on U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 list of Best Online Bachelor’s Programs.

Andrew Kersten named new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Jan 5, 2018

Kersten has been dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Idaho and will assume his new role Aug. 1.

Ann Taylor named dean of College of Education at UMSL

Dec 13, 2017

Taylor will begin as dean Jan. 1 after having served as interim dean for the college since August 2016.

UMSL NOW initiative expands night, online, weekend class options

Oct 29, 2017

The new endeavor, launching this spring, will also focus on bolstering support services for students and faculty already engaged in flexible scheduling options.

Physics Professor Bob Henson’s 50 years of service to UMSL recognized on campus, in Post-Dispatch

Sep 28, 2017

Chancellor Tom George presented him with a photo collage of UMSL images in recognition of his long tenure at Wednesday’s State of the University Address.

UMSL sees bump in freshman enrollment

Aug 21, 2017

Freshman enrollment at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is up more than 10 percent over last fall.

UMSL sees successful summer session enrollment

Aug 15, 2017

Student headcount and credit hours jumped by 4 percent from the 2016 summer session.

Elizabeth Eckelkamp named UMSL’s first associate provost for student success

Aug 6, 2017

Currently an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, she will step into the new role Aug. 28.

Dual rankings name UMSL nursing’s online RN to BSN program among best in country

Jul 29, 2017

UMSL is one of only two schools in the state of Missouri to make both lists.

Tritons’ success not limited to athletic competition during 2016-17 academic year

Jul 7, 2017

A record 101 UMSL student-athletes garnered academic all-conference honors in 2016-17, including Evan Garrad and Joe Rund, who were named first-team Academic All-Americans.