Harold Crawford aims to work with at-risk youth, helping them avoid some of the pitfalls he experienced in his own life.
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Harold Crawford aims to work with at-risk youth, helping them avoid some of the pitfalls he experienced in his own life.
Harold Crawford aims to work with at-risk youth, helping them avoid some of the pitfalls he experienced in his own life.
Harold Crawford aims to work with at-risk youth, helping them avoid some of the pitfalls he experienced in his own life.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
Kaitlyn Gresham and Christy Horton manage Under the Same Tree, a 501(c)(3) that helps economically empower Kenyans and Ugandans like Neema Mungusikiza (above) and her daughters.
Kaitlyn Gresham and Christy Horton manage Under the Same Tree, a 501(c)(3) that helps economically empower Kenyans and Ugandans like Neema Mungusikiza (above) and her daughters.
Kaitlyn Gresham and Christy Horton manage Under the Same Tree, a 501(c)(3) that helps economically empower Kenyans and Ugandans like Neema Mungusikiza (above) and her daughters.
The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL brought the 12th annual St. Louis Fine Art, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair to campus this past weekend.
The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL brought the 12th annual St. Louis Fine Art, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair to campus this past weekend.
The St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL brought the 12th annual St. Louis Fine Art, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair to campus this past weekend.
A Spanish educator in St. Louis, Friedrichs aims to travel to every Spanish-speaking country and serves on mission trips as an interpreter/translator.
A Spanish educator in St. Louis, Friedrichs aims to travel to every Spanish-speaking country and serves on mission trips as an interpreter/translator.
A Spanish educator in St. Louis, Friedrichs aims to travel to every Spanish-speaking country and serves on mission trips as an interpreter/translator.
Seven photos capture all the sweets, thrills and oddities – hello, Mr. Alligator – at the annual springtime carnival on campus.
The annual exhibition this year takes a closer look at the influence instructors have on their students’ artwork.
Six cast members, including the man who plays Alexander Hamilton, met students from McCluer, Hazelwood and Ritenour high schools for a Lunch and Learn at UMSL.
Melissa Douglass, BSW 2012 and MSW 2014, opened Goal Driven Counseling, a fully online counseling practice specializing in teens and young adults, in September 2017.
The famous scientist shared research proving climate change and urged the UMSL audience to pursue science for answers and space exploration for a better understanding of Earth.
Vaughn’s 17-year career in literacy education and her teaching style have helped hundreds of Hazelwood School District students to read and earned her local recognition.
Reasonable tuition, generous financial aid, a healthy student-teacher ratio and a high six-year graduation rate earned UMSL a top spot.
The UMSL Jazz Studies director won in 1990 and now in 2018. The award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to jazz education.
More than 220 teacher and school counselor candidates at UMSL spent Friday soaking up education best practices.
The modern interior and excellent lighting made the UMSL building an attractive location for the health-care campaign photo shoot.
Tami Soriano opened Carthage Eye Care in 1992. Now her daughter, Torie Soriano, is a doctor there as well. Together they make mission trips to Haiti.
Taylor will begin as dean Jan. 1 after having served as interim dean for the college since August 2016.
“Microaggressions: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?” was the latest discussion in the student newspaper’s What’s Current Wednesdays series.
They span the education gamut, teaching subjects ranging from math to history and across grades K-12.
When Katie McElvaine and her husband opened Springfield Family Vision, they gave it an antique flare with some family help.
Sedgwick County Zoo and Micke Grove Zoo each named a UMSL alumnus to its top administrative role.
Steve Ding wanted do something more meaningful than design software, so he went back to school to become a travel nurse.
A trying childhood, college basketball, work with prisoners and an inspiring grandmother led Jacox to pursue social work and a child-therapy internship.
Selected by their school’s administration, each accomplished recipient has been recognized for steadfast dedication to the teaching profession.
DeAnna Anderson tackled being a new mother, living with lupus and an education degree all in 4 1/2 years at UMSL.
Keith Miller and Amber Bell-Christian helped develop the initiative that the former president made an appearance at last week.
Eight alumni and a staff member of the University of Missouri–St. Louis made up nearly a third of this year’s recipients of the North County Inc. award.
After losing a daughter, Theresa Coble learned that embracing grief is necessary to heal. She said the same applies on a national scale.
The annual, two-day conference at UMSL had two keynote address along with 110 presenters, 67 sessions and 13 vendors.
The #UMSLproud campaign calls the campus community to talk to others about UMSL’s people, research and educational successes proudly.
The new position has Warren Morgan, MEd 2009, returning to his “teaching home” to promote educational equity across St. Louis schools.
Jacob Li went back for a computer science degree despite not having any coding experience. Now he’s an IT intern at Ameren.
What is the big deal with this eclipse? Bruce Wilking explains and shares other eclipse phenomena to observe during the Aug. 21 astronomical event.
Meet five of the 13 high school students and learn about their research, internship experience and future hopes and dreams.
It creates a recruitment pipeline from UMSL to UMHS, offering qualified students a simplified admission process to the Caribbean medical school.
Paramedic medicine inspired Tipton to pursue a master’s degree in chemistry at UMSL. His next step takes him back to his undergraduate alma mater.
Hear nine members of the class of 1967 share their memories of a budding campus and their adventures in the decades since.
Thiel will assume the post for the second time as she takes over for fellow molecular biologist and outgoing Dean Ron Yasbin when he retires Aug. 31.
Alexei Demchenko’s research on synthesizing carbohydrates has resulted in NIH, NSF and Pfizer funding and a UMSL 2017 Senior Investigator of the Year award.
Quicker degree completion, multiple sessions and online and on-campus courses needed for majors and minors are among the reasons students enroll in summer courses at UMSL.
May graduate Adela Redzic already has a spot lined up at SIUC. A St. Louisan since the age of 6, Redzic and her family fled the war in Bosnia.
Rogers’ Alzheimer’s research got her into grad school and helped develop an antibody that could slow the disease, which has affected Rogers’ family.
He collected salary schedules from more than 460 school districts in the state, analyzing how different pension formulas impact teachers.
About 100 UMSL students and faculty members marched on Earth Day, addressing climate change and calling for evidence-based policy.
A group of 30 volunteers planted milkweed, indigo, coneflower, bottlebrush, bee balm and little bluestem in the new Native Plant/Conservation Garden on campus.
The UMSL-produced conference attracted more than 2,000 people and hosted presenters from big-name companies like BuzzFeed, Facebook, Twitter and Google.
For Jeanette Hencken, Liz Petersen, Sandra Mueller and Joan Twillman, meeting Jane Miller changed their lives and fueled their passion for science education.
Lab activities in the new Science Learning Building at UMSL made up part of a recent evening honoring area high school students.
Entomologist May Berenbaum gave the 2017 Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture at the Missouri Botanical Garden on March 23.
After numerous research trips to the Galápagos Islands, UMSL and the Parker lab hosted a partner team of Galápagos lab technicians and veterinarians for the first time.
Pamela Jackson’s address on “Women in STEM Careers” was the latest in the Distinguished Speaker Series at UMSL.
Babe is the first registered veteran service dog on campus. She accompanies Bill Schnarr to his classes for his business degree, helping him cope with PTSD.
“Computational Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology” was published by Springer in 2016 and became available for purchase this month.
Sara Hilpert and Nick Domescik are 2017 homecoming queen and king. Both have a flair for being leaders on campus and a taste for Mexican food.
Gary Jacob’s rise to CEO of a Nasdaq-listed biotech company started with chemistry classes in Benton Hall and a willingness to take risks and embrace change.