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Ask an Expert: Priscilla Dowden-White discusses Margaret Bush Wilson and other overlooked civil rights figures

Dowden-White is currently researching a biography on Wilson, the first African American woman to chair the national board of the NAACP....

UMSL taps Paul Evensen to lead Public Policy Research Center

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

Mark Tranel discusses research on households struggling to meet everyday needs with St. Louis Public Radio

The director of the Public Policy Research Center was part of a panel with United Way of Greater St. Louis Vice Presidents Julie Russell and Dayna Stock on "St. Louis...

Former Grand Center leader Vince Schoemehl joins PPA School as fellow

UMSL alumnus Vince Schoemehl (BA history 1972) is entering the next phase of his career following decades of public and nonprofit leadership....

3 staff members recognized for outstanding service, teamwork, care

The recipients of the 2015 Chancellor’s Awards for Staff Excellence include (from left) Mary Brown, Debra Black and Samuel Darko....

UMSL faculty members share St. Louis knowledge as city turns 250

UMSL celebrated St. Louis’ 250 years and the birth of Louis IX with the two-day conference “St. Louis Metromorphosis: The Significance of a City Across the Centuries.” ...

St. Louis Mosaic Project seeks to attract immigrants, boost regional economy

The St. Louis Mosaic Project was created to attract more people to the St. Louis area like University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Jason Jan, BSBA 1999. The native Malaysian ultimately...

Discussion to focus on growing immigrant population in St. Louis

International migration is a key reason the St. Louis region has not lost population in the most recent census. While the region’s changing demographics make opportunities, they also create challenges....

Sidewalk tour, film screening look back at Pruitt-Igoe

Pruitt-Igoe was supposed to be the new model of urban housing and the answer to low-cost housing needs and overcrowding in post-World War II St. Louis. But within 20 years,...

PPRC grant helps establish St. Louis Public Radio Fellowship

St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU has established a new fellowship designed to discover, encourage and train the best possible representatives of a diverse new generation of public media...