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Eye on UMSL: Toppling the Tower

Eye on UMSL: Toppling the Tower

Demolition of the SSB Tower began on Friday afternoon and continued Saturday morning during the annual UMSL Alumni 5K Run/Walk.

Eye on UMSL: Toppling the Tower

Demolition of the SSB Tower began on Friday afternoon and continued Saturday morning during the annual UMSL Alumni 5K Run/Walk.

Eye on UMSL: Toppling the Tower

Demolition of the SSB Tower began on Friday afternoon and continued Saturday morning during the annual UMSL Alumni 5K Run/Walk.

Eye on UMSL: Tracking the sun

Astronomy students observed the path of the sun last week outside University Libraries on North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Shade for the future
Eye on UMSL: Shade for the future

Psychology student Makenzie Strickler, biology student James Ott and international business student Hendrik Bechtel plant a Bur Oak tree near the Science Complex.

Eye on UMSL: Shade for the future

Psychology student Makenzie Strickler, biology student James Ott and international business student Hendrik Bechtel plant a Bur Oak tree near the Science Complex.

Eye on UMSL: Shade for the future

Psychology student Makenzie Strickler, biology student James Ott and international business student Hendrik Bechtel plant a Bur Oak tree near the Science Complex.

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Eye on UMSL: Rise and shine

Eye on UMSL: Rise and shine

The summer sun shines on the atrium of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.  

Eye on UMSL: Across the pond

Eye on UMSL: Across the pond

Graduate students Nicole Shelley and Atharv Kulkarni relax alongside one of the Millennium Student Center ponds on a lovely spring day.

Eye on UMSL: Snow day

Eye on UMSL: Snow day

Photographer August Jennewein captures scenes from around campus Friday as UMSL emerged from two days of winter weather.

Eye on UMSL: A floral outlook

Eye on UMSL: A floral outlook

Photographer August Jennewein captured the ethereal and fleeting beauty of the campus cherry blossoms last week.

Eye on UMSL: Early autumn conversation

Eye on UMSL: Early autumn conversation

Students walking to class stopped for a chat in the Quad while wearing masks and maintaining safe distance on a recent afternoon on North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Peace

Eye on UMSL: Peace

A student gestures her wish for peace while walking past University Libraries in between classes last week on North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Slush or shine

Eye on UMSL: Slush or shine

Despite icy flurries that dusted the university on Thursday and Friday, intrepid UMSL students brought activity to North Campus as they made their way to class.

Eye on UMSL: Road work

Eye on UMSL: Road work

A shuttle bus drove by a construction crew as it was digging out the old road surface on Weinman Way last week on South Campus at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: Showers & flowers

Eye on UMSL: Showers & flowers

April rain showers, such as the one photographed through the window of UMSL’s J.C. Penney Building, have yielded numerous flowers across campus.

Eye on UMSL: Education initiative

Eye on UMSL: Education initiative

Gov. Jay Nixon announces a $500,000 federal grant to North Campus, a tutoring program founded by St. Louis Alderman Antonio French (left). The announcement was made Oct. 2 at UMSL.

Eye on UMSL: Field study

Eye on UMSL: Field study

UMSL biology student Robert Perks enjoys the natural landscape and canopy of the North Campus Quad to study between classes.

Eye on UMSL: Campus tour

Eye on UMSL: Campus tour

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster received an up-close look at the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus during a half-day visit May 22 with Chancellor Tom George.

Eye on UMSL: Springtime statistics

Eye on UMSL: Springtime statistics

Nevena Maric, assistant professor of mathematics at UMSL, and her applied statistics students took advantage of the nice weather and scenic spring setting on North Campus by moving class outside.

Eye on UMSL: Sunset

Eye on UMSL: Sunset

UMSL campus photographer August Jennewein was en route to an assignment at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center when he was struck by what he saw.

UMSL breaks ground on science building

UMSL breaks ground on science building

Science education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis takes a big step forward on Oct. 29, when work begins on the new Science Learning Building.

Eye on UMSL: Final touches

Eye on UMSL: Final touches

Anna Duncan, a freshman psychology major at UMSL, puts the final touches on her Louie chalk mural in front of the Thomas Jefferson Library on North Campus. Several students created chalk art on the open expanse of concrete at the library entrance. Students were invited in passing to make their spontaneous creations as part of a University Program Board activity.

Eye on UMSL: Between classes

Eye on UMSL: Between classes

Dave Robertson, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science at UMSL, walks across the Quadrangle on North Campus to his office in the Social Science & Business Building Tower following one of his classes in Clark Hall. Robertson’s courses this semester include Introduction to American Politics and Environmental Politics.

Eye on UMSL: Back to school

Eye on UMSL: Back to school

UMSL students walk to and from classes via the Quadrangle on North Campus. The university was as active as ever during the second full week of the school year despite a late-summer heat wave that sent temperatures soaring upward to near triple digits.

Eye on UMSL: breathe.

Eye on UMSL: breathe.

Visit umsl.edu/smokefree for more information on the tobacco-free policy at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Eye on UMSL: ‘Making Glass’

Eye on UMSL: ‘Making Glass’

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Jennifer Tappenden, MFA 2012, reads her poem "Making Glass" Feb. 12 in the...

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.

UMSL students take action to promote tobacco-free campus

UMSL students take action to promote tobacco-free campus

The University of Missouri–St. Louis fired up the second week of its UMSL Seriously Tobacco-Free campaign on Monday, and administrators weren’t the only ones taking the university’s tobacco-free policy seriously. Volunteer students handed out fliers with tobacco facts, cessation resource information and copies of the university policy during high traffic hours in the Quadrangle on North Campus.

Eye on UMSL: Conference prep

Eye on UMSL: Conference prep

University of Missouri–St. Louis custodian Willie Fleming Jr. rolls a table out of a storage room that’s adjacent to the Summit Lounge in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center on Jan. 17. He was preparing for Winter Conference: Creativity & Collaboration at the Core, which was held Jan. 19.

Eye on UMSL: Welcome back snow

Eye on UMSL: Welcome back snow

A light snowfall welcomes University of Missouri–St. Louis students back to campus Jan. 22, the first day of classes for the spring semester.

Eye on UMSL: December twilight

Eye on UMSL: December twilight

The photograph was taken by UMSL photographer August Jennewein and is the latest to be featured in Eye on UMSL.

Gift from Peabody Energy to modernize 2 labs

Gift from Peabody Energy to modernize 2 labs

A modern work force needs a modern learning environment. That environment is exactly what the University of Missouri–St. Louis strives to offer its students, said Chancellor Tom George.

Eye on UMSL: Quad life

Eye on UMSL: Quad life

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Eye on UMSL: Lakeside study

Eye on UMSL: Lakeside study

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Eye on UMSL: On the move

Eye on UMSL: On the move

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