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History & Whiskey: A Black History Month celebration with North County Inc.

UMSL historians Peter Acsay and Laura Westhoff lent their knowledge to last Thursday's Black History Month event....

Looking back at an eventful 2022 through stories told in UMSL Daily

The past 12 months have featured numerous stories of success, innovative teaching and research, and impactful community engagement done by students, faculty, staff and alumni....

UMSL historians, political scientist offer insight into Ukraine crisis during webinar

Peter Acsay, Kevin Fernlund and Stephen Bagwell lent their perspective to the webinar, titled "The Ukraine Crisis and the Future of War."...

Student veteran William Redden excited to begin his future after earning degree in history

Redden landed a full-time position in human resources at Patriot Machine in St. Charles before graduation and recently got engaged....

Alumna Lauren Schoellhorn’s passion for teaching impacts students at Eureka High School

Schoellhorn, who teaches AP world history, AP art history and psychology, was one of seven finalists for the 2022 Missouri Teacher of the Year. ...

New ‘hot topics’ history class considers the role of the Electoral College

Students discussed the history and mechanics of the Electoral College, proposing and voting on the five different reforms and replacements for the current presidential election system....

Provost Marie Mora announces 34 faculty promotions for the 2020-21 academic year

Eleven received tenure and promotions to associate professor, nine earned the rank of full professor and 14 non-tenure track faculty members also received promotions....

A century after one of the bloodiest events in US racial history, UMSL student investigates its causes and relevance for today

Mehnaz Ahmad's article “More Than Meets the Eye: The Layered Causes of the East St. Louis Race Riot” appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of Gateway magazine....

UMSL history major looks to continue research into late antiquity in grad school

Audri Adams earned her BA in history last month – plus honors college and writing certificates. She's long been interested in the study of past civilizations....

Young scholars ‘Taking a Stand in History’ at regional competition

The UMSL-hosted event is one for the history books, so to speak, with more than 300 local youth headed to campus to showcase their research projects....