Flanagan’s tenure has seen nine conference championships, one Elite Eight appearance by men’s basketball, two Final Four appearances by women’s volleyball and one national championship by men’s golfer Joel Sylven.
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Flanagan’s tenure has seen nine conference championships, one Elite Eight appearance by men’s basketball, two Final Four appearances by women’s volleyball and one national championship by men’s golfer Joel Sylven.
Flanagan’s tenure has seen nine conference championships, one Elite Eight appearance by men’s basketball, two Final Four appearances by women’s volleyball and one national championship by men’s golfer Joel Sylven.
Flanagan’s tenure has seen nine conference championships, one Elite Eight appearance by men’s basketball, two Final Four appearances by women’s volleyball and one national championship by men’s golfer Joel Sylven.
The two-day event showcased efforts by UMSL and its partners in the St. Louis Anchor Action Network to promote greater prosperity across the region.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
The three-week program integrated hands-on lessons about gardening and the environment with responsive, project-based literacy education.
Members of the Environmental Adventure Organization sit near the Capitol Dome formation during a caving trip to Illinois Caverns before the end of the spring semester.
Members of the Environmental Adventure Organization sit near the Capitol Dome formation during a caving trip to Illinois Caverns before the end of the spring semester.
Members of the Environmental Adventure Organization sit near the Capitol Dome formation during a caving trip to Illinois Caverns before the end of the spring semester.
Lessons learned during her graduate program at UMSL still resonate as Garland and her husband, Scott, continue to expand Exit 11.
Lessons learned during her graduate program at UMSL still resonate as Garland and her husband, Scott, continue to expand Exit 11.
Lessons learned during her graduate program at UMSL still resonate as Garland and her husband, Scott, continue to expand Exit 11.
The short film covers key safety points, reminding the UMSL community of resources available through the UMSL Police Department and Student Affairs.
Bat hunting in a cemetery after dark sounds like a plot ripped from a horror movie. But it was all part of a recent scientific excursion involving a UMSL group.
The group of researchers includes Patricia Parker, the E. Desmond Lee Professor in Zoological Studies and chair of the Department of Biology at UMSL.
Thirty aspiring scientists have been rewarded for a summer of hard work at the Students and Teachers as Research Scientists Program.
Nearly 1,000 UMSL students are taking advantage of university-owned housing options this semester – an overall uptick of 6 percent.
Kaylyn Bauer, a UMSL junior majoring in biochemistry and biotechnology, spent the summer interning at the Danforth Plant Science Center.
The UMSL campus is brimming with upcoming events. The new Weeks of Welcome guide gives a sense of the limitless possibilities for fun and enrichment this semester.
UMSL staff members deliver items to St. Stephen’s Food Pantry in Ferguson. The local food pantry has experienced a spike in demand as a result of recent events.
Senior physics major Henry Hamper eyes a batch of the nanoporous carbon material he makes for research projects aimed at improving batteries and hydrogen-powered vehicles.
For more than a decade, the suicide rate in Missouri has been higher than the rate nationally.
Sheldon Webster (front with medal), BSEd 1986, is the girls track and field coach at McCluer North High School in Florissant, Mo.
Aimee Dunlap, assistant professor of biology at UMSL, co-authored a study that was recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.
Senior and campus tour guide Nicole Vickers says UMSL’s extended office hours allow busy students like her to start the semester strong.
Aaron Hinton was one of only 14 college students selected for the 2014 NASCAR Diversity Internship program.
More than $2 million of the record-breaking $31.2 million contributed to UMSL during the past fiscal year helped fund the John Neal Hoover Endowed Mercantile Library Executive Directorship.
Jay Rounds has been recognized by the Association of Midwest Museums for his decades of contribution to the field and legacy of shaping students into museum professionals.
He was one of 99 scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS.
The new Triton Summer Scholarship helped soon-to-be senior Tempestt Burel and 160 fellow UMSL students make the most of the university’s summer course offerings and stay on track toward graduation.
Nearly 90 high school students took part in the 2014.
Donors contributed a collective $31.2 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
They include (from left) Lauren Jenkins, Nicole Gevers, Leslie Jackson, Anta Kane and Brendan McCoy.
For UMSL student Jami Hirsch, filling a blank page is nothing new. But until recently, she mostly kept her stories to herself.
“I’d rather be a failure than a quitter,” Ballard said. “You can never quit in life. You have to have a goal.”
She moved into the high-profile position as host of the “AM Show,” replacing Tim Ezell.
UMSL Professor Keith Miller is working to create a program that would allow children who are ill to take part in science activities through the use of virtual robots.
More than 200 St. Louis teens were accepted into this year’s iteration of the outreach program, which continues to successfully support underserved young people through precollegiate programming.
Brian Waldrop has been conducting research on the water quality of a river system in the South American country of Guyana.
Joseph Meisel, a fourth-year PhD chemistry student at UMSL, will offer a beer brewing course for credit for non-science majors.
Lydia Mason earned her BSN from UMSL this May. She’s the fifth person in her family to receive a degree from UMSL.
Paulette Isaac-Savage will report to UMSL Provost Glen Cope and be housed in the Office of Academic Affairs.
The psychologist is well known in the St. Louis region for creating and developing the all-natural brain fitness drink Nawgan.
Each of the nine graduates received and accepted a job offer prior to their May 18 commencement.
Elena Vasilieva will earn her PhD in chemistry this summer. She is part of a Monsanto team that focuses on protein expression and purification.
Kimberly Kras, who earned her doctoral degree in criminology and criminal justice from UMSL in May, will soon begin a two-year postdoctoral paid research position at George Mason University.
Bob Malon earned the Silver Beaver Award for his 16 years of exceptional leadership and service to scouting in the region.
The criminologist visited his alma mater earlier this spring to speak at the annual Youth Violence Prevention Conference.
Michael Hughes, assistant professor of biology at UMSL, is the administrator of the next-generation sequencer, an instrument that rapidly sequences molecules like RNA and DNA.
Margaret Barton-Burke, the Mary Ann Lee Endowed Professor of Oncology Nursing at UMSL, assumed the position at the organization’s annual meeting this May in Anaheim, Calif.
Zhi Xu has been honored by The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis for creating an inexpensive, noninvasive blood glucose monitor.
Researchers like UMSL criminologist Richard Rosenfeld (left) rank 14th among universities in the U.S. with high faculty research activity.
Going abroad. Graduating from college. Starting a new job. Getting married. Deborah Medintz is doing all of them within months of each other.
All of the honorary degree recipients have strong ties to UMSL or the St. Louis region and a commitment to excellence in their work and their communities.
UMSL graduates (from left) Eric Messmer, Tasha Hack and Timothy Iuchs became the Army’s newest second lieutenants at commissioning ceremonies held May 14.
Patti Wright, associate professor of anthropology at UMSL, studies the past interrelationships between people and plants or what is called “paleoethnobotany.”
Recognizing a need to educate place-bound and minority students looking for engineering careers, the universities partnered in 1993 to fill that void.
The group’s primary focus is educating peers about the abuse and misuse of prescription drugs.
UMSL’s College of Education faculty created the Studio Schools model as a way to better prepare future teachers for the classroom.
Recipients of this year’s awards are (from left) Cletus Glasener, Sheila Burkett, Jolene A. Lampton, Sean C. O’Donnell and Orvin Kimbrough.
UMSL’s Bosnian students and alumni make their mark on the campus and the region.
More than 400 veterans are finding a home on the UMSL campus, aided by the Veterans Center and a new academic department.