The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
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The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
She is focused on supporting students and also building up the college’s alumni presence, including reinstating a quarterly newsletter showcasing alumni achievements and hosting the annual August Academe.
Sophomore Wilma Zanderau earned All-American honors for the second straight year after tying for 10th at the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship.
Sophomore Wilma Zanderau earned All-American honors for the second straight year after tying for 10th at the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship.
Sophomore Wilma Zanderau earned All-American honors for the second straight year after tying for 10th at the NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Championship.
An Opportunity Scholar, Fayez is headed to the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis this fall.
An Opportunity Scholar, Fayez is headed to the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis this fall.
An Opportunity Scholar, Fayez is headed to the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis this fall.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
The award honors student teachers and celebrates individuals with high potential to achieve greatness in education.
A student-guided tour of the University of Missouri–St. Louis last year sealed the deal for Rachel DeKanick. The freshman psychology major from Minneapolis had several universities on her short list, but the UMSL tour won her over.
When Cathy Cartier was a young girl, she didn’t dream of becoming a teacher. She fantasized about becoming a great writer. And then she landed a job as a social worker right after college. It wasn’t until she began her own family that the teaching bug bit her.
For years of outstanding achievements in his profession and contributions to science, Lawrence Barton has been named a 2012 American Chemical Society Fellow.
An exhibition that’s become one of Gallery 210’s most anticipated shows is back. “Exposure 15” is the latest in a series of group exhibitions designed to feature artists who live and work in the St. Louis metropolitan area. This year, Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, will present the work of Heather Corley, Deborah Douglas and Gina Alvarez, who was named Best Local Artist by the Riverfront Times in 2009.
There will be no standing back and simply admiring the art work at the next Gallery Visio exhibit at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Getting students out of college faster with better job prospects and less debt is the goal of an ‘Innovation Campus’ program to be established at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
Nine-year-old Terrill Lyons Jr. stood in front of a crowded room in the basement of the Ward E. Barnes Library on the South Campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis recently to recite a poem about himself.
Teachers leave marks on a child’s life. Some of those marks are temporary, like a press-on tattoo. But others are indelible. That impact is the premise behind a new book for educators, that combines humor and clarity to provide the tools needed to make good teachers great.
You know those dust bunnies that meander through your house? They get the star treatment in a new short film to be screened at the University of Missouri–St. Louis’ Gallery 210.
A summer of hard work has paid off for more than 80 aspiring scientists who spent six weeks conducting intensive...
Clocking many hours doing research and analysis can be a solitary experience. Often times leaving Mary Lynn Longsworth, a senior anthropology major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, wondering if anyone besides her could be interested in the work she’s doing.
With the London Olympics just around the corner, the demand has increased for the expertise of a professor at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Susan Brownell, professor of anthropology at UMSL, is an expert on the Olympic Games, with a special emphasis on Chinese sports. She was in Beijing during the 2008 games and has written two books on China and the Olympics; “Beijing’s Games: What the Olympics Mean to China” and “Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People’s Republic.”
Do-it-yourself art, large-scale surreal dreamscapes and a series of handmade quilts will be part of the 2012-13 exhibition season in Gallery Visio at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The exhibits are free and open to the public.
First and Second Level Elementary Education majors at the University of Missouri–St. Louis can increase their knowledge and marketability through a new grant-funded program.
Fusing the relationship between the arts and social-emotional growth has been a passion of Alena Tunprasert for many years.
At 15, with college right around the corner, Preethi UmaShanker has been giving a lot of thought to the universal question that plagues most teenagers, “What do I want to be when I grow up?”
The metal mound taking shape outside of Gallery 210 on the University of Missouri–St. Louis campus will become a 50-foot-long outdoor sculpture called “Whelm.”
Mark Pope has worked tirelessly to promote multicultural awareness and social justice for all individuals. So it’s no surprise he has received the inaugural Diversity Initiative Award from the National Career Development Association. He was honored for his leadership of cultural diversity and social justice issues in career counseling and career development over his lifetime. As the first recipient of this important professional award, Pope, chair and professor of counseling and family therapy in the College of Education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, represents the prototype of the career counselor for modern times.
Once upon a time, library walls contained signs that read “Shhhhh!” Pretty soon, at least one library sign will read “Cappuccino.” By the end of 2012, the Thomas Jefferson Library at the University of Missouri–St. Louis will sport a new cafe featuring Starbucks coffees, pastries, sandwiches and salads. And no one is happier about that than Christopher Dames, the new dean of libraries.
“I don’t sleep as much as I’d like to,” said a chuckling Lydia Vaughan. The 19-year-old junior majoring in communication at the University of Missouri–St. Louis is extra busy these days balancing her school work, a part-time job and a thriving music career.
Making math and science more visual and exciting is something several area teachers have in mind for the upcoming school year thanks to the creative new tools they learned during the 2012 Math Inquiry Institute at the University of Missouri–St. Louis this summer.
Arnold Grobman, a former chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis who in 1975 expanded the young institution’s academic mission to include the colleges of optometry and nursing, died July 8 in Gainesville, Fla. He was 94. A cause of death was not available.
Please touch the art! You won’t find any signs asking the public to keep its distance at the current exhibit of photographer and University of Missouri–St. Louis alumna Rebecca Haas, BFA 2010.
Arnold B. Grobman Drive is driveable once again! The section of road on the North Campus of University of Missouri–St. Louis has re-opened to vehicle traffic. It was closed down in early June for a construction project. The portion of Grobman Drive directly east of Parking Lot D was closed off to cars.
During courtship, peacocks raise their colorful fan of tail feathers and shake them, the objective is to advertise to potential mates and win female favor. But a recent WIRED magazine article is poking holes in that theory, indicating that the mating dance between the sexes is far more complicated than male showmanship.
Traveling the globe is nothing new to Sean Hanebery. Having spent time living in London, France, Germany and the United States, the University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus didn’t hesitate when offered the opportunity to move to Prague.
When the rest of their friends are sleeping this summer, hundreds of high school students are lining up for 8 a.m. classes at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. The UMSL Bridge Program, the university’s award-winning precollegiate program, is now in it’s 26th year. And it’s enrollment has climbed to more than 400 this summer including it’s middle school program.
For the fifth consecutive summer, a group of tech-savvy high school students have gathered on the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis to try their hand at the world of information technology.
Coke or Pepsi? “Are you kidding? Coke. When I want a real soda, I get a Coke,” said the woman, pointing to the soda can on her desk.
How do flowers in a remote area of China factor into the study of climate change? Since 2009, Robbie Hart, a PhD candidate in biology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been traveling to China’s Yunnan Province to study how rhododendrons in the region are adapting to global warming, according to The Christian Science Monitor.
Joshua McNew thought he’d scouted out the perfect location to shoot the gritty student-driven drama “The Stakes.” In January, cast and crew set up shop at the Ford Asphalt Company building in Bridgeton, Mo., for a two-day, 24-hour marathon shoot. One problem, the site is right next to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Becky Wulf blurs the lines of animation and fine art through her series of digital portrait paintings. The University of Missouri–St. Louis student will display her work July 12- Aug. 8 at Gallery Visio. An opening reception for the exhibition called “Booshi” “will be from 4 to 7 p.m. July 12. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Each summer for more than a decade, University of Missouri–St. Louis archaeologist Michael Cosmopoulos has led an expedition of students and volunteers to an area in the middle of an olive grove in southwest Greece for hands-on experience they’re likely to never forget.
Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel did it. So did Gary Belsky, a contributor at TIME.com and former editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine.
If commitment to your constituents counts in the world of student government politics, then Jericah Selby should give...
Transportation continues to be a growing cost for area school districts facing annual budget cuts. University of Missouri-St. Louis doctoral students Jeremy North and William Ellegood may have just discovered a way to save thousands of dollars on busing and routing for districts. The pair recently won first place at the Graduate School Research Fair for their project “Applying Business Logistic Optimization Modeling to School Bus Routing.”
Aurelia Hartenberger has been collecting musical instruments for nearly four decades. But, they’re not your average run-of-the-mill ones. They come from all over the world. Her collection features African drums, bells and rattles, plus historical Civil War instruments and one-of-a-kind custom-made modern jazz pieces, including some played by jazz greats Artie Shaw and Clark Terry.
Next week more than 40 high school students will arrive on the campus of the University of Missouri–St. Louis ready to learn the ins and outs of information technology.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis will be buzzing with activity during a three-day conference of beekeepers July 12-14. The 2012 Heartland Apicultural Society Conference will offer instructional classroom programs and hands-on classes in a bee yard. Sessions are designed for beekeepers at all skill levels. Click here to view the conference schedule.
Niyi Coker’s film “Pennies for the Boatman” took center stage at the Madrid International Film Festival by beating out the competition and taking home the prize for best film script.
A new bicycle underpass being constructed on the campus of University of Missouri–St. Louis finally started to take shape Friday, as crews used a large crane to put sections of the underpass in place.
With recreations of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” video popping up all over the Internet, a group of University of Missouri–St. Louis students decided to create their own tribute to the sugary sweet summer hit.
Timothy Meyer, a senior majoring in anthropology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has been getting his hands dirty this summer, logging real-world experience helping excavation efforts at Cahokia Mounds in Collinsville, Ill., just east of St. Louis.
A group of University of Missouri–St. Louis piano students will soon travel to Russia and to help defray the costs they are holding a special benefit concert June 15 at Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis.
The legendary and mysterious Japanese queen Himiko will be the focus of a lecture sponsored by the Japan America Society Women’s Association.
A towheaded infant crawled down the grassy hill, oblivious to the spectacle high above her. An elderly man hobbled slowly along the walkway seemingly pleased to be a part of the same rare wonder.
Margaret Barton-Burke will join an elite group of health-care professionals when she’s inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing in October.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis has snagged a ranking in a St. Louis magazine that puts out an annual “Hot List” of the 100 things to love about St. Louis.
A rare event will transpire in the sky June 5, and astronomers at the University of Missouri–St. Louis are inviting the public to watch.
A construction project will close a section of Arnold B. Grobman Drive on the North Campus of University of Missouri–St. Louis starting June 4.