The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
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Ariel Brown, Mary Johnson and Al Stanger receive UMSL Hero Awards
The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
Ariel Brown, Mary Johnson and Al Stanger receive UMSL Hero Awards
The award is presented to up to three staff or faculty members each month in recognition of their efforts to transform the lives of UMSL students and the wider community.
UMSL Optometry graduates Mariah Strahm and Kevin Pizarro-Miller reinvigorate passion for humanitarian work in El Salvador
The recent graduates joined Associate Clinical Professor Dr. Linda Marks for an I Care International clinic in San Alejo in March.
UMSL names Marius Boboc new dean of the College of Education
Boboc, who has been a faculty member and administrator at Cleveland State University, will assume his new position on July 1.
UMSL names Marius Boboc new dean of the College of Education
Boboc, who has been a faculty member and administrator at Cleveland State University, will assume his new position on July 1.
UMSL names Marius Boboc new dean of the College of Education
Boboc, who has been a faculty member and administrator at Cleveland State University, will assume his new position on July 1.
MPPA graduate Taylor Cook lands director position at Covenant House after internship in chancellor’s office
Cook assisted with coordinating and communicating events and activities around the 60th anniversary and Transform UMSL as the project management and communications intern.
MPPA graduate Taylor Cook lands director position at Covenant House after internship in chancellor’s office
Cook assisted with coordinating and communicating events and activities around the 60th anniversary and Transform UMSL as the project management and communications intern.
MPPA graduate Taylor Cook lands director position at Covenant House after internship in chancellor’s office
Cook assisted with coordinating and communicating events and activities around the 60th anniversary and Transform UMSL as the project management and communications intern.
Justyce Jedlicka combines science and business knowledge to advocate for food safety at MilliporeSigma
Jedlicka is the North America food and beverage regulatory liaison at MilliporeSigma.
Justyce Jedlicka combines science and business knowledge to advocate for food safety at MilliporeSigma
Jedlicka is the North America food and beverage regulatory liaison at MilliporeSigma.
Justyce Jedlicka combines science and business knowledge to advocate for food safety at MilliporeSigma
Jedlicka is the North America food and beverage regulatory liaison at MilliporeSigma.
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New website seeks to serve as campus marketplace
Need a slightly used futon? A pair of new bar stools? How about a pre-owned microwave oven?
If you need any of these items or have some things of your own that you would like to sell or trade, Scott Morrissey has a possible solution. It’s called Symblia.com.
45 faculty start testing iPads, apps for classrooms
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Top high school science students recognized for excellence
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Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint George was an unlikely superstar in the annals of history.
Area middle school students to perform at Touhill
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Economist to explore great policy experiments, debates of last 100 years
From the Roaring ‘20s to the Great Depression and on to the Great Inflation, the last hundred years have held amazing economic highs and lows.
Student courts Miss Missouri crown
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Des Lee music festival to include 400 area students
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Bands director to help steer future of state music organization
Gary Brandes’ calendar for the next six years just got fuller. The associate professor of music at the University of Missouri–St. Louis has won a statewide election to be president-elect of the Missouri Music Educators Association.
Child center undergoes facelift in new year
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Teen girls needed for HIV/AIDS prevention program
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Research puts ‘nail in the coffin’ of popular neutral theory in ecology
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Criminologist explores crime trends street by street
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Art educator snags national honor
A year after claiming a state award for her contributions to art education, Karen Cummings, coordinator of art education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, has garnered national recognition. The National Art Education Association has selected her to receive the 2012 Western Region Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award. Last year, she was named the Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by the Missouri Art Education Association. UMSL Daily caught up with Cummings recently to talk about her award.
Applications, admissions, spirits soar
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Director talks ‘Intimate Apparel’
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