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Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks

Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks

Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi's Coffee, leads an interactive presentation April 23 in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lerner's talk was titled "How to Beat a Bully: Kaldi's vs. Starbucks." He sold his stake in St....

Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks

Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi's Coffee, leads an interactive presentation April 23 in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lerner's talk was titled "How to Beat a Bully: Kaldi's vs. Starbucks." He sold his stake in St....

Eye on UMSL: Kaldi’s vs. Starbucks

Howard Lerner, co-founder of Kaldi's Coffee, leads an interactive presentation April 23 in the Millennium Student Center at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lerner's talk was titled "How to Beat a Bully: Kaldi's vs. Starbucks." He sold his stake in St....

Eye on UMSL: Name that dog

The university kicked off an initiative to help name the Geospatial Collaborative’s agile mobile robotic dog from Boston Dynamics.

Eye on UMSL: Midwest Model European Union
Eye on UMSL: Midwest Model European Union

Sara Legrand (left), a junior political science major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Rachel Legrand (center), a senior business administration major at UMSL, and an unidentified student from another university discuss the ongoing euro crisis April 12 at the...

Eye on UMSL: Midwest Model European Union

Sara Legrand (left), a junior political science major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Rachel Legrand (center), a senior business administration major at UMSL, and an unidentified student from another university discuss the ongoing euro crisis April 12 at the...

Eye on UMSL: Midwest Model European Union

Sara Legrand (left), a junior political science major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Rachel Legrand (center), a senior business administration major at UMSL, and an unidentified student from another university discuss the ongoing euro crisis April 12 at the...

Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series
Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses "Public Private Partnership's Maximum Value for a University Foundation" on March 11 in the university's Millennium Student Center. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series,...

Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses "Public Private Partnership's Maximum Value for a University Foundation" on March 11 in the university's Millennium Student Center. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series,...

Eye on UMSL: Distinguished Speaker Series

University of Missouri–St. Louis alumnus Brian F. Lavin, BSBA 1976, discusses "Public Private Partnership's Maximum Value for a University Foundation" on March 11 in the university's Millennium Student Center. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Series,...

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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.

Eye on UMSL: Pack the Stands

Eye on UMSL: Pack the Stands

Darian Cartharn, a junior guard for the UMSL Tritons, drives to the basket for 2 of the 12 points he scored Jan. 31 in a 69-55 Tritons victory over the Hawks of Quincy (Ill.) University. The win came during UMSL’s annual Pack the Stands event at Chuck Smith Court. The women’s team lost to Quincy 47-42.

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: Winter studies

Eye on UMSL: Winter studies

Claire Boylan, a senior majoring in history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, makes notes while reading the book “Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764-1980.” The assigned reading was part of History of St. Louis, a course offered through the university’s Winter Intersession program. Boylan, of O’Fallon, Mo., was studying Jan. 8 in the second floor rotunda at the Millennium Student Center.

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.

Eye on UMSL: Graduation smiles

Eye on UMSL: Graduation smiles

Nadia King (left) and Kamilla Isakova celebrate their graduation from the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Dec. 15 outside the university’s Mark Twain Athletic & Fitness Center. Each earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. King hails from Minsk, Belarus, and Isakova from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Eye on UMSL: Leadership Academy in Character Education

Eye on UMSL: Leadership Academy in Character Education

The Leadership Academy in Character Education is a yearlong professional development program for education leaders. On Dec. 4, LACE graduates participated in peer-group discussions at Glen Echo Country Club in Normandy, Mo.

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy Salon

Eye on UMSL: Philosophy Salon

Gualtiero Piccinini (far right, standing), associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the...

Eye on UMSL: Happy Thanksgiving

Eye on UMSL: Happy Thanksgiving

To students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends, have a Happy Thanksgiving from the University of Missouri–St. Louis....

Eye on UMSL: UMSL Day

Eye on UMSL: UMSL Day

More than 900 people visited the University of Missouri–St. Louis on Nov. 17 for UMSL Day. The biannual event gives...

Eye on UMSL: Ferguson Brewing

Eye on UMSL: Ferguson Brewing

Josh Wilson, brewmaster at Ferguson (Mo.) Brewing Company, discusses brewing beer while Ngusha Shaguy (right) and other members of the Chemistry Club at the University of Missouri–St. Louis look on. Wilson walked the students through the brewing process from adding cracked malt kernels, or grist, and hot water to a mash tun (left of Wilson) to two weeks later (for an ale) when the finished product is kegged or pumped into serving tanks that feed directly to the brewpub’s taps.

Eye on UMSL: The Write Stuff

Eye on UMSL: The Write Stuff

Ryan Trattles (center), who’s pursuing a master of fine arts degree at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, discusses Cynthia Reed’s short story during Introduction to Fiction on Oct. 23. The class is part of the eight-week Write Stuff Certificate Program, which is offered by the university’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies. Trattles is the instructor for students in the program (from left) Sheila Jones, Reed, Sheilah Clarke-Ekong, Dianne Williams, William Ridley, Katina Willis and Mary Ann Boughnou.

Eye on UMSL: This won’t hurt a bit

Eye on UMSL: This won’t hurt a bit

Lydia Mason, a senior nursing major at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, gives Patrick Osborne, associate teaching professor of biology at UMSL, a flu vaccination Oct. 10 in the J.C. Penney Building/Conference Center, while Mason’s classmate Kaeleigh Sneed looks on.

Eye on UMSL: Bach for STARS

Eye on UMSL: Bach for STARS

Bjorn Ranheim, cellist for the St. Louis Symphony, plays movements from Bach’s 3rd Unaccompanied Cello Suite on Oct. 8 in the Millennium Student Center at UMSL. Ranheim performed at the annual awards ceremony and banquet for Students and Teachers as Research Scientists.

Eye on UMSL: Lee Medal for Philanthropy

Eye on UMSL: Lee Medal for Philanthropy

The University of Missouri–St. Louis held its annual Founders Dinner on Oct. 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis in Clayton, Mo. The event attracted 800 alumni and friends who celebrated the successful completion of the Gateway for Greatness Campaign, the university’s first comprehensive capital campaign. More than $154 million in private funding was raised over seven years to support scholarships, facilities, programs and faculty positions.

Eye on UMSL: Vocal Point practice

Eye on UMSL: Vocal Point practice

Jim Henry (far right), associate professor of music and director of choral studies at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, leads his students through a choral practice on Sept. 17 in the Provincial House on the university’s South Campus. The students are (from left) Adam Wirth, Minerva Keller, Annie Graham, Charlie Kinnison, Rachel Becknell, Tommy Edler, Andrea Lair, Chaz McPeek, Anthony Eck and Mason Scott.

Eye on UMSL: Academic Center for Mathematics and Writing

Eye on UMSL: Academic Center for Mathematics and Writing

University of Missouri–St. Louis engineering students Dan Denton (left) and Jason Arnold study outside the university’s Academic Center for Mathematics and Writing (222 Social Sciences & Business Building) on Aug. 30.