A total of four students from Hazelwood East High School, Hazelwood West High School and University City High School took part in the paid summer internship program.
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A total of four students from Hazelwood East High School, Hazelwood West High School and University City High School took part in the paid summer internship program.
A total of four students from Hazelwood East High School, Hazelwood West High School and University City High School took part in the paid summer internship program.
A total of four students from Hazelwood East High School, Hazelwood West High School and University City High School took part in the paid summer internship program.
The online course targeted toward helping young professionals grow their leadership skills meets on Thursdays during the lunch hour.
Packard, who has served as the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium since its opening 40 years ago, is a leading voice promoting healthy oceans.
Packard, who has served as the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium since its opening 40 years ago, is a leading voice promoting healthy oceans.
Packard, who has served as the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium since its opening 40 years ago, is a leading voice promoting healthy oceans.
To celebrate its anniversary, UMSL is spotlighting 60 alumni who apply one or more of the university’s core values in the world and help to make it a better place.
To celebrate its anniversary, UMSL is spotlighting 60 alumni who apply one or more of the university’s core values in the world and help to make it a better place.
To celebrate its anniversary, UMSL is spotlighting 60 alumni who apply one or more of the university’s core values in the world and help to make it a better place.
Austin is researching the impact of climate change on flowering plants while also helping lead the process of digitizing the garden’s herbarium, which contains more than 7 million species.
Austin is researching the impact of climate change on flowering plants while also helping lead the process of digitizing the garden’s herbarium, which contains more than 7 million species.
Austin is researching the impact of climate change on flowering plants while also helping lead the process of digitizing the garden’s herbarium, which contains more than 7 million species.
Merkel earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology from UMSL and did research in the lab of Patricia Parker, then the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Zoological Studies.
The event featured presentations from UMSL History Professor Andrew Hurley, AECOM Principal Steven Duong and Living Earth Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow Kaylee Arnold.
The Boston University professor delivered last week’s lecture, presented by UMSL’s Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, at the Saint Louis Zoo.
The pair chat about how they’re approaching their roles as caretakers of what they describe as the center’s “amazing legacy.”
Goerck, a 1999 PhD graduate, helped found SAVE Brasil, which works to protect birds and their natural environments in her native Brazil.
The partnership has resulted in over 30 advanced degrees for students representing numerous countries, many of whom have gone on to careers as conservationists.
The university ranked No. 54 globally in the gender equality category and also scored highly in several other areas.
The program helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities develop independent living and job skills while providing them with a college experience.
Zapata, who earned his PhD at UMSL and is now an assistant professor at UCLA, consulted with Disney on the plants depicted in the film, set in his native Colombia.
Hermann was a longtime supporter of the Harris Center and presented singer and activist John Denver with the first World Ecology Award in 1990.
This year’s annual forum was part of a five-day collaborative virtual conference “Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability – Food.”
Guenther received an Excellence in Partnership Leadership Award, and Parker received a Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award.
Figueiredo, a native of São Luís, Brazil, has been researching color vision in orchid bees with support from the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center.
Maplewood Richmond Heights High School has the only science department in the state in which each member has a terminal degree – and all are from UMSL.
Parker has had a long and distinguished career as an evolutionary biologist, with much of her work focused on avian populations in the Galápagos Islands.
The biology doctoral student is using the $6,750 prize to conduct genomic research on the maple-leaf oak, endemic to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas.
The Promise and Opportunity Scholarship allows biology students to enjoy a full college experience. After earning her bachelor’s, Freeman plans to become an anesthesiologist or pediatrician.
Maharaj collaborates with scientists around the globe to research the behavior of Guyana’s wildlife and forest restoration.
The one-day event featured presentations from 21 faculty members whose work is connected to sustainability goals voted on by the United Nations in 2015.
Zoo President Jeffrey Bonner and Garden President Peter Wyse Jackson accepted World Ecology Awards from Anna Harris on behalf of their institutions at a gala on Friday night.
A new recruitment video highlights the way the Harris Center works to cultivate a new generation of scientific leaders.
Anchor Kay Quinn spoke to 2018 PhD graduate Fidy Rasambainarivo about his research on the spread of disease in his native Madagascar during the segment for Friday’s newcast.
Young is among 69 finalists who’ll make up the 2020 class of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Sea Grant John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program.
In the spirit of collaboration, the people of the University of Missouri–St. Louis forge community partnerships that reach throughout St. Louis and Missouri to uplift, delight, improve and aid.
Rohrer, who received her bachelor’s degree from UMSL in 2017, was one of approximately 1,500 graduate students selected for the fellowship this year.
Jones spent 14 years as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, helped found UMSL’s Public Policy Administration program and twice served as a department chair.
The biology PhD student hopes to bring science communication to the masses to make a positive change for conservation.
The Costa Rica native has taken an active role in the Jennings-UMSL Mentorship Program among other outreach opportunities since coming to St. Louis.
ProFellow recently included UMSL and its center on a select list of universities providing full funding opportunities for ecologically focused doctoral students.
UMSL Daily takes a look at some of the highlights of George’s 16 years leading the university.
Five CASE District VI awards highlight a strong year sharing the successes of the university community.
Before the calendar changes, we take a look back at some of the more memorable stories about students and alumni from the past year.
The 64 newly elected members of the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri State Senate toured the UMSL Patient Care Center, science complex and Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Robbie Hart, a curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, is part of a network of scientists doing work as part of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments.
The building at the heart of UMSL’s science complex has seen significant upgrades as part of a $25.3 million project completed in August.
Researchers from the two St. Louis institutions have been working to build local capacity to support research of pathogens threatening native species on the islands since 2001.
The medal from the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL honors work in environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.
The native of Bolivia is the latest recipient of a Christensen Fund Graduate Fellowship in Plant Conservation from the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center.
The third-year doctoral student in biology is trying to solve why some species are in increasing danger of dying off while others thrive.
Sedgwick County Zoo and Micke Grove Zoo each named a UMSL alumnus to its top administrative role.
The event featured varied perspectives on the topic and attracted an audience of about 300 people last Thursday at the Saint Louis Zoo.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch published Tom George’s guest column on its website on Oct. 10.
Chancellor Tom George presented the 2017 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence during the State of the University Address.
Fidisoa Rasambainarivo studies disease transmission from dogs and cats to Madagascar wildlife through a joint UMSL Harris Center and Saint Louis Zoo fellowship.
About 100 UMSL students and faculty members marched on Earth Day, addressing climate change and calling for evidence-based policy.
A group of 30 volunteers planted milkweed, indigo, coneflower, bottlebrush, bee balm and little bluestem in the new Native Plant/Conservation Garden on campus.
Entomologist May Berenbaum gave the 2017 Jane and Whitney Harris Lecture at the Missouri Botanical Garden on March 23.
The Dryas iulia, commonly known as the Julia butterfly, is one of the two species Gyanpriya Maharaj studied to understand their color choices regarding food and mates.
Leticia Gutiérrez Jiménez will travel to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Egypt and Jordan this year to take blood samples from bats, rodents and primates.
Titled “Mosquitoes: Ecology, Disease Vectors, and Control,” the 2016 Whitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum is Nov. 10 at the Saint Louis Zoo.