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CJ Jones finds community, clarity on the way to a pair of degrees at UMSL
Whether through the Pierre Laclede Honors College during their undergraduate career or through the School of Social Work during pursuit of an MSW, CJ Jones was always able to find a sense of community...
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Anthropology major Morgan Tanner’s empathy for people driving her toward...
Morgan Tanner expects to graduate in December with a degree in anthropology and would like to work with refugee and immigrant groups. (Photo by August Jennewein) Morgan Tanner can’t yet see the future...
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Doctoral candidate Sage Rohrer secures NSF fellowship to support study of...
Biology doctoral candidate Sage Rohrer was among approximately 1,500 graduate students chosen to receive a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship will...
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Enhancing lives locally: a map of UMSL community partnerships
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. This...
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Scenes from the NextGen Precision Health Institute groundbreaking
Missouri Institute of Mental Health Director Robert Paul speaks at the groundbreaking of the NextGen Precision Health Institute in Columbia, Missouri. (Photos courtesy of the University of Missouri...
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UMSL sees largest percentage increase in research funding of Missouri,...
UMSL’s research funding increased by 66 percent from 2017 to 2018. This growth outpaced other large research universities across the state and in southern Illinois by nearly 40 points. (File photo by...
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Jon McGinnis, Rachel Winograd and Lara Zwarun named Presidential Engagement...
UM System President Mun Choi announced the fellows at the Curators of the University of Missouri meeting June 20 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photos by August Jennewein) The University of Missouri System...
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UMSL research on violent crime attracts attention from St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on research from Curators’ Distinguished Professor Janet Lauritsen (left) and doctoral candidate Theordore Lentz on the increased deadliness of violent crime in St....
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EdD alumnae break new ground with innovative social studies curricula
Chelsea Witwer and Julia Wilkins earned the EdD Dissertation of the Year award from the UMSL College of Education. Their co-authored research examined power structures and their effects on the...
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Confirmed stars: 88 standout high schoolers complete Students and Teachers as...
Nearly 90 high school students and seven undergraduate researchers participated in the 2019 STARS program. The six-week research experience concluded Friday at UMSL with student presentations and a...
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Jill Bernard Bracy discusses traffic safety measures with news stations in...
KSDK (Channel 5) in St. Louis and WJLA (Channel 7) in Washington both featured Assistant Teaching Professor Jill Bernard Bracy, the interim director of UMSL’s Center for Transportation Studies, in...
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Eye on UMSL: A chain reaction
University of Missouri–St. Louis biology PhD student Andrea Trigueros (right) showed Jennings Senior High School students (from left) Morgan Stith and Dakota Warren how to run a polymerase chain...
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Beth Huebner talks progress in reducing the jail population on ‘St. Louis on...
On Tuesday, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Beth Huebner spoke on St. Louis Public Radio | 90.7 KWMU’s “St. Louis on the Air” about her efforts to reduce the St. Louis County jail...
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UMSL ranked among top 5 criminology and criminal justice master’s programs
CriminalJusticeDegreeHub.com ranked UMSL’s criminology and criminal justice master’s program among the top five in the country in its 2019 rankings. Students in the program work closely with faculty...
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UMSL chemists to receive funding for projects as part of UM System’s $20.5M...
Alexei Demchenko (right), Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemstry, is leading a project to establish the Glycoscience Consortium, which will build collaborations to accelerate...
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Ask an Expert: Bettina Casad studies attitudes that have pushed United...
Bettina Casad, an associate professor of psychological sciences, is getting set to conduct her second study exploring British attitudes toward Brexit. (Photo by August Jennewein) Boris Johnson’s...
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Jonas Nurse Scholars Initiative prepares doctoral students to be leaders
Clockwise from left: Bankole Aluko, Dale Mathis, Leighia McGhee and Fatemah Choupani are the 2018-20 UMSL Jonas Scholars cohort. (Photo by August Jennewein) Health care approaches that work for the...
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‘Underground astronaut’ alumna found her passion at UMSL
K. Lindsay Hunter (bottom center) was one the six “Underground Astronauts” on the Dinaldi Chamber expedition. (Photos courtesy of K. Lindsay Hunter) Up late writing to meet a deadline, K. Lindsay...
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Alumna helps decrease opioid over-prescription with DNP project
For her DNP clinical scholarship project, Monica Kistler developed guidelines for gynecological post-surgical opioid use. (Photo by Jessica Rogen) Monica Kistler set herself against the opioid crisis...
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Noted ecologist and ornithologist Bob Ricklefs aims to remain involved at...
Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Biology Bob Ricklefs, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, is retiring after 24 years at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. (Photo by August Jennewein)...
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