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Summer science experience in high school inspires two students now in UMSL’s...
Evan Montgomery’s first experience at UMSL came when he was still a student at Trinity Catholic High School doing research in chemistry and biochemistry Associate Professor Chung Wong’s lab while...
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Ask an expert: Zoe Peterson discusses America’s reckoning with sexual assault...
Zoe Peterson, an associate professor of psychological sciences at UMSL, serves as the director of the Sexual Assault Research and Education Program. (Photo by August Jennewein) The country seems to be...
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Steven Rowan’s newly digitized translations preserve ‘Mysteries of New...
A prolific translator of documents penned long ago in German and French, Founders Professor of History Steven Rowan has lately been on a mission to make his English versions of the texts widely...
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Anthropology graduate Shawn Edghill studies the past as he reshapes his own...
Shawn Edghill already had a degree in urban planning and design when he decided to return to school to pursue a second bachelor’s in anthropology. The new UMSL graduate spent much of his final semester...
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17 #UMSLproud must-reads from 2017
’Tis the season for resolutions, reflections and year-in-review compilations, and at the University of Missouri–St. Louis that means looking back on some of the reasons we were especially glad to be...
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Estefania Fernandez Barrancos hopes studies at UMSL prepare her for work...
Estefania Fernandez Barrancos, a native of Bolivia, is pursuing her PhD in biology and focusing on restoration ecology with support from the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL. (Photo by...
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A century after one of the bloodiest events in US racial history, UMSL...
In the spring and summer of 1917, white mobs assaulted hundreds of black men, women and children living in East St. Louis, killing many of them and destroying homes and businesses. Thousands of people...
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Psychology graduate Katrina Lynn continuing her education and research in Japan
Katrina Lynn completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology last August and will begin work on a master’s this April at Tohoku University in Japan. (Photos by August Jennewein) Katrina Lynn is months...
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Ask an Expert: Anthropologist Susan Brownell watches world come together at...
UMSL Anthropology Professor Susan Brownell is an expert on the Olympic Games, having studied their history and attended five Games – the first in Los Angeles in 1984. Later this week, she will travel...
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Robert Ricklefs’ research on tropical bird incubation times draws attention...
Robert Ricklefs, a Curators’ Professor of Biology, used DNA sequencing to identify the presence of parasites in avian blood samples. He used his findings to show a correlation between the longer...
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Chemistry alumni Bill and Dawn Shiang have advice for couples juggling two...
Chemistry PhD graduates Dawn and Bill Shiang successfully managed dual careers during 25 years working and climbing the corporate ladder at Dow Chemical. They believe their experience has lessons for...
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Ask an Expert: Rachel Wamser-Nanney shines a light on the psychological toll...
Rachel Wamser-Nanney, an associate professor of psychological sciences at UMSL, has clinical expertise in treating trauma-related symptoms, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder. Much of her...
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PhD student Paige Vaughn researches crime clearance and prevention on the...
Paige Vaughn, a doctoral student in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, studied ways police work to build trust with residents and reduce crime while working as an intern in the East...
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Science Guy Bill Nye beseeches UMSL students to ‘Change the world’
Bill Nye addressed a packed crowd of UMSL students, faculty and staff Thursday night during his sold-out show at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. (Photos by Tyler James) Bill Nye the...
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Ask an Expert: Anne Winkler discusses the gender wage gap and barriers women...
Anne Winkler, chair of the Department of Economics, co-authored the book “The Economics of Women, Men and Work,” published last summer in its eighth edition by Oxford University Press. (Photo by August...
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Kern Family Foundation awards UMSL $3M grant to develop school leaders with...
The Center for Character and Citizenship within the College of Education received the $3 million grant from the Kern Family Foundation to implement and evaluate a regional program for emerging school...
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Academy of Science of St. Louis set to honor UMSL biochemist with 2018 George...
Sam Wang, the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Plant Sciences, is set to receive the George Engelmann Interdisciplinary Award from the Academy of Science of St. Louis at a banquet Thursday at the Missouri...
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In print: Recently published books by UMSL faculty
Reclaiming Powerful Literacies: New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis BY REBECCA ROGERS Routledge, November 2017 Part of Routledge’s Expanding Literacies in Education Series, the book draws on...
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UMSL taps Paul Evensen to lead Public Policy Research Center
Paul Evensen has assumed leadership of UMSL’s Public Policy Research Center, replacing Mark Tranel, who will become emeritus director. Evensen has been the founder and executive director of Social...
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Kim Song receives UM System President’s Award for Intercampus Collaboration
Kim Song (center), an associate professor of education, accepted the University of Missouri System President’s Award for Intercampus Collaboration from Chancellor Tom George (left) and Ann Taylor, Dean...
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