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UMSL nursing professor stays on the cutting edge of creating course content
Lisa Merritt is developing custom digital content to help all of her UMSL College of Nursing students — from the technologically savvy to the technologically averse — engage with the material. (Photo...
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Criminology alumna aims to shine light on criminal justice in America through...
Shelby Davis works as a data outreach associate with Measures for Justice, a nonprofit organization aiming to gather county-level criminal justice data throughout the United States. Davis received both...
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Curator Darryl Chatman urges this year’s STARS graduates to continue their...
Curator Darryl Chatman addresses the audience at Friday’s Students and Teachers as Research Scientists confirmation ceremony in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater. (Photo by James O’Brien) Darryl...
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Social Work professor a sought-after expert on matters of migration
It’s been a busy summer for UMSL Professor of Social Work Uma Segal, who gave the keynote address at a conference in Scotland before heading to Portugal for a month to evaluate and consult on refugee...
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UMSL internships help Jennings students get a head start on college
Morgan Stith, who is entering her senior year at Jennings High School, spent six weeks working in the lab of UMSL E. Desmond Lee Professor of Zoological Studies Patty Parker this summer as part of the...
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Anthropologist Susan Brownell discusses the changes in China since the...
UMSL Anthropology Professor Susan Brownell spoke to Agence France-Presse about the lasting impact hosting the 2008 Olympic Summer Games has had on China in the 10 years since. The story was widely...
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Ask an Expert: Andrew Hurley examines history of climate and its impact on...
Andrew Hurley, professor of history at UMSL, has examined the impact of climate in St. Louis through a historical lens as part of his work with The Missouri Transect project. The project aims to...
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MacArthur Foundation-funded initiative has helped reduce jail population in...
Beth Huebner has served as the lead researcher for an initiative that has helped reduce the jail population in St. Louis County over the past two years with support from a grant from the John D. and...
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Criminologist Heidi Grundetjern to receive King’s Gold Medal for doctoral...
Assistant Professor Heidi Grundetjern is set to receive the King’s Gold Medal for her doctoral research at the University of Oslo on the variation and nuance in women’s experiences in illegal drug...
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Protection of animal life in the Galápagos Islands getting major boost with...
A team of lab technicians and veterinarians from Ecuador’s Agency for Biosecurity Galápagos visited UMSL and Professor Patricia Parker’s lab in March 2017. Last month, they opened an expanded research...
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Rachel Winograd directing efforts that are stemming opioid overdoses by...
Rachel Winograd, a research professor at UMSL’s Missouri Institute of Mental Health, has been leading efforts to stem overdose deaths in Missouri through the Missouri Opioid State Targeted Response...
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UMSL’s Community Innovation and Action Center aims to foster collective...
Paul Evensen (at left) meets with Lisa Clancy in the Public Policy Research Center. The center is being reinvented as the Community Innovation and Action Center, which builds on the foundation of the...
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Long-term planning, shared sense of resolve have UMSL moving in the right...
Chancellor Tom George discusses UMSL’s new strategic plan Wednesday during his annual State of the University Address at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center. (Photos by August Jennewein) The...
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Chancellor recognizes outstanding faculty, staff for their varied...
(From left) Theda Renee Oliver, Gaiyan Zhang, Robert Wilson, Vicki L. Sauter, Grace Chaudet Derda, Linda Wells-Glover and Timothy Makubuya each received awards from Chancellor Tom George (right) at...
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DNP graduate implementing effective prenatal consult for opioid-addicted women
As her DNP thesis project, Becky Boedeker designed an prenatal consult to empower opioid-addicted women to play important roles in their babies’ lives. (Photo by Jessica Rogen) Not even the newly born...
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New strategic plan wins approval from UM System Board of Curators
Chancellor Tom George presents UMSL’s strategic plan Thursday at a meeting of the Curators of the University of Missouri System in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo courtesy of UM System) Chancellor Tom...
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Chancellor Tom George’s latest book aims to teach chemistry to students in...
UMSL Chancellor Tom George is the co-author of a new textbook entitled “Understanding Molecules: Lectures on Chemistry for Physicists and Engineers.” (Photo by August Jennewein) University of...
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First graduating class of BSN to DNP students making positive impact on...
August DNP graduates Sally Breen (left) and Lynelle Hinden (right) started an in-residence clinic for one of DOORWAYS residential facilities as their DNP clinical scholarship projects. (Photo by August...
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Ask an Expert: Cathy Vatterott advocates for homework that benefits the...
UMSL Professor of Education Cathy Vatterott drew upon the latest research to update her 2009 book, “Rethinking Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs,” for a second edition, which was...
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Crime enforcement rates in St. Louis have fallen since 2002, according to new...
Associate Professor Lee Slocum presents a report on crime enforcement rates in St. Louis on Thursday in the seventh-floor boardroom at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. (Photos by Steve...
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