A young chemist setting a new path for his family legacy
UMSL alumnus Nicholas Glenn started a chemistry PhD program at the University of Michigan in September. (Photo by Scott Soderberg) Nicholas Glenn grew up surrounded by educators. His mother,...
View ArticleCenter for Character and Citizenship receives $2.4M Templeton Foundation...
The Center for Character and Citizenship at UMSL received a $2.4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to help further the center’s mission of developing school leaders. (Photo by August...
View ArticleConference examines impact of opioid crisis on workforce and role employers...
Rachel Winograd, an assistant professor of research at UMSL’s Missouri Institute from Mental Health, discusses the scope of the opioid crisis in Missouri during a two-day conference titled “Opioids and...
View ArticleUMSL philosophers win nearly $1 million grant from John Templeton Foundation
Philosophy Professors Jon McGinnis and Billy Dunaway won a nearly $1 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to examine the writings of medieval Islamic thinkers for answers to questions of...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Intersession overtime
While many students were away from campus during winter intersession, PhD candidate Mithila Bandara worked in Curators’ Professor of Chemistry Alexei Demchenko’s lab at the University of Missouri–St....
View ArticleSocial work professor seeks real-world applications in study of refugee youth
UMSL School of Social Work Assistant Professor Florian Sichling is in the middle of two studies, interviewing Bosnian refugees in St. Louis and Syrian refugees in St. Louis and Nuremberg, Germany. He’s...
View ArticleProfessor Emeritus Terry Jones discusses city-county merger proposal with...
Professor Emeritus Terry Jones has been a sought-after source discussing a proposed merger of St. Louis city and county. (Photo by August Jennewein) Terry Jones literally wrote the book about St....
View ArticleUMSL-tested aiming system hits shelves on new Callaway golf balls
Local entrepreneur Ray Barrett, right, solicited the help of UMSL College of Optemetry Professor and Director of Research Carl Bassi to test the idea that would become his Triple Track golf ball....
View ArticlePanel discussion showcases innovative research from African American faculty...
UMSL faculty members (seated, from left) Wilma Calvert, Jerome Morris and Sha-Lai Williams Woodson discussed their research at an event titled “A Conversation on Reframing Health, Education and Family...
View ArticleUMSL researchers share expertise on local, national radio
UMSL faculty members (from left) Sandra Langeslag, Lauren Obermark and Jennifer Siciliani lent their expertise to discussions ranging from effective breakup coping mechanisms to reclaiming the concept...
View ArticleEconomist David Rose’s latest book explains why culture is the key to keeping...
In his new book, “Why Culture Matters Most,” Department of Economics Professor David Rose argues that culture – even more than genes, geography, institutions or policies – is key to creating and...
View ArticleAsk an Expert: Priscilla Dowden-White discusses Margaret Bush Wilson and...
Historian Priscilla Dowden-White (second from right) is working on a biography of Margaret Bush Wilson, the first African American woman to chair the national board of the NAACP. (Photo by August...
View ArticleGrounds department working to restore UMSL’s natural areas with Missouri...
Tom Ball from Native Landscape Solutions describes the advantages of the hydraulic tree puller for removing invasive species during a workshop event hosted by UMSL Grounds last week on South Campus....
View ArticleDNP project empowers ‘psych whisperer’ Anne Thatcher’s large-scale care...
Anne Thatcher graduated last August not only with her DNP but also with a desire to have a large-scale impact on behavioral health in the United States. (Photo by August Jennewein) Some might go as far...
View ArticleEducation professor James Shuls argues for more flexible teacher salaries on...
UMSL College of Education Assistant Professor James Shuls was a guest on Friday’s episode of “St. Louis on the Air,” discussing the challenges facing teachers in St. Louis Public Schools and other...
View ArticleChancellor Tom George discusses ‘Soccer Balls from Outer Space’ during...
Chancellor Tom George holds up soccer ball to explain the structure of buckminsterfullerene during a talk he gave on the molecules during an Astronomy on Tap event March 11 at Urban Chestnut Brewing...
View ArticleAsk an Expert: Anne Austin and the looted Coffin of Nedjemankh
UMSL Assistant Professor of Anthropology Anne Austin’s research on ancient Egyptian medicine, disease and health networks combines the fields of osteology and Egyptology. She’s discovered the only...
View ArticleCollege of Education announces new research awards program
Professor Kim Song (from left), Professor Rebecca Rogers, Assistant Teaching Professor Andresa De Souza, Professor Cody Ding, Assistant Professor Emily Brown, Associate Dean Michael Bahr, Assistant...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri Research Board awards provide boost to promising...
The University of Missouri Research Board awarded grants to 11 UMSL faculty members working on projects in psychological sciences, social work, counseling, supply chain and analytics, English and...
View ArticleHarris Center in elite company supporting students in environmental conservation
UMSL’s Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center has helped support graduate and undergraduate students such as (from left) Sage Rohrer, Eva Colberg, Samoa Asigau and Estefania Fernandez Barrancos, seen...
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