Trilce Encarnacion receives NSF grant to help grow diversity in STEM careers
Trilce Encarnacion and her collaborator, Ruben Proaño, received a grant for a program they developed to help underrepresented students in the areas of research and STEM connect with professionals in...
View ArticleAlumni Conversations speaker series kicks off with UMSL alumnus Joseph Stieven
UMSL alumnus Joseph Stieven kicked off the Alumni Conversations speaker series with a talk entitled “Ethics: A Foundation for Success.” (Photo by August Jennewein) Last week the University of...
View ArticleDes Lee Fine Arts Education Collaborative partners with St. Louis Dancing...
Music education student Sarah Wirthlin (center) dances with a fifth grader at Gotsch Intermediate School as part of UMSL’s collaboration with St. Louis Dancing Classrooms. (Photo by August Jennewein)...
View ArticleAnnual STL CyberCon helps connect students to industry trends in cybersecurity
Jim Garrett, the chief information security officer for the state of Missouri, delivers the keynote address at the eighth annual STL CyberCon. The cybersecurity conference returned to an in-person...
View ArticleUMSL’s Anti-Racist Educators Group aims to build a culture of acknowledgment...
As noted in a flyer for the event, the Anti-Racist Educators Group aimed for the discussion about land acknowledgments to be just a starting point for a larger conversation. (Image courtesy of the...
View ArticleSaint Louis Zoo wins WAZA Conservation Award for its longtime collaboration...
Mari Jaramillo, a native of Ecuador who earned both a master’s and a PhD at UMSL, observes two Galápagos hawks near the edge of a cliff on the island of Santiago. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Parker)...
View ArticleSucceed student Maggie Scherder wins gold at World Down Syndrome Swimming &...
Maggie Scherder, a second-year student in the Succeed Program, was the first first American woman to win gold at the 10th World Down Syndrome Swimming & Artistic Championships in Albufeira,...
View ArticleWhitney R. Harris World Ecology Center honors alumna Jaqueline Goerck with...
Alumna Jaqueline Goerck, who earned her PhD from UMSL in 1999, accepts the Robert R. Hermann World Ecology Award from her former doctoral advisor Bette Loiselle at the World Ecology Award Gala on...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
The UMSL volleyball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed and will take on No. 4 seed Rockhurst on Thursday in a rematch of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament semifinal...
View ArticleOlivia Crowell reflects on her UMSL experience as she looks to her future as...
Olivia Crowell is graduating in December with a degree in electrical engineering after an illustrious college career at the Pierre Laclede Honors College. (Photo by August Jennewein) In eighth grade,...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Recruiting for the front lines of medicine
First Lieutenant Luke S. Jokerst (at right), a recruiter with the U.S. Army Medical Department, speaks to students (from left) Autumn House, Tim Angelo A. Lopez and Ryan Ruamnijitphong during the...
View ArticleUMSL Department of Music earns coveted All-Steinway designation
UMSL is now one of about 230 schools across the world to hold the All-Steinway designation. (Photo by August Jennewein) The University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Music just earned a major...
View ArticleUMSL recognized for increasing student voter registration, education and...
UMSL has been named to ALL IN Campus Democracy’s inaugural list of the Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting. The University of Missouri–St. Louis is once again earning high marks for its...
View ArticleCollege of Nursing students present at annual Research Day and...
Victoria Klausner, a junior in the College of Nursing, presents her group’s research on “The Knowledge Deficit of Medical Marijuana,” which won first place at the college’s Annual Research Day. (Photo...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Senior Jon Osa set a school record in the 100-yard backstroke and was part of two school record-setting relay performances in the University of Chicago Phoenix Fall Invitational. (Photo courtesy of...
View ArticleFounders compete on DEI Accelerator Pitch Day
Jada Huffman (left) and Brandace Johnson presented B Juiced at the DEI Accelerator Pitch Day competition. (Photo by Wendy Todd) Taeverlee Pollard woke up on a chilly and dim Wednesday morning and...
View ArticleEye on UMSL: Bahamian night
A cohort of first-year students from The Bahamas had a chance to share a bit of their culture with the rest of the international student community at the University of Missouri–St. Louis last...
View ArticleUMSL volleyball team captures first-ever regional championship
University of Missouri–St. Louis volleyball players huddle together and hold up their NCAA Division II Midwest Regional championship trophy, won Saturday night with a come-from-behind victory against...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Redshirt junior guard Isaiah Fuller averaged 17.5 points while leading UMSL’s 24th-ranked men’s basketball team to victories over Grand Valley State and Michigan Tech. (Photo by Patrick Clark/Athlete’s...
View ArticleUMSL embarks on a dramatic campus-wide transformation
Plans for the project include a more centralized north academic core, a health sciences campus to the south, a new welcome and alumni center and more. Ken Cella wouldn’t change anything about the...
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