Shaping up: New rec center strengthens heart of campus
An indoor track curves out around the front entrance to UMSL’s student-driven Recreation and Wellness Center. The new facility adds serious value and serious fun to the campus and the surrounding...
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Brandon Garrison, a senior majoring in biology, and Taylor Obst, a junior majoring in business administration, use a hydrometer to measure specific gravity of the wort and determine the sugar content...
View ArticleAthletics Q&A with senior forward Kelly Kunkel
Kelly Kunkel is a business administration major, student in the Pierre Laclede Honors College and senior forward on the UMSL women’s basketball team. By KEVIN SMITH Senior Kelly Kunkel has been a...
View ArticleHere’s how Emerson’s support has had an immediate and long-term impact on UMSL
Emerson, the multinational corporation located just a few miles from campus, has contributed nearly $6 million to University of Missouri–St. Louis programs, buildings and scholarships over the years....
View ArticleResearchers seek treatments for veterans combating chronic injury
David Tate, associate research professor for the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at UMSL, studies traumatic brain injuries in military veterans to better diagnose and treat their condition. Mild...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Freshman Diogo Dias won three individual events and one relay, setting a school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 48.64. Men’s Basketball The University of Missouri–St. Louis opened the...
View ArticleWildlife artist honored with World Ecology Award
Anna Harris, a chairperson for the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at UMSL, and artist Robert Bateman pose moments after she presented him with the 2015 World Ecology Award on Saturday at the...
View Article2016 UMSL Sports Hall of Fame Class announced
The University of Missouri–St. Louis Department of Athletics has announced its 2016 inductees to the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame. The class features four student-athletes, one team and one coach. The...
View ArticleNew video series follows 6 first-year students through fall semester
First-year UMSL students Alivia Brinker, Thomas Poon, Aleathea Williams, Robert O’Neill, Madaline Steffens and Emily White share their experience of the fall 2015 semester in a video series presented...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
UMSL women’s basketball went 1-1 last week, defeating Findlay at home (74-59) after falling to Kentucky Wesleyan on the road (74-58). Men’s Basketball The University of Missouri–St. Louis Tritons...
View ArticleBusiness student Nour Salmeen benefits from big-city opportunities at UMSL
(Photo by August Jennewein) Growing up in Kuwait, St. Louis wasn’t exactly on Nour Salmeen’s radar. “Coming from the Middle East, you think America is just New York and California,” says Salmeen,...
View ArticleKat Riddler, The Current’s editor-in-chief, puts focus on writing, staff...
UMSL graduate student Kat Riddler, editor-in-chief of The Current, leads weekly meetings where the student newspaper staff members discuss what’s working well and what they can further improve on....
View ArticleHuelsman, Collico garner All-GLVC honors in men’s soccer
Senior midfielder Jon Huelsman earned First Team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honors for the second straight year, while senior forward Tyler Collico repeated as a second team selection....
View ArticleAlumna Martha Philipp spreads wellness across campus, community she loves
Martha Philipp, who graduated from UMSL in 1980, teaches a basic yoga session in the new Recreation and Wellness Center. (Photos by August Jennewein) Wrapping up one last sun salutation, the students...
View ArticleStudent-athletes, great students
This infographic was created by Sandy Morris, and a full version was originally published in the fall 2015 issue of UMSL Magazine.
View ArticleDoctoral student draws on passion for social justice, education in Latino...
UMSL alumna and Puerto Rico native Luimil Negrón returned to campus this fall to pursue a doctoral degree in global education and leadership. She’s also diving into a graduate assistantship focused on...
View ArticleDean Ron Yasbin discusses changes to Arts and Sciences, Fine Arts and...
Ron Yasbin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, talks with Kiera Hall (second from left), a prospective student from Kansas City, Mo., and Kiera’s mother, Tonya Hall (far left), while Rachel...
View ArticleHealing St. Louis: Community Psychological Service extends its helping hand
John Nanney, director of Community Psychological Service, has been instrumental in the program’s recent growth. (Photo by August Jennewein) During his postdoctoral fellowship in New Orleans, John...
View ArticleWomen’s soccer lands 4 on All-GLVC teams
The University of Missouri–St. Louis women’s soccer team had four players earn All-Great Lakes Valley Conference playing honors. Junior forward Miriam Taylor was selected to the first team, while...
View ArticleUMSL Tritons weekly rewind
Men’s basketball opened Great Lakes Valley Conference play at home last week but came up short in both games, losing to Drury, 60-51, and Missouri S&T, 85-81. Men’s Swimming The University of...
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