- UMSL alumnus and retired Boeing executive Terry Elmendorf becomes UMSL’s executive in residenceElmendorf returns to the university after more than 30 years in various leadership positions at Boeing.
- Cambio de Colores Conference celebrates resilience in uncertain timesLast week's event brought together more than 50 interdisciplinary professionals to share research and best practices to support immigrant integration in the Midwest.
- UMSL’s new DEI coordinator is ready to shape the futureIn his new role, Myron Burr will work collaboratively with campus departments to maintain the university's commitment to equity.
- Dr. Keshia Elder named dean of College of Optometry at the University of Missouri–St. LouisElder, who previously served as an associate clinical professor at UMSL from 2011 to 2016, will assume the role on Sept. 1.
- College of Education hosts inaugural Future Teacher Leadership Academy for local high school studentsThe free two-week program was funded by a $30,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
- Eye on UMSL: Summer jobA crane lifts new insulation onto the roof at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center last week at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.
- Communication graduate Brandyn Chambers in the spotlight on HGTV’s ‘Battle on the Beach’Chambers, who earned his master's degree in May, works with his father, Roosevelt, renovating homes through their company Chambers Development LLC.
- Ask an Expert: Lynn Staley discusses the legacy of Title IX for women’s sportsStaley saw the impact of Title IX in her own life as a women's basketball player at Kalamazoo College in the early 1980s.
- Cigna Foundation awards $200,000 grant to support Bridge Program’s Saturday AcademyThe Saturday Academy provides courses in mathematics, science and written and oral communication, and 100% of its graduates have matriculated to college since 2003.
- Professor Todd Swanstrom part of UniverCities Exchange panel on public transitUniverCities Exchange gathers community leaders and academic experts to discuss problems and possible solutions to issues affecting St. Louis and Kansas City.
