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St. Louis' first library

The Mercantile Library celebrates 175 years with 25 at UMSL5 min.

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The doctoral department - A high school science staff unlike any in the region

The doctoral department

A high school science staff unlike any in the region

6 min.
This academic year marks the 10 years for the UMSL Opportunity Scholars Program. The all-inclusive, four-year Pierre Laclede Honors College program focuses on academically gifted students who are either first-generation college students or are underrepresented in the workforce in their intended fields. (Photos by August Jennewein)

A decade of impact

The Opportunity Scholars Program provides tuition, wraparound support

5 min.
Optometrist Tareq Nabhan (left) and computer scientist Sanjiv Bhatia (center) have been working with research engineering technician Michael Howe to develop a prototype for a device that would allow clinicians to use a smartphone to perform the functions of existing diagnostic tools. (Photo by August Jennewein)

A unique collaboration

Optometry and computer science join hands to benefit vision worldwide

4 min.

About the magazine
The University of Missouri–St. Louis publishes UMSL Magazine for alumni and friends. The magazine highlights excellence at the university. Circulation is 102,503 and the magazine is released twice a year.
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Love and design

Pretend Friends at work, husband and wife at home

Donnalyn Weir immigrated from the Philippines in 2008 and restarted higher education in the U.S. She’s now a UMSL/WUSTL Joint Undergraduate Engineering Program graduate with a job as an application engineer at Nidec. (Photo by August Jennewein)

Donnalyn Weir

Nidec application engineer

BSN student Sunshine Miles always wanted to be part of the medical world but had to fight through others’ perceptions. She’s poised to graduate this semester from the College of Nursing. (Photo by August Jennewein)

Sunshine Miles

Deaf individual and nursing student

Dharmendra Neupane’s PhD research at UMSL focused on nanoporous gold’s applications in medicine and biotechnology, and since successfully defending his dissertation in 2020, he is continuing similar research at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. (Photo courtesy of Dharmendra Neupane)

Dharmendra Neupane

FDA postdoctoral researcher

Experiences such as serving as the editor of the UMSL student newspaper The Current and writing for the Pierre Laclede Honors College publication Brain Stew helped Sharon Pruitt-Young launch a career as a writer. (Photo courtesy of Sharon Pruitt-Young)

Sharon Pruitt-Young

Oxygen Network writer

Lav Gupta, and assistant professor of computer science, worked in telecommunications in India and helped build the backbone network for high-speed internet access there before going into academia. Now he’s working with the University of Missouri System Broadband Initiative to bring high-speed internet access to rural communities. (Photo by August Jennewein)

Lav Gupta

bringing broadband to rural Missouri

This infographic was created by Erin Hart and originally published in the spring 2020 issue of UMSL Magazine as a companion to “A science identity: A cohort of UMSL graduates benefits science education at Maplewood Richmond Heights High School.” If you have a story idea for UMSL Magazine, email magazine@umsl.edu. Share

College of Education infographic

UMSL alumni impact the region’s education

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