The new executive members of UM-St. Louis' Student Government Association were announced at midnight Saturday among bouquets of red and gold balloons in the Pilot House. Just 11 votes shy of the record total vote count for SGA elections, 1,003 students cast their votes last week.
While the theme of Wednesday's Mirthday was "Under the Sea," more than 50 student organizations held activites under the sun. University Program Board sponsored the annual celebration. Many students and members of the community turned out to attend the event and show their support for UM-St.
An earthquake that measured 5.2 on the Richter scale rattled UM-St. Louis and surrounding areas early Friday morning, despite its epicenter being more than 150 miles away, near Bellmont in southeastern Illinois. At 4:37 a.m. Friday, the earth shook, waking up some UM-St.
A study by the UM-St. Louis Center for Transportation concluded that many of the problems with the shuttle system are due to the lack of information which leads to instability. A graduate research assistant from the center gave a presentation during the April 2 Student Government Association meeting on the shuttle bus service on campus.
UM-St. Louis physicist Sonya Bahar now has an Academy award to add to her growing list of honors. The Academy of Science - St. Louis bestowed its 2008 Innovation Award on Sonya Bahar, assistant professor of biophysics at UM-St. Louis, on Wednesday. The award was presented at the organization's 14th Annual Outstanding St.
Nineteen students, who officially became published authors last week, celebrated at the LitMag launch party Friday at the Alumni House. The 2008 Edition of LitMag, the magazine where students can send in their fiction, poetry, and nonfiction material as well as photographs, held a launch party Friday.
Retired UM-St. Louis professor Joseph P. McKenna died on April 11, 2008, in Sun City West, Ariz., because of complications of pneumonia. He was 85. In 196, he joined UM-St. Louis as professor of economics until his retirement in 1985, ending his 35-year career in education.
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