Headlines from Saint Louis University – from research breakthroughs to student achievements to major campus events.
05/28- Inspired by her SLU colleague, Jin Wang, M.D., a fellow in the University’s Division of Infectious Diseases, Wen Shen, M.M., who teaches piano at SLU, organized her fellow arts faculty members to create a tribute video to frontline health care workers at the St. Louis region’s hospitals and health care centers.
05/27- Faculty from the School of Law and the School of Medicine came together this spring to create a course at the legal and medical intersection of opioid abuse, continuing to build on SLU's leadership in opioid abuse education.
05/23- Nancy Bell, a theatre program director in Fine and Performing Arts, mined the COVID-19 pandemic to create the farce “MUTE: A Play for Zoom.”
05/21- As students in Saint Louis University’s Department of English learned about new media production during the spring 2020 semester, they also learned about how to create media in a crisis setting as the world around them shifted dramatically due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
05/20- QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education research company and publisher of the QS World University Rankings, released their inaugural ranking of America's top universities with diversity, employability and internationalization driving the results.
05/18- Three Saint Louis University students have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for English Teaching Assistantships (ETA) in the upcoming academic year. The awards are granted by the U.S. Department of State J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
05/15- SLUCare, SSM Health, BJC HealthCare/Washington University Physicians and Mercy collaborated to offer coaches, athletic directors, and parents some recommendations for resuming organized sports and activities.
05/14- Vincent Punzo, Ph.D., a Saint Louis University alumnus and former chair of the Department of Philosophy, died May 6. He was 86.
05/14- Be on the lookout for more details about how we plan to “Honor the Day” of what would have been commencement, Saturday, May 16.
05/14- As a “super donor” with the American Red Cross, SLU staff member Frank Tucci, Ph.D., has given blood and platelets more than 220 times in addition to donating bone marrow that helped a young girl battling leukemia beat cancer.
05/14- The annual scholarships are part of the University's commitment to increase racial and ethnic diversity on its St. Louis campus.
05/14- Saint Louis University will move to a standardized test optional admission process for all undergraduate and most graduate programs beginning with students applying for admission to the 2021-2022 academic year. Test optional means that prospective students may submit standardized test scores, but those who choose not to will not be disadvantaged in any way in the admission process.
05/14- Despite the quick shift to a digital format, the April 18 SLU Relay For Life event, put on by a SLU team of nearly 100 members, raised $77,166.22 to benefit the American Cancer Society (ACS) for more than 300 event-goers.
05/13- Determined to help children with asthma better control their condition, and to avoid a trip to the hospital, Deborah Loman, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing at Saint Louis University’s Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing, is working with colleagues and students to help St. Louis kids breathe more easily.
05/13- While two SLU professors wanted their students to learn about the U.S. immigration system and the challenges it presents to unaccompanied minors, when the University shifted to remote learning due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a collaboration with a colleague across the country ensured students were able to continue to learn and to involve their families in the class through game play.
05/13- Through these programs and others, GeoSLU is training future experts and addressing critical needs in the local workforce.
05/08- The Saint Louis University Research Institute has awarded grants in its third round of funding to accelerate research growth at the University. This round of faculty grants supports several innovations in cross-discipline research related to COVID-19.
05/08- SLU 101 is just around the corner, and this summer, SLU's orientation program will look a bit different as the University makes plans for the safety of all while still meeting the needs of the incoming new students and families.
05/08- The Lived Religion in the Digital Age project at Saint Louis University seeks reflections on the upheavals, changes and creativity that have resulted from the COVID-19 crisis.
05/05- One of Saint Louis University’s most significant scientists, Edward A. Doisy, Ph.D., and his work unraveling the mysteries of Vitamin K would alter the way that generations of children and other patients were protected from potentially fatal bleeding disorders. His work would earn him one of the world's highest scientific honors. Learn the legend.
05/04- The American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) will award Rolf G. Behrents, DDS, Ph.D., the 2020 Albert H. Ketcham Memorial Award, its highest honor. Behrents is professor emeritus of orthodontics at the Center for Advanced Dental Education (CADE).
04/30- Researchers at Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development were cheered by early data from a clinical trial showing that patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 recovered faster when they were given the experimental drug remdesivir.
04/30- Julia R. Lieberman, Ph.D., a professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Saint Louis University, has been named a 2020-2021 Fulbright Scholar.
04/28- The Center for Women in Transition, a St. Louis organization dedicated to supporting women ex-offenders post-incarceration, has honored Saint Louis University and Christopher Collins, S.J., assistant to the president for mission and identity, for SLU's work helping people make new lives beyond prison.
04/28- Through the sport they love, SLU’s chess players are keeping their skills sharp and are creatively coping with the changes brought on by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis.
04/27- Stress has become a part of daily life as confirmed cases of the coronavirus continue, the routine of work, school and everyday activities has been upended, and everyone deals with the unknown of when the virus will peak and what the new normal will be.
04/23- The U.S. Department of the Interior has named Saint Louis University’s Vasit Sagan, Ph.D., to a three-year appointment on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC).
04/23- Saint Louis University clinical psychologists are helping those fighting to save lives endangered by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) by creating a new hotline for frontline health care workers at SSM Health hospitals.
04/22- For Brother Sullivan McCormick, S.J., his most memorable experience with the Spiritual Exercises, a guiding tome of the Society of Jesus, came as he embraced the fear that can accompany faith, the fall that comes before one takes flight.
04/22- Four St. Louis organizations have partnered to help address hunger among families in St. Louis neighborhoods with the highest need during the coronavirus epidemic.
04/21- Freshman Liam John lives to serve, and now, through a national fellowship, he will channel his passion for changing the world for the better into transformational change as Saint Louis University and beyond. John is part of the 2020-2021 Newman Fellowship cohort, a group of college students selected from around the nation to come together to nurture their talents and abilities to propel positive social change.
04/20- Two nursing professors at the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing were named top in their field when St. Louis Magazine handed out its Excellence in Nursing awards on Thursday, April 16.
04/20- SLU and SSM Health are mobilizing trained nurses who currently are out of the workforce to return to practice through an expedited training program.
04/18- She drinks her tea from a cauldron and her patronus is a hedgehog. For Emily Bishop, program coordinator in Saint Louis University’s Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology and the Center for Vaccine Development, it’s a piece of the Potterverse she devotes her time and creative abilities to making real – through meticulously crafted cosplay ensembles and a home-based wand-making business.
04/17- The Office of Mission and Identity has created a prayer intention site for the SLU community.
04/16- While "Java with the Jesuits," SLU’s favorite coffee klatsch, usually meets in person for pastries and caffeine on SLU’s campus, due to the COVID-19 public health crisis, the SLU community has gotten creative to keep the tradition going strong.
04/13- While the Saint Louis University community learns and works remotely, SLU’s Campus Kitchen (CKSLU) is still open and operating, serving some of the University’s most vulnerable neighbors who do not have regular access to nutritious meals and who are even more food insecure during the public health crisis stemming from the 2019 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
04/13- Robert R. Hermann, the benefactor and local civic leader whose name has graced Saint Louis University's soccer stadium since 1999, died April 5, 2020. He was 97.
In Response to COVID-19 Pandemic, Philanthropists Bolster Vaccine Research at Saint Louis University04/13- Stephen C. Peiper, M.D. and Zi-Xuan Wang, Ph.D., have given $750,000 to SLU to support research aimed at developing new vaccines for COVID-19 and other illnesses.
04/09- Career resources website Zippia looked at benefits, employee educational opportunities, team resources and values for their latest list.
04/08- Four officers with Saint Louis University’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) are being hailed as heroes for their swift, life-saving actions during a recent off-campus incident.
04/07- Although parted by the social distancing necessary to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, members of Saint Louis University's Mass Choir are still sharing their talents through special online musical projects to mark the end of Lent and resurrection of Christ at Easter.
04/07- A team of researchers, led by Kenton Johnston, Ph.D. of Saint Louis University's College for Public Health and Social Justice, identified a way to measure frailty using patients' medical claims that more accurately predict costs-of-care, especially for clinicians with disproportionate shares of frail patients.
04/06- SLU professor Donghua Tao, Ph.D., joined her fellow members of the Chinese Education and Culture Center (CECC) and the Chinese Service Center (CSC) in St. Louis launched the “United, We are Strong! St. Louis” campaign on March 19, to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to local frontline healthcare workers, police officers, firefighters, and other first responders.
04/05- As Billikens learn remotely and live apart from one another during the current public health crisis, Joe Laramie, S.J., is keeping his fire torches and balls in the air as he uses juggling’s “guaranteed joyful mayhem” to help students stay connected to one another and engaged with their inner spiritual selves via Zoom sessions.
04/02- Jesuit Scholastic Daniel Mascarenhas, S.J., writes about finding beauty, joy and love in times of uncertainty. Read the reflection.
04/01- Like generations of nurses before her, Joanne C. Langan, Ph.D., RN, CNE has answered the call when the unthinkable strikes. Passionate about helping people in need when disasters strike, she has devoted her career, research and teaching to preparing other nurses around the world to help their patients cope in the moment and heal for the future.
03/31- With stay at home and shelter in place orders quickly spreading across the United States, the ability to work out and stay active may seem out of reach. Saint Louis University athletic training professor Timothy Howell, Ed.D, ATC, PES, CES, CSCS, has some advice for those feeling the burden of a more sedentary life.
03/31- Saint Louis University is studying an investigational treatment for COVID-19, the disease causing the current coronavirus outbreak. The trial, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), may be conducted in up to approximately 75 sites across the country and worldwide.
03/31- More than 30 programs have been ranked in the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools for 2021, including a No. 1 ranking for SLU’s health law program for the 16th year.
03/30- With churches around the world suspending services, it may feel more difficult than ever to practice your faith. But David Meconi, S.J., the director of Saint Louis University’s Catholic Studies Centre, and Sister Virginia Herbers, ASCJ, the director of spiritual formation in SLU’s Office of Mission and Identity, offer assurance that faith can remain strong with a little creativity and a lot of reflection.
03/27- From preschools to universities, students, families and teachers are making the transition from in-classroom learning to at-home learning as a safety precaution to slow down the spread of COVID-19. But this transition may leave some feeling overwhelmed or unprepared.
03/27- As parents begin the task of social isolation, working from home and having children learn from home, Gary Ritter, Ph.D., dean of Saint Louis University’s School of Education says everyone needs to be gentle on themselves and with each other.
03/25- Whitney Linsenmeyer,Ph.D., an assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics at Saint Louis University, gives some advice on eating healthy at home.
03/25- As we continue to social distance to limit the spread of COVID-19 across the United States, prolonged change to day-to-day life can bring higher levels of stress.
03/24- Director of SLU's Institute for Biosecurity, Terri Rebmann, Ph.D., will address nurses across the U.S.
03/24- SLU first year medical students are offering emergency child care for medical faculty who are needed on the front line to fight COVID-19.
03/19- Robert “Bob” Petersen, an officer with the Department of Public Safety (DPS), died Thursday, March 12, 2020 after a battle with cancer. He was 68.
03/17- From television specials to airline brochures to majorly scholarly works, John Francis “Jack” Bannon, S.J., a Saint Louis University historian and internationally-renowned scholar brought history and the story of America to life. Learn his legend.
03/13- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Geo-Resolution Conference and its related events have been postponed.
03/13- Inspired by a SLU English professor, philanthropists’ gift empowers students and scholars to unlock hidden messages from the past.
03/12- Saint Louis University and its Chaifetz Arena management partner, Spectra, announced today that all scheduled events at Chaifetz Arena will be postponed through April 30, 2020.
03/11- Results of a new survey by Ness Sandoval, Ph.D., associate professor and co-director of the public and social policy doctoral program at Saint Louis University, showed that the Indian foreign-born population is the largest foreign-born population in the St. Louis region.
03/09- Saint Louis University has canceled the 2020 Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week and all associated events including a keynote address by actress and immigration activist Diane Guerrero.
03/06- Saint Louis University has canceled its annual Electronic Waste (E-Waste) and ShredMania event scheduled for Thursday, March 19.
03/06- In the first of a new series, learn what matters the University's Board of Trustees considered at its February 2020 meeting.
03/06- As part of their commitment to being men and women for others, members of the Department of Public Safety donned costumes and took an icy dip to benefit the Special Olympics of Missouri.
03/05- As SLUCare physicians and staff members prepare to move into new and renovated facilities adjacent to the new SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital, the University and SLUCare have announced the new permanent names for two buildings that will house the practice.
03/05- Saint Louis University School of Medicine is tackling the country’s opioid abuse crisis by training community physicians to recognize and treat addictions. SLU has created Missouri’s first addiction medicine fellowship.
03/04- A premier professional association focused on excellence in summer and special sessions is benefiting from Billiken best practices and expertise under the leadership of Saint Louis University’s Troy Hargrove, associate dean in the School for Professional Studies and director of the summer-winter office.
03/03- Two students have received the inaugural St. Vincent de Paul Scholarships, scholarships made possible through a partnership between Saint Louis University and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul that places donation bins around campus in an effort to benefit local St. Louisians in need.
03/03- Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, SLU and NGA have postponed the Geo-Resolution Conference. A new date for the conference will be set at a later date and time.
03/03- Sophomore Luca Zocche, an international business major at Saint Louis University’s campus in Spain, SLU-Madrid, a pilgrimage to the places the saint lived, studied and prayed has helped him gain insight into his own life and studies, while giving him the opportunity to form deeper bonds with other students and with the founder of the Society of Jesus himself.
03/03- With a newly-renovated space in Griesedieck Hall and expanded mission to support SLU students and alumni as they build their careers, the office has launched a new Student Success Stories initiative to capture the unique ways that University support has helped them become the working professionals they want to be.
03/02- Learn about the projects and passions of SLU faculty and staff members who have written books, in their own words. Harold Braswell, Ph.D., has recently published a book on hospice care in the United States and the system's ethical issues as related to family caregivers.
02/28- Hiral Choksi, M.D., who was recently named the associate dean of admissions for Saint Louis University School of Medicine, was honored as one of the St. Louis Business Journal's 40 Under 40.
02/27- University leaders, students, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, "Marguerite Girls," friends and family were on hand to help Dame Mary Bruemmer, a storied SLU administrator and alumna mark her 100th birthday at a special celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
02/27- As it awaits the opening of its new space in the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, SLU's Center for Additive Manufacturing (SLU-CAM) is preparing to support researchers across the University with the acquisition of high-end 3D printers capable of creating an array of 3-D printed products now.
02/27- The student Mass on Friday, Feb. 11, 1944, began like any other. But as the liturgy’s presiding priest, Clause Heithaus, S.J., began his homily, the words the Jesuit spoke would change the course of Saint Louis University’s history, opening its doors to African-American women and men who had previously found SLU closed to them due to racism and segregation.
02/26- For Saint Louis University researcher Devita Stallings, Ph.D., RN, improving the heart health of St. Louis communities drives her research, teaching and outreach to others.
02/26- The State of Missouri recently honored the legacy of Norm White, Ph.D., a pioneering Saint Louis University criminologist who spent his life championing an end to the school-to-prison pipeline.
02/26- After 200 years, there are many legends and untold tales hiding in the nooks and crannies of Saint Louis University. Learn about the life and service of Dame Mary Bruemmer, "one of the finest Jesuits" SLU has ever had.
02/25- The members of the Saint Louis University’s Parks FSAE Racing Club live by the phrase, “Billikens, start your engines.” Connecting with classmates and faculty over a shared automotive passion, students apply the skills they learn in classrooms at Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology to build a competition-ready race car from scratch.
02/25- The partnership will focus on projects for emergency management, health care, public safety and economic development.
02/24- Saint Louis University's Office of Mission and Identity will launch its podcast, 'Mission Matters' on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The podcast will highlight people and initiatives which embody Jesuit traditions at Saint Louis University.
02/24- In its third annual “Women in the Workplace Scorecard,” the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis recognized 16 St. Louis employers for excellence in four areas of workplace gender equity.
02/19- The Argus-2 satellite, built by students and faculty at Parks College for Engineering, Aviation and Technology, successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 19.
02/19- The winners will be announced during St. Louis Magazine's 11th annual Excellence in Nursing Awards reception on April 16.
02/18- As SLU historian Thomas Finan, Ph.D., and his students delve deeper into the Gaelic past, their work is being profiled in a premier publication in the archaeological world and the team's work is featured on the magazine's latest cover.
02/18- SLU legend, Dame Mary Bruemmer, will celebrate mark another milestone as her extraordinary life reaches 100 years on Wednesday, Feb. 26. And the entire SLU community and Billiken family are invited to wish her well and to honor her remarkable century.
02/13- Saint Louis University ranks #8 on the 2020 Wall Street Journal's list of the top 10 colleges in big Midwestern cities.
02/12- James A. Monteleone, M.D., a professor emeritus of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, died Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. He was 87.
02/12- SLU will contribute $2.5 million toward the purchase of a new $5 million cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM).
02/07- Hospitals, doctors and Medicare Advantage insurance plans that care for some of the most vulnerable patients are not reimbursed fairly by Medicare, according to recent findings in JAMA.
02/05- Nearly 50 new homes and condos will be built near Saint Louis University’s Medical Center as the result of a unique collaboration between the University and residents who live in the city’s Gate District West neighborhood.
02/04- David A. Sterling, Ph.D., a former professor in the College for Public Health and Social Justice, died Jan. 23, 2020. He was 65.
02/04- Saint Louis University has been recognized by the Princeton Review as a 2020 Best Value College in their newly released top 200 list announced Feb. 4.
01/30- Saint Louis University researchers have identified a potential approach to treating Morquio A syndrome, a rare, progressive and debilitating genetic disease.
01/30- Through the Mediterranean Diet Trip, sponsored by SLU's Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, students immersed themselves in Italian culture, connecting what they learn in the classroom room with the flavors their Italian hosts know intimately.
01/30- Learn about the projects and passions of SLU faculty and staff members who have written books, in their own words.
01/30- Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., former and first dean of the School of Social work at Saint Louis University, died Jan. 28, 2020. He was 97. Coughlin left SLU in 1974 to become the 23rd president of Gonzaga University.
01/29- From turning 200 to unprecedented growth and community engagement, check out this sampler of some of the many important things that happened during the past decade here at Saint Louis University.
01/28- It's game-on for Saint Louis University's latest effort to enhance the on-campus experience for its students as SLU's new, state-of-the-art Esports Gaming Lab officially opens.
01/28- The investment will set the stage for Phase I clinical trials for a new non-addictive pain-killer to begin later this year.
01/24- Saint Louis University forensic psychiatrist and SLUCare physician William Newman, M.D., will lead the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL), a prominent organization of psychiatrists dedicated to excellence in the field of forensic psychiatry as the association’s new president.
01/23- USA Today named Saint Louis University Museum of Art as one of 10 university campus museums nationwide worth exploring.
01/22- A team of international researchers, which includes a Saint Louis University Madrid anthropologist, dug deep to find some of the oldest African DNA on record, in a new study published in Nature.
01/22- Led by Michael Podgursky, Ph.D., a team of researchers and colleagues at Saint Louis University's Sinquefield Center for Applied Economic Research (SCAER) are using big data to improve the lives of school-aged children and other St. Louisians.
01/16- At their annual memorial tribute honoring civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 16, Saint Louis University and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis honored those carrying forward King's legacy of activism and advocacy for racial equity and justice across the St. Louis region.
01/16- Danny G. Willis, DNS, R.N., FAAN, has been selected as dean of the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University.
01/15- Saint Louis University is among the top 9.4% of colleges in the nation for awarding student financial aid, according to LendEDU, a student financial product website.
01/14- Fresh off matching wits with teams from across the nation at the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championships over winter break, Saint Louis University’s Chess Team will spend spring preparing for a new battle royale – the Final Four of Chess – in April.
01/10- Long-time SLU School of Medicine faculty member Raymond C. Tait, Ph.D., will receive one of the Academy of Science-St. Louis' most prestigious recognitions - the Science Leadership Award -- on Thursday, April 2.
01/08- Bitter melon has properties that prevent cancer from growing and spreading and shows promise in slowing the progression of cancer, according to Saint Louis University research.
01/07- Richard Bucholz, M.D., professor in the division of neurosurgery at Saint Louis University, will receive the St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society's 2019 Award of Merit on Saturday, Jan 25.
01/06- Vernon L. Yeager, Ph.D., a retired faculty member at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. He was 93.
12/20- Researcher Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology at Saint Louis University, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for her contributions toward understanding and finding better treatments for pain. Fellows of the NAI are academic inventors who have made a difference in the quality of life in society.
12/19- Azra Blazevic, DVM, assistant research professor at SLU's Center for Vaccine Development, prepares a swab sample during a research influenza study.
12/19- As Saint Louis University embraces the holiday season, students, faculty and staff members were asked to share reflections on the season's big ideas - themes that warm their hearts, ideas that lead them to seek greater truths and moments that inspire them to nurture the light of good in themselves and others through winter's darkest days.
12/13- Saint Louis University celebrated its newest alumni at 2019's midyear commencement celebrations on Friday, Dec. 13, at Chaifetz Arena.
12/13- The donated site also is adjacent to the 14 acres at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Chouteau Avenue that SLU is selling to Cullinan Properties for a planned mixed-use development called Iron Hill that will include a hotel, apartments, retail space and restaurants.
12/12- Marla Bernbaum, M.D., who had been on faculty in the division of endocrinology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine for 38 years, died Tuesday, Dec. 10.
12/12- When she was exploring her college options, Sophie Rudder wanted to find a place where her faith would be nurtured and supported. Awed by the amount of love and dedication she encountered from students, alumni, faculty and staff members, Rudder chose Saint Louis University. Four years later, the graduating senior has embraced SLU’s Jesuit mission and call to live in fellowship and service to others.
12/11- The Arthritis Foundation named Austin Dalrymple, DO, a SLUCare pediatrician and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, as its 2019 Medical Champion. Dalrymple received the award at the Foundation's Silver Ball Gala on Dec. 7.
12/10- A new program and online resources train participants to defuse tense situations with empathy
12/06- University leaders, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, trustees, students, faculty and staff members gathered to mark the topping-out of Saint Louis University's new $50 million Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Building.
12/06- Old St. Nick may be known for his red suit, but a close relation - Blue Santa - wears a color unique to Saint Louis University. A beloved SLU visitor and honorary Billiken, Blue Santa has inspired the SLU community to help make the season more joyful for kids across St. Louis for more than a decade.
12/05- Saint Louis University is offering early applicants to SLU’s new Casa Belize study abroad an opportunity to win a free flight for their travel to Belize.
12/05- Spurred by student interest and faculty research, the SGA Technology Committee, Information Technology Services (ITS) and the University Libraries partnered to bring the technology to campus and to develop a space for virtual reality exploration.
12/04- The Saint Louis University chess team took third place at the 2019 World Prestigious University Chess Invitational Tournament over the Thanksgiving holiday, defeating universities such as Harvard, Princeton and Oxford
12/03- Residents of rural areas are more likely to be hospitalized and to die than those who live in cities primarily because they lack access to specialists, according to a research team led by SLU's Kenton Johnston, Ph.D.
12/03- The hustle and bustle of the holiday season can take its toll on health. In addition to maintaining healthy habits for yourself, it can be a surprise to see that the health of family members may have declined since last you saw them.
12/02- SLU's Flavio Esposito, Ph.D., shares advice to keep smartphone data safe from scammers.
11/26- During this holiday season, Saint Louis University is highlighting organizations at SLU that could benefit from the gift of time or donations.
11/26- For nearly 100 years, Saint Louis University's Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology has been helping women take flight - as pilots, instructors and in a host of careers in aviation and flight science.
11/26- Convenient generational labels like boomer, millennial and Gen Xers are flat out wrong, says Cort Rudolph, Ph. D., a Saint Louis University psychologist who studies generational differences.
11/26- New research using satellite imagery yields interesting data on analyst forecasts.
11/26- Enrico Di Cera, M.D., says that the best part of his work as a scientist is generating new knowledge that translates into medical benefits, making it a privilege to work in a medical school.
11/25- Saint Louis University capped a week of learning from the faith-fueled humanitarian work of the 2019 Opus Prize finalists when SLU President Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D., announced that Sr. Catherine Mutindi would receive the $1 million prize on Thursday, Nov. 21.
11/21- Saint Louis University and the Opus Prize Foundation proudly announce that Sr. Catherine Mutindi, the founder of Bon Pasteur in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is awarded the 16thannual Opus Prize. The Opus Prize is awarded annually to a leader in faith-based humanitarian work.
11/21- A celebration of the life and legacy of Wilson at SLU and in the theatre community at large was held Nov. 2.
11/20- The University has started recruiting students for the varsity team, which will begin competing in the spring. Students who are selected for the team will be eligible for up to $2,000 in scholarship support.
11/19- At a public panel discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 19, the three finalists for one of the world's most prestigious awards for faith-based humanitarian projects shared the stories of their work and their communities.
11/19- Entrepreneurship programs at Saint Louis University's Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business are among the best in the country, according to recent rankings from the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
11/18- The two-year program helps universities create policies and programs that support survivors, prevent sexual violence and communicate that violence is unacceptable.
11/17- Saint Louis University will celebrate the Opus Prize with a week of events, beginning at SLU’s regular Sunday evening student Mass, and culminating in the awarding of the $1 million prize on Thursday, Nov. 21.
11/15- Saint Louis University archaeologist Thomas Finan, Ph.D., has been recognized for his work recovering the history of medieval Irish castles, becoming the first American to join a leading international group dedicated to the study of castles, the Comité Permanent of the Chateau Gaillard European Castle Studies Colloque.
11/15- Saint Louis University held its first University-wide investiture ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 13, appointing 17 distinguished faculty members to 15 endowed positions of distinction in various academic units.
11/15- Two Saint Louis University faculty members and their community partner are working to improve the health of rural Missourians as they participate in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Fellowship.
11/14- In a miniaturized laboratory, microfluidic systems can conduct chemical experiments on a chip through a series of small connected tubes the size of a hair.