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Barrier Breaker: SLU’s Sarah Adam Wins Silver at 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris

Sarah Adam plays wheelchair rugby. A white ball rests in her lap.

Sarah Adam, OTD, assistant professor of occupational science and occupational therapy at Saint Louis University, wins the silver medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

Sarah Adam made history as the first woman to play on the U.S. wheelchair rugby team.

SLU in the News

Saint Louis University was mentioned in Intelligence Community News for hosting the NGA Geo-Resolution 2024 Conference this September.
Karla Scott, Ph.D. (Communication) was quoted in CBS News, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Detroit News, Boston Herald, Baltimore Sun, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times, The Independent, DailyHunt, Daily Kos, KSDK-TV Ch. 5 and KYTV-TV Ch. 3 about the 10-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death and the aftermath of the Ferguson protests.
Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D. (Family and Community Medicine) was featured in HealthDay News, Drugs.com, and Physician’s Weekly about a study that showed posttraumatic stress disorder worsens the health of patients who also have type 2 diabetes.

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Stories About Research, Rankings, Service and Community

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SLU Hosts Celebration for New Public Artwork Honoring Mill Creek Valley

Members of the St. Louis community came together on the Saint Louis University campus on Tuesday, Sept. 10, to celebrate "The Legacy of Mill Creek," a new public art installation by world-renowned St. Louis artist Cbabi Bayoc.

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Kansas City Chiefs Are Missouri's Favorite NFL Team

The Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs dominate their home turf in Missouri as voters in the state overwhelmingly chose the team as their favorite NFL franchise.

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SLU, NGA Host Geo-Resolution Conference on September 12

This year’s theme will focus on how geospatial models can help solve many of the world's most critical problems. Geo-Resolution encourages collaboration between government, academic and industry partners to foster geospatial technology innovation and applications, connect geospatial experts and students and grow the geospatial ecosystem in the greater St. Louis region.

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SLU/YouGov Poll

Go Crazy Folks: The St. Louis Cardinals Are Missouri’s Favorite Baseball Team

In August 2024, the SLU/YouGov Poll interviewed 900 likely Missouri voters, asking them to name their favorite Major League Baseball team. The poll found that 41% of Missourians polled say the St. Louis Cardinals are their favorite team. The Kansas City Royals were the favorite team of 20% of those polled.

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Innovative Software Lab at Saint Louis University Receives Second Round of Funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Open Source with SLU (OSS), a pioneering software engineering lab at Saint Louis University, has received a $654,610 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to continue advancing open scholarship and developing open-source software.

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Saint Louis University Receives Funding to Establish Institute for Multidisciplinary Asian Studies

Saint Louis University has been awarded $250,000 from the Office of Director of National Intelligence as part of the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence program.

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