University of Missouri-St. Louis students should expect to pay more for tuition beginning the 2011-2012 school year. Governor Jay Nixon met with state university leaders in late August to discuss the future of college tuition. In the Higher Education Summit meeting the governor told the leaders “Missouri’s budget will suffer serious challenges.”

The National Institute of Health recently awarded a $3 million grant to a University of Missouri-St. Louis professor to help in his work combating human papillomavirus, the world’s most pervasive sexually transmitted disease.

Members of the International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 3 have been picketing the University of Missouri-St. Louis and distributing flyers to motorists who enter North Campus. “Shame on the University of Missouri-St. Louis” is written in bold and underlined at the top of the union’s flyer.

Gateway Arch showing rust and decay

Almost 45 years into its reign atop the St. Louis skyline, the 630-foot monument is suffering from growing rust and decay. And nobody knows how extensive. Corrosion, some of it feared aggressive, and severe discoloration of the stainless steel skin have long been present, according to engineering reports reviewed by (more)

A 5 percent budget cut at the end of 2008 caused the University of Missouri St. Louis to freeze most, if not all, unfilled faculty and staff positions. University of Missouri-St. Louis has endured almost two years of a strict budget. During the process of enforcement, it came to a point that some positions were pivotal and needed to be occupied.