Webster University

For many in the Class of 2024, this year's commencement ceremony will be a first. That’s because they’re also the Class of 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic canceled — or dramatically scaled back — their high school ceremonies.

Webster University saw annual revenue drop by more than $5 million during the 2021-22 school year. Chancellor Beth Stroble received nearly $1 million in compensation, including at $174,702 bonus, before announcing her retirement.

Scientists have looked at decades of data on trees and other native Missouri plants blooming. As the region warms, plants are reacting by changing their bloom times.

Aug. 9 will mark 10 years since the police killing of Michael Brown Jr. A new exhibition features the work of activists whose art directly responds to that event and the social movement it brought.

Fontbonne University will close, citing enrollment decline. Other universities are facing similar challenges and working to adapt as fewer students choose higher education.

Nearly 12,000 college campuses closed in the U.S. from July 2004 to June 2020.

Richard Gaddes merely intended to advise some opera lovers about starting a new company. He wound up founding Opera Theatre of St. Louis. The visionary opera producer died Tuesday at 81.

The rare lemon cuckoo bumblebee bee was recently spotted in a Belleville garden by an amateur citizen scientist. The bee’s population has been on the decline, but this recent sighting could mean good news for rare bee species and bumblebees in the region.

Matt Vogel went from Webster’s conservatory to being the understudy to Caroll Spinney, the original performer of Big Bird from "Sesame Street." He now plays many beloved characters.

The one-night only screening of the film at Webster University is sponsored by the Gateway Korea Foundation and Very Asian Foundation.