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Research
Center for Business and Industrial Studies
The Center for Business and Industrial Studies is organized within the School of Business Administration for studying managerial problems and performing applied research. The center operates on a notforprofit basis, helping organizations nationwide to understand factors affecting their business environments and to enhance their productivity. University faculty, supported by powerful computer systems, statistical databases, and sophisticated software, provide multidisciplinary consultation in a wide variety of business applications. Studies are undertaken in computer systems, operations management, human resources management, planning, and business development, facilities location, distribution, marketing, and financial analysis. Organizations contract with the center for studies tailored to their specific needs. A brochure outlining the center's services can be obtained by writing the Center for Business and Industrial Studies School of Business Administration
University of MissouriSt. Louis
8001 Natural Bridge Rd.
St. Louis, MO 631214499,
or by calling (314) 516-5857.

Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education 
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and Continuing EducationOutreach to support and enhance economic education in elementary and secondary schools. The center provides inservice programs in economic education to area teachers. Working closely with local school districts, the center serves to improve and evaluate present economics curriculum. The center develops and publishes curriculum units for K-12 classrooms. Entrepreneurship education is another focus for Center activities. The center also promotes the goals of entrepreneurship and economic education among business, professional, educational, labor, and other organizations and individuals in the St. Louis community.

Center for International Studies 
The Center for International Studies supports academic programs, seminars, and conferences designed to promote and improve research in international studies, improve the methods of teaching international studies in schools and colleges, and encourage an interest in international affairs in the university and area communities. The center's Office of International Student Services coordinates and provides services for international students including admissions, immigration, orientation, nonacademic advising, etc. In addition, the center administers the campus exchange and study abroad programs and disseminates information on study, work, and travel abroad. The center promotes the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses, assists in staffing courses within individual departments, houses the Joint Center for East Asian Studies of UMSt. Louis and Washington University, the Karakas Family Foundation Alliance for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies, and the Endowed Professorships in Chinese Studies, Greek Studies, Irish Studies, African/African-American Studies, and the German Culture Center. It conducts seminars that address specific faculty and student needs and interests, sponsors conferences for academic and community audiences, organizes international business development programs, issues occasional papers, administers undergraduate certificate programs in Africana studies, East Asian studies, European studies,   international business,   international studies, and Latin American studies and the Graduate Certificate in International Studies. In addition, the center's Community Education Office serves precollegiate educators statewide through the Missouri International Studies Resource Collection and operates a comprehensive global education program.

Center for Molecular Electronics 
Molecular electronics lies at the cutting edge of recent developments in the study and application of thinfilm materials, in the growth of semiconductor device material, in the fabrication of electronic sensors and devices, and in the development of highperformance polymers. In all of these areas, knowledge and control at the atomic or molecular level is essential for stateoftheart materials and devices. In recognition of the critical importance of research, education, and industryuniversity cooperation in these areas, the University of MissouriSt. Louis has established the center for Molecular Electronics. The goals of the center are both research at the forefront of the field of molecular electronics and assistance in the development of hightechnology products by St. Louis area corporations.

To encourage cooperation between university and corporate scientists and engineers, the membership of the center includes physicists, chemists, and engineers from the following St. Louisbased institutions: University of MissouriSt. Louis, Washington University, MEMC Electronic Materials, and Monsanto Company. Through the shared expertise, equipment, and facilities, the center will investigate the following technological areas: (a) organometallic vapor phase epitaxy; (b) plasma chemical vapor deposition of diamondlike carbon films; © electrooptics of high performance polymers; (d) nanometerscale lithography; (e) electro chemistry of sensors; (f) gallium aluminum.

Center for Neurodynamics
This center sponsors basic research on the transmission and processing of information by the brain and the sensory nervous system. The research functions are performed largely by faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral research associates, though exceptionally talented and motivated undergraduate students also make valuable research contributions. The center is interdisciplinary, being composed of faculty from the Departments of Biology and Physics and the School of Optometry. It maintains a program of external associates with whom collaborative research projects are pursued. Current associates are in Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Mass.; and Viatech Imaging Inc. of Ivoryton, Conn. The research focus underlying all projects is on the role of random processes, or "noise," and chaos in  the detection of weak environmental stimuli and the processing of information within small networks of neurons and within the brain. The center is host to frequent scientific visitors and maintains an active program of seminars on contemporary problems in neuroscience and in the physics underlying neural processes. The center was created by a University Research Initiative grant from the Department of Defense through the Office of Naval Research, which provides ongoing financial support for its research projects. For further information please consult the URL  http://natasha.umsl.edu

Campus Computing
Students, faculty, and staff at the University of Missouri - St. Louis have access to powerful computing resources.  The largest systems are a Sun Ultra Enterprise 4000 and a cluster of HP Netserver LX Pros.  The student resources include free dial-up access to E-mail and the Internet, five student computing laboratories distributed across campus, nine smart classrooms, and eight media enhanced lecture halls/classrooms.

Smart classrooms are located in the Computer Center Building, South Campus Computer Building, and Music Building.  These classrooms have computers at each student station as well as the instructor stations.  High-resolution projectors and video/audio systems complete the facilities.  Media- enhanced lecture halls/classrooms are located in Lucas Hall, Stadler Hall, Social Sciences Building, Clark Hall, and Marillac Hall.  These classrooms have mobile instructor stations as well as projection systems and allow the faculty to demonstrate software applications, research the World Wide Web, and share information with students.

Student computer labs are located in the Social Sciences Building, Thomas Jefferson Library, Benton Hall, and South Campus Computer Building.  Student stations include Windows NT, Macintosh, Sun Solaris, and Silicon Graphics workstations.  Student consultants are available to assist students with general operation and troubleshooting needs.

Campus Computing also provides consultation, programming, error analysis, and operations services.

Noncredit short courses are taught during the fall and winter semesters on a wide variety of computer applications.

The Technology Support Center, located in 211 Lucas Hall, is available for students, faculty, and staff who have general computer questions regarding their accounts or the utilization of the campus resources.  The Web Office is also located in 211 Lucas and provides assistance for faculty and staff in the development of World Wide Web pages.

The Urban Information Center is a specialized part of Campus Computing. It operates on a cost recovery basis and therefore charges for all products and services. It focuses on applications programming related to the U. S. Census and other public data. The primary UIC programming tool is the SAS. Using SAS, the UIC maintains a large data archive, primarily derived from the decennial census data. This archive is accessible at no charge via the WWW. To access the archive or learn more about UIC services visit the home page at http://www.umsl.edu/services/ccomputing/uic/index.html

The main office telephone number is 516-6000, and the Technology Support Center can be reached at 516-6034.  More information can be found on the Campus Computing home page: http://www.umsl.edu/~webdev/ccomputing/

Office of Research Administration  The Office of Research Administration provides services to faculty, graduate students, and staff for obtaining external support for research, instruction, or public service programs. Services include providing information, application materials, and instruction for submitting proposals, assisting in developing project budgets, contract negotiations, and fiscal monitoring of awards. The ORA is responsible for administering grants and contracts from federal, state, and local government programs, and grants awarded by private foundations. The ORA works together with faculty committees to award and administer internal research grants. Administrative support is provided to committees charged with monitoring university compliance with various federal and state regulations concerning research. The ORA provides online information through its home page: http://www.umsl.edu/services/ora