to maintain a commitment to advance knowledge as part of a comprehensive research university, and
to contribute significantly to theoretical and applied research in the fields of its faculty scholars.
providing quality undergraduate and graduate research experiences to students from the urban St. Louis region
forming successful collaborative partnerships regionally within the metropolitan community, as well as internationally, and
helping to raise the university's national and international profile by publications in major scientific journals and presence at major scientific meetings both within the United States and abroad.
