Lindenwood University’s Chemistry program has once again earned accreditation from the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS accreditation recognizes that Lindenwood equips students with the intellectual, experimental, and communication skills needed to succeed as scientific professionals.

Lindenwood University’s College of Science, Technology, and Health welcomes five new staff members ahead of the 2025-2026 academic year. They bring a wide range of knowledge across a multitude of disciplines within their field.

Lindenwood University is proud to announce that Dr. Amy Estlund and Dr. Shelly Meyer each received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

In sports like baseball, the smallest points of data can make the difference between winning and losing. While professional teams have invested millions of dollars into capturing and analyzing data, Lindenwood has taken a student-centered approach that has yielded results for the baseball team while providing real experience for students.

Associate Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Kyle Sunderland was named recipient of the Ohio Valley Conference’s Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Student Success Award.

Associate Professor of Exercise Science Dr. Chad Kerksick led a group of students and alumni in a research project that was published in “Nutritional Neuroscience, An International Journal on Nutrition, Diet and Nervous System." The study, researching a supplement’s effect on cognitive function, was conducted at Lindenwood in the Exercise and Performance Nutrition Laboratory.

Undergraduate Exercise Science students Emily Mowbray and Lauren Sanders traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas to participate in the 2025 American College of Sports Medicine Central States Meeting. Sanders and Mowbray were accompanied by Associate Professor Dr. Kyle Sunderland and Assistant Professor Dr. Harry Cintineo. Each of the four gave individual presentations to the 300 students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in attendance.

Through the fall semester, Associate Professor of Biology Dr. Joshua Neely's Vertebrate Structure class conducted first-hand research, observing animal behavior at the St. Louis Zoo.

Lindenwood Psychology Professor Dr. Stephanie Afful has been elected 2025 President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. A division of the American Psychological Association, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology has over 2,000 members and an additional 2,000 associate members across the country. Afful seeks to bring her near two decades of teaching experience to help better the careers of these members and generations to come.

In November, three Lindenwood microbiology students traveled to Fulton, Missouri for the state branch of the American Society for Microbiologists’ annual meeting, with Associate Professor Dr. Chad Welsh. At the conference, Lindenwood students Olivia Fotiadis, Brooklyn Bumbales, and Ada Sardaña Sambola presented their multi-year individual research projects in which Fotiadis won second prize.