Lara Hamdan
Engagement Editor, STLPRLara Hamdan joined St. Louis Public Radio as the news intern in 2017 and went on to become a producer for St. Louis on the Air before her latest role as the newsroom's Engagement Editor. A St. Louis native, Lara studied journalism and international relations at Webster University. She's fluent in English and Arabic – and in eating falafel sandwiches and veggie burgers. She enjoys discovering new people and gems in the city throughout her work at St. Louis Public Radio.
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This will be the last time in more than 300 years, researchers say, that a total solar eclipse will go over southern Illinois and Missouri. Here’s what you need to know to make the best of the celestial spectacle. -
The University of Missouri system has already announced it will discontinue programs that use race or ethnicity as a factor in admissions or scholarships. -
More people are dying than being born in Missouri — what experts refer to as a “demographic winter.” St. Louis University professor Ness Sandoval explains where we are and what it will take to reverse course. -
The Field House Museum boasts a wide collection of quilts on display, ranging from 19th-century creations to more modern quilts. Now one final quilt completes the collection: the MO Bicentennial Quilt.
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Rep. Cori Bush's new bill is called the People’s Response Act. It’s a $10 billion package aimed at putting community organizations, social workers and nurses on the front lines of the nation’s mental health crisis — and scaling back the role of law enforcement. -
Researchers at the Missouri Botanical Garden have been waiting almost three years for the Karomia gigas tree, a species that's dangerously near extinction, to flower and bloom. -
Updated Dec.12 — On Tuesday's St. Louis on the Air , host Don Marsh discussed the life and legacy of noted author and Washington University professor...
