Ask communications professor Linda Kurz about her decades of research and teaching, and she’ll reveal an unexpected inspiration: her 12-year-old Polish lowland sheep dog, Max. Kurz is passionate about helping students thrive in public speaking scenarios. She also adores...

For an issue often portrayed as divisive, the recent push for increased gun control Saturday drew a large, diverse and like-minded crowd to Theis Park. Just minutes from campus, thousands gathered to join March For Our Lives Kansas City, the local version of an event that...

Students across the country walked out of class Wednesday, March 14, one month after a school shooting at Marjorie Stone Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida left 17 dead. The National Walk Out Day event, occurring at 10 a.m. across time zones, expressed solidarity with the...

Not many on-campus events draw a diverse crowd that includes student athletes, musicians, mascot Kasey Roo, faculty and community members. However, all of these people came together Friday morning to witness UMKC Chancellor-designate Mauli Agrawal and his wife Sue Agrawal's...

A small crowd of students and community members strived to emphasize a big message Monday afternoon: their anger with the university response to last semester’s sexual assault allegations. The group, mostly members of the club Progressive Youth Organization (PYO), clustered...