In 2024, the UMKC athletic department, Kansas City Athletics, brought in almost $16 million. Over 22% of that came from student fees.   While almost $3.6 million came from student fees, only $121,080 came from ticket and concession sales.    Similar to UMKC, Missouri...

  Chancellor Mauli Agrawal focused his UMKC’s 2025 State of the University address on a new fundraising campaign, a new dentistry program and appreciation of past achievements.   For aspiring dentistry students, Agrawal announced a new proposal for a satellite dentistry...

 On Feb. 25, UMKC Black fraternity and sorority members were notified via email about vandalism on  several monuments in the Divine Nine Garden.   The Garden, located in the quad, includes granite statues with the names, founding dates and crests of the nine Black fraternities...

    With beads flying, colorful decor, and jazz music filling the air, the city’s annual celebration of Mardi Gras is drawing crowds to revel in the festive atmosphere and indulge in all things New Orleans — Kansas City style.      Mardi Gras, meaning “Fat Tuesday”...

  UMKC students are not a fan of President Trump’s recent executive order to ban the use of paper straws and other single-use plastics.    The decision rolls back a Biden-Harris administration policy from July 2024 that would have phased out these plastics from all...