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Mural construction in Haag Hall.

“Safeguarding stories and identities”: The 2025 restoration of Haag Hall murals

Rachel Meng and Liv Centa
August 29, 2025

   Familiar faces are getting a touch-up this summer on the second floor of Haag Hall as the Quintanilla-Project Team has begun a five-week mural restoration.     The project has been in motion since 2020 when an initial assessment was done by Iñaki Gárate, team lead...

New signage for the Victor Wilson Learning Collaborative space on the 4th Floor of MNLC.

UMKC opens Victor Wilson Learning Collaborative to centralize student support

Lucas Campbell, Lifestyle and Culture Editor
August 27, 2025

 UMKC has unveiled the Victor Wilson Learning Collaborative on the fourth floor of the Miller Nichols Library, a transformative space designed to centralize and enhance academic support services for students.  With numerous organizations moving there from Atterbury, such...

Office of International Student Affairs.

‘Small number’ of UMKC international students have had visas revoked

 A small number of UMKC’s international students have been affected by the Trump administration’s efforts to revoke visas, but UMKC officials refuse to give a specific number.     More than 1,800 students across the country have had their F1 visas revoked, which...

Peter Okeke, UMKC student holding a sign that says "TUITION?"

Students are concerned that UMKC is unable to confirm or deny if tuition costs will rise in the near future

  Threats to research and grant funding from federal and state governments for public universities have raised UMKC students fears that there may be a tuition increase in the near future.   Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies department chair and professor Kristen Barber...

Outside of Miller Nichols Library on campus.

Federal funding cuts threaten Missouri library services

Lilah Manning, Intern
May 5, 2025

  Missouri libraries are at risk after an executive order from President Trump has stopped them from receiving reimbursements for federally funded grants.   The order specifically cuts funding to the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal organization that...

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