At the most recent Board of Curators meeting two professors were honored with an award given to less than 10% of current tenured professors at UMKC.   These Curator Distinguished Professors, Tina Niemi and ​​Massimiliano Vitiello were recognized for going beyond...

The University of Missouri-Kansas City announced plans to create a more student-oriented campus life in the State of the University Address. Now, UMKC is acting—beginning on 51st Street.  Currently, the university owns two vacant plots of land, between Brookside and...

  Volcanoes are not something to regularly march towards, but several UMKC geology students are doing just that.    While they are not trekking directly into the volcano’s throat, these researchers are retracing the path of the lava to see what is left after an eruption....

  Three UMKC students, originally from St. Louis, were desperate to be active in the Kansas City community. After struggling to find an opportunity to volunteer as a group, they decided to fill that gap and create their own club - the Kansas City Service Club.    The...

  When I was 12 years old, my perception of life was limited to choices like what colorful hair clips I had in my hair that day and what my after-school snack would contain.    Not once did the idea of marriage cross my prepubescent mind outside of the grand proposals...