https://youtu.be/Nu5AEBh2YNo In this week's edition of Roo News, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas joined UMKC faculty and SGA President Brandon Henderson for a critical discussion of the future of policing in Kansas City, we update you on the latest coronavirus numbers,...

In order to help relieve students’ burdens, UMKC Student Government Association (SGA) Senator Noah Kuzca authored the Election Day Attendance Act last week. The bill encourages staff and faculty to be flexible with attendance, assignments, quizzes and tests due on Election...

With the semester in full swing, Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Henderson is poised to start accomplishing his goals for UMKC.   Despite present circumstances, Henderson is working toward the plans he set for himself before the pandemic,...

While navigating the uncharted territory of new safety guidelines on campus and a mixture of hybrid, online and face-to-face classes, students at UMKC will face another big challenge: the cost of attendance has jumped again. Tuition and fees are up 2.3% UNews spoke with a...

While students were away this summer, there was a resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. Protests erupted across the country, Kansas City included.  UMKC released multiple statements during the height...

The UM Board of Curators has merged the positions of UM system president and the University of Missouri - Columbia (MU) chancellor, they announced last month.   President Mun Choi, who has served as the UM system president since 2017, has already served as the interim...

Don’t you hate going outside only to feel like you’re about to freeze your hands off? Wearing layers upon layers just to get to class? Students faced this challenge last Thursday when they walked through what Fox 4 Kansas City reported as -15 degree wind chills. Several...

Topics like parking, the student Supreme Court and changes to student health and wellness services dominated the conversation at the Student Government Association (SGA) town hall last week. The evening began with a presentation by newly elected Chief Justice Alex Higginbotham....