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Stronger than ever, The Greeting Committee is back with a hometown show

Stronger than ever, The Greeting Committee is back with a hometown show

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
April 9, 2022

Kansas City’s indie idols are back.  The Greeting Committee return home with a show at The Uptown on April 9, a finale to their monthlong headlining tour in promotion of their sophomore album, "Dandelion."  The tour was a clear sign of the band’s tremendous growth...

UMKC student tests positive for coronavirus

UMKC student tests positive for coronavirus

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 25, 2020

A UMKC student has tested positive for COVID-19, Chancellor Agrawal announced.  The student, who does not live on campus, is being treated in isolation.  Agrawal said the university is working closely with public health officials, who will reach out to those who may...

Stay-at-home order issued for Kansas City metro

Stay-at-home order issued for Kansas City metro

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 22, 2020

In an increased effort to limit the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Quinton Lucas has issued a “Stay at Home” order for residents of Kansas City and Johnson, Jackson and Wyandotte counties beginning Tuesday, March 24 at 12:01 a.m. Residents are required to stay home except...

Kansas City reports first two coronavirus cases, state announces first death

Kansas City reports first two coronavirus cases, state announces first death

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 18, 2020

The first confirmed cases of COVID-19 hit Kansas City today.   A woman in her 40s and a man in his 30s have tested positive for the virus, the Kansas City Health Department announced. The Health Department is investigating whether those the man and woman have...

UMKC moving classes online due to coronavirus pandemic

UMKC moving classes online due to coronavirus pandemic

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 13, 2020

UMKC has suspended in-person classes and will move to online-only instruction starting next week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The decision comes after three new cases of coronavirus were announced in neighboring Johnson County, Kansas. There are still no known cases...

Womens basketball secures first-ever NCAA Tournament bid before cancellation

Women’s basketball secures first-ever NCAA Tournament bid before cancellation

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 13, 2020

The Kansas City women’s basketball team secured its first-ever bid to the NCAA Division I tournament before its cancellation yesterday due to coronavirus concerns.  The Roos finished as WAC regular-season champions and automatically qualified following the cancellation...

Opinion: Super Tuesday results show Warren is killing the progressive movement

Opinion: Super Tuesday results show Warren is killing the progressive movement

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
March 4, 2020

The power of the Democratic Party’s centrist consolidation was on full display last night. Joe Biden, whose candidacy was seemingly left for dead following abysmal showings in the early states, dominated Super Tuesday, winning nine of 14 contests and claiming monumental victories...

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
January 20, 2020

UMKC’s Student Government Association (SGA) revamped itself last semester, passing a new constitution, expanding its executive branch and creating its own Supreme Court. With a new look in a new decade, the SGA is setting out ambitious plans to improve campus life. According...

UMKC professor discovers new strain of HIV

UMKC professor discovers new strain of HIV

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
November 18, 2019

A UMKC professor helped discover the first new subtype of HIV in nearly 20 years.  The strain, called HIV-1 Group M, Subtype L, comes from the same virus family that caused the HIV pandemic in 1981, which has killed 32 million people to date.  "In an increasingly...

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