Americans have always debated over daylight savings time and permanent standard time. This year, however, legislation is in the works to officially abolish the time change.  Last month, the Senate unanimously approved a bill to make daylight savings time permanent....

UMKC political science professors Greg Vonnahme and Rebecca Best recently weighed in on the violent events unfolding between Russia and Ukraine.  Vonnahme said that the significant and devastating effects on the Russian economy from western sanctions have people questioning...

UMKC has partnered with Curative, a mobile COVID testing center, to offer free nasal PCR tests to UMKC faculty, students and the general public.  According to UMKC Today, UMKC decided to partner with Curative because local COVID testing shortages made it difficult to...

Approximately 200 people filled an empty Kansas City building to greet new international students and build friendships and community at the end of January. Games, conversation and homemade biryani were all available to visitors at the Friends of Internationals’ (FOI) annual...

UM System President Mun Choi has asked students and faculty to remain vigilant and help mitigate the transmission of the highly contagious omicron variant as the spring semester is underway.  In an email at the beginning of the semester, Choi reinforced common practices...

A new multi-billion dollar tech center may come to Kansas City, bolstering the city’s reputation as the heart of the “Silicon Prairie”.  In a statement on their website, local developer Diode Venture claims the new “Golden Plains Technology Park” will feature...

The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, the blockbuster show with sold-out tickets and extended runs in Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, is coming to a secret location in  Kansas City on Dec. 1, 2021.  Ricky Allman, professor of painting and drawing...

Businesses across the United States and Kansas City are offering incentives to individuals who get the COVID-19 vaccine. In an effort to encourage the population to get vaccinated, businesses are offering perks and rewards when a customer presents their vaccination card....

UMKC’s Her Campus chapter, a publication focused on empowering college women, hosted a panel titled “Women in Academia” on March 24 to raise awareness and advocate for female representation in the academic world.  The panel included UMKC professors Lyn Elliot,...

With support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, UMKC is starting a new grant program.  Called the Entrepreneurship Innovation Grant (EIG), students and faculty from every department across campus are encouraged by UMKC to submit proposals. “We don’t want...