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Store front of museum.

Kansas City becomes home of the first barbecue museum

Samaia Williams, Staff Writer
April 24, 2025

  The country’s first ever barbecue museum made its home at Crown Center in Kansas City on April 12.   Kansas City has been an epicenter of barbecue for many years, dating back to the 1900s. There has been a generational debate over which restaurant has the best barbecue...

A display of the "Starr Women’s Hall of Fame" at the Kauffman Center.

UMKC’s Starr Women’s Hall of Fame honors seven trailblazing women

Brenna Oxley and Samaia Williams
March 4, 2025

  A new class of impactful women joined the ranks of the Starr Women’s Hall of Fame on Feb. 20 at the Kauffman Center.   The seven women were inducted into the Hall of Fame, celebrating their work to make Kansas City better. More than 50 women have received the honor...

Dr. Toya Like at the podium during her speech.

The Freedom Breakfast hosted by TAASU honors a long lasting legacy within UMKC, now going 33 years strong

  TAASU has been a home beacon for the Black students across the UMKC campus since 1969. They are now using their community to further MLK‘s legacy of promoting change in our society.   Students, faculty and community members gathered at the Student Union on Wednesday,...

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