All around UMKC, current students and future entrepreneurs are learning the skills they'll need to jumpstart their own businesses. To help prepare UMKC students for lifetimes of business ingenuity, KC Source Link, a UMKC Innovation Center program, hosted Global Entrepreneurship...

1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. This statistic, presented at a Resources, Intervention, Support and Education (RISE) event, is what characterized the need for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October. RISE used last month as an opportunity...

UMKC expanded the conversation on anti-racism by hosting a workshop specially crafted for faculty and staff members.  This month’s workshop, “Cultivating Antiracist Assessment Practices: A Faculty Workshop Series,” was part of UMKC’s Shutz Lecture Series designed...

Earlier this month, the Shutz Lecture Series hosted an event titled “Re-Envisioning Native American Identities in Visual Art and Literature,” which featured various Native American artists and guest speakers.  Guest speaker Gregg Deal is a Native American artist...

Earlier this month, the University of Missouri Board of Curators voted to extend the campus mask mandate until Oct. 15. Upon the new expiration date, the board will meet again to discuss whether another extension is necessary.   Mun Y. Choi, the president of the University...

Betty Rae’s released a new UMKC-inspired ice cream flavor called “Roo Blue Swirl” on Aug. 25.  The new flavor is a tangy blueberry and lemon swirl with pieces of vanilla crumble. The owner, Alec Rodgers, took direct inspiration from UMKC when creating the flavor. “The...