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...

Amina Dalton, Emma Lane UMKC announced last week that it will no longer require applying students to submit ACT/SAT scores.  “We are proud to be the first university in the UM System to adopt this approach, as we join a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities—more...

Barbara Bichelmeyer joined UMKC as a provost and executive vice chancellor in the fall of 2015, nine weeks before the Ferguson protests made their way over to Columbia. Any other person in her position might be overwhelmed by the responsibility of carrying the university...

Students looking to find a career in what Harvard Business Review describes as “the sexiest job of the 21st century” are in luck. UMKC is launching a new data science program to propel students further into data education with workshops designed to provide hands on research...

As part of Chancellor Agrawal’s new mental health initiative, Roos for Mental Health, UMKC is now offering students free access to one of the top-rated mental health apps on the market, Sanvello.  Following the trend of universities like Syracuse and Texas A&M,...