UMKC officially opened the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center to the public earlier this month. The $32 million building features innovative equipment and facilities that students, faculty and community members can use. Located on Rockhill Road and 51st...

UMKC facilities, classrooms and common places are open again for full capacity in-person sessions. Buildings and programs have also resumed normal hours and operation.  UMKC fully opened on Aug. 23, the first time since March 2020. The 18-month stretch equates to nearly...

Anticipation for a full-capacity fall semester has been building since last spring. Chancellor Mauli Agrawal told Roo News in April that, barring a drastic shift in the course of the pandemic, students would return to in-person classes. Despite the recent uptick in COVID-19...

UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal told UNews that, barring a drastic shift in the course of the pandemic, classes will be held in person this fall, without social distancing. Agrawal also said the university would not require vaccinations for students to attend classes. These...

An outsized, bronze-cast kangaroo statue will be formally revealed on April 26 by UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal on University Walkway near the Miller Nichols Learning Center.   UMKC’s Student Government Association commissioned local visual artist Tom Corbin to...