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UNews won second place for best overall newspaper and a total of 14 awards during last week’s Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) awards.
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UNews wins 14 awards, second place best overall newspaper from MCMA

U-News Staff
April 15, 2021

UNews won second place for best overall newspaper and a total of 14 awards during last week’s Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) awards. Competing in Division I against the largest schools in Missouri, the newspaper built on last year’s success and earned two additional...

Brandon Henderson resigns as SGA President, SGA Vice President Mahreen Ansari to be sworn in to the position

SGA president to resign

Lukas Kenney
November 17, 2020

UMKC’s Student Government Association President Brandon Henderson announced tonight he will resign from office effective Nov. 30.  Henderson made the announcement in a letter which was shared to UMKC SGA’s Twitter and Instagram pages.  “I’m writing to...

Four new positive coronavirus cases reported on campus

Four new positive coronavirus cases reported on campus

Lukas Kenney
September 3, 2020

As of the time of writing, UMKC’s coronavirus communications webpage has reported four new positive cases in the first week of classes, for a total of 14 cases in the month of August.  The number of positive cases at UMKC falls below those of both Mizzou and Missouri...

$50 Million in federal funds extends KC Streetcar to UMKC

$50 Million in federal funds extends KC Streetcar to UMKC

Lukas Kenney
August 28, 2020

The KC Streetcar is officially coming to UMKC. The Federal Transit Administration announced Wednesday it would give $50.8 million towards the KC Streetcar Main Street Extension Project. The FTA’s grant will allow the project to advance its final design and enter the construction...

UMKC reopens for the Fall semester with new COVID-19 measures

UMKC reopens for the Fall semester with new COVID-19 measures

Lukas Kenney
August 25, 2020

After a five-month closure and a host of new changes, UMKC’s fall semester has begun. Albeit with new safety measures and restrictions, freshmen have moved into the dorms, facilities have opened and limited in-person classes have begun. “We have been preparing for...

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