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Construction taking place on Cherry Street.

UMKC launches new construction projects across Kansas City metro

Julius Briscoe, Staff Writer
August 29, 2024

  UMKC students can expect a transformed campus with advanced construction projects across the metro, with the 51st Street between Cherry Street and Rockhill Road already underway.    Announced in April, this plan includes a Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building,...

Campus experiences major renovations, construction projects

Campus experiences major renovations, construction projects

Alivia Meyers
March 1, 2022

Since the start of the spring semester, numerous construction sites have popped up across UMKC’s Volker campus. The prominent areas of construction and maintenance include the Miller Nichols Library, the Education Building and the quad.  “I was surprised by the...

The Kansas City Museum has reopened all four floors of its facility. (Alvar Negrete-Baños)

Kansas City Museum reopens after 13 years, $22 million in renovations

Alvar Negrete-Baños
November 1, 2021

After 13 years of renovations and planning, the Kansas City Museum reopened to the public in late October. The museum had been mostly closed since 2008, during which the community has allocated roughly $22 million in public funding and private contributions to extensive renovations. Now,...

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