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PLACE STUDENT SUCCESS AT THE CENTERHugh Zimmer is named 2010 Chancellor's Medal recipient
As recipient of the 2010 Chancellor's Medal -- UMKC's highest non-academic award -- Hugh Zimmer is working to level the playing field, providing a means for students to reach their full potential through his volunteer efforts. Read moreUMKC faculty and staff are recognized for outstanding achievements
Twenty-one UMKC faculty and staff received UMKC's top honors recognizing achievements in research and creative activity, teaching, student mentoring, service and engagement. Read more
Acclaimed novelist Margot Livesey visits UMKC
Margot Livesey, UMKC 2010 Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence, visits Kansas City March 22-26. During her teaching residency, Livesey will visit with community writers, advanced fiction writing classes and high school students from the Kansas City Public School District. Read more
LEAD IN LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES
UMKC names Russell Melchert as Pharmacy School dean
Russell Melchert, currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Ark., will assume his position at the UMKC School of Pharmacy on July 1, 2010. Read more
ADVANCE URBAN ENGAGEMENT
UMKC receives national recognition for community service, named to President's Honor Roll four times
UMKC is named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Read more
KC spellers eligible to receive UMKC scholarships
The UMKC School of Law sponsors "Courtroom to Classroom" -- a spelling bee for fourth- and fifth-grade scholars from the Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus, a school in partnership with the Kansas City, Missouri School District. Read more
EXCEL IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Tenor Vinson Cole joins UMKC as professor of voice at the Conservatory of Music and Dance
Vinson Cole, a Kansas City musical icon, accepts tenured position at UMKC. Read more
UMKC Theatre Department co-produces world premiere of "Green Whales"
"Green Whales," a romantic comedy co-produced by the UMKC Theatre Department, is featured at the Unicorn Theatre through March 27. Read more
EMBRACE DIVERSITY
UMKC hosts third annual Cesar Chavez Keynote Address
Roberto Lovato, New York-based writer with New America Media (NAM) and regular contributor to The Nation, addresses the third annual event on March 23, which commemorates the struggle for humane working conditions, dignity, equality and access to opportunity for all. Read more
PROMOTE RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Newly endowed chair looks for underlying causes of vision loss
Dr. Peter Koulen's research program at the UMKC Vision Research Center aims to identify new therapies to prevent and treat eye diseases by boosting the self-defense mechanisms of the retina. Read more
UMKC School of Computing and Engineering visiting professor receives Fulbright award
Thanks to visiting professor Nail Akar's Fulbright Scholar research project, Internet browser error messages such as "408 Request Timeout" and "502 Service Temporarily Overloaded" may become a thing of the past. Read more |
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ALUMNI NEWS
Alvin Brooks appointed to the Kansas City police department's board
Governor Jay Nixon appoints UMKC alumnus and former councilman Alvin Brooks to the Kansas City police department's board. Read more
UMKC School of Law alumni place first in American Bar Association tax challenge
Two School of Law alumni -- Nicole Forsythe and Ryan Mullinix -- earn first place for Best Written Submission in the LL.M. division of the American Bar Association's Ninth Annual Law Student Tax Challenge, beating teams from 25 schools, including Georgetown University and Temple University. Read more
Rosana Privitera Biondo named chair of Kansas City, Kansas Area Chamber of Commerce
Rosana Privitera Biondo, UMKC alumna, and president and owner of Mark One, a specialty electrical contracting firm, is selected to fill key Chamber role. Read moreFOUNDATION NEWS UMKC Foundation welcomes new board members
The UMKC Foundation welcomes board members Dr. James J. Duderstadt, Terrence Dunn, Thomas D. Hyde, Natalie "Nikki" Krawitz and John J. Sherman. They join current board members Alan Atterbury, Tom Bloch, Janice Kreamer, Leo E. Morton, John Readey, Betsey Solberg, Charles Sosland and Hugh Zimmer. Read moreSYSTEM NEWS President Forsee earns favorable marks from faculty Gary Forsee is getting satisfactory marks from faculty leaders as he begins his third year as president of the University of Missouri system. Read more |
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