The event raises funds to support LGBTQ students at UMKC
Apr 27, 2022
UMKC student leader works to create community change
Apr 22, 2022
UMKC hosts discussion to explore new perspectives on higher education
Apr 22, 2022
The annual lecture honors the legacy of civil rights leader
Apr 20, 2022
Aishah Augusta-Parham, Ph.D., receives start-up funding for new digital tool, SEPOW
Feb 25, 2022
Faculty Search Support Team works closely with academic search committees
Feb 16, 2022
Yamiche Alcindor has become a go-to voice in analyzing the most critical political issues
Feb 16, 2022
Recently launched "Professional Career Escalators" program prepares students to go beyond the degree
Feb 11, 2022
Dumebi Okocha leverages her unexpected ‘medfluencer’ platform for good
Feb 09, 2022
Six proposals approved for total of $170,000
Jan 19, 2022
A year of investment, innovation and bold initiatives
Dec 13, 2021
New student program aims to encourage undergraduate research projects
Nov 30, 2021
UMKC hosts discussion about facts and perceptions around vaccine hesitancy and availability for people of color
Nov 18, 2021
Connections and resources for first-generation students at UMKC
Nov 17, 2021
Garrard Conley shares life story of overcoming the trauma of conversion therapy
Nov 10, 2021
Hogan Family Scholarship supports Kansas City Public Schools graduates enrolled as Business majors
Oct 28, 2021
UMKC hosts discussion about the role museums play in telling the story of people of color
Oct 06, 2021
Launched in 2011, the program currently serves 150 students
Oct 04, 2021
Berkley-Patton brings health care and healthy activity to underserved populations
Sep 15, 2021
Students and urban small businesses both benefit from program
Sep 16, 2021
The Division of Diversity and Inclusion will continue to host a series addressing systemic racism in the U.S.
Aug 31, 2021
Students and alumni share their favorites
Jul 27, 2021
UMKC celebrates 17th annual Lavender Graduation and Pride Awards
Jun 23, 2021
Physician Maria Uloko, M.D. (’15), a graduate of the School of Medicine, produces a popular podcast spotlighting people of color succeeding i...
Jun 17, 2021
UMKC Law faculty and alumni play major role in effort to attract urban youth to careers in law
Jun 10, 2021
KCUR talks to Stuart Hinds
Jun 05, 2021
Kansas City Star features event with Stuart Hinds, curator of Special Collections & Archives at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; and Aus...
Jun 04, 2021
Keynote speaker for Leadership Conference Donna Brazile evokes past leaders to inspire continued action
Jun 07, 2021
Pandemic free time prompted Jaspreet Singh to create underrepresented characters
May 21, 2021
Jackson County approves CARES Act funding to promote vaccinations and other preventive care
May 10, 2021
A School of Law alumni conversation on race, equity and where we go from here
May 05, 2021
Exploring Bridges and Barriers to Success
Apr 27, 2021
Yanira Merino channels César Chávez in annual lecture
Apr 12, 2021
TAASU presents annual Dr. Joseph Seabrooks Jr. Award to Mauli Agrawal
Apr 12, 2021
Bryan Terrell Clark shares his life story to encourage others to define themselves and follow their passion
Mar 24, 2021
Nabil Abas builds community for himself and others
Mar 23, 2021
UMKC Forward highlighted in Kansas City Business Journal guest column
Mar 04, 2021
Alumni and students work toward a more ethnically inclusive and equitable future
Mar 11, 2021
A discussion about how communities of color can gain and deploy influence
Feb 19, 2021
Missouri Humanities Council grant supports opening program
Feb 17, 2021
Ibram X. Kendi delivers 2021 Martin Luther King Lecture
Feb 16, 2021
Shae Perry, B.A ’19, is carving out her own career path as a community engagement and media mogul
Feb 03, 2021
Matthew Ramsey finds success in education
Feb 02, 2021
Sally Ellis Fletcher shares her passion for nursing, education and social justice
Jan 22, 2021
Northeast News consults with Ivan Ramirez
Jan 12, 2021
UMKC achieved much in a year of adversity
Dec 14, 2020
Graduation, retention rates are rising
Dec 03, 2020
English professor Antonio Byrd is teaching his students to use writing, rhetoric and technology for liberation and survival
Nov 23, 2020
Book by author Ibram X. Kendi offers foundation for 2020 Social Justice Book Lecture
Nov 02, 2020
Personal experience enhances mentorship role
Oct 15, 2020
Everything you need to know about how to get started
Oct 14, 2020
Women of color and white women share experiences and perspectives
Oct 13, 2020
UMKC Critical Conversation also features student leader and criminology professor
Oct 12, 2020
Students and alumni share their stories about the Latinx community and UMKC resources available
Oct 09, 2020
Program serves 250 UMKC students, many of them first-generation students
Oct 06, 2020
Sharing traditions, resources and what the month means to them
Sep 28, 2020
Panelists address the history of systemic racism and the struggle in America today
Sep 28, 2020
Dynamic Duo shares culture and experiences
May 01, 2016
KSHB interviews UMKC Avanzando program director; Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies associate professor; and UMKC Bloch student
Sep 17, 2020
Hispanic high school students offered special programming, up to $10,000 in scholarships
Sep 15, 2020
Faculty and staff training part of Roos Advocate for Community Change
Sep 04, 2020
Kansas City community members continue dialogue around local control, use of force and future reforms.
Sep 03, 2020
REGS is in the College of Arts and Sciences and offers many opportunities
Aug 24, 2020
Keichanda Dees-Burnett went from active undergrad to motivating staff member and mentor
Aug 24, 2020
Panelists address police reform in Kansas City
Aug 07, 2020
Womanish Black Girls/Women Resisting Contradictions of Silence and Voice
Aug 06, 2020
Flatland KC wrote about a study that pushes for more a equitable investment citywide
Aug 05, 2020
Kansas City Star, CBS Sports reports on Black AD Alliance
Jul 24, 2020
Interdisciplinary UMKC faculty influence a new storytelling approach to teaching the subject
Jul 21, 2020
Statement from University of Missouri-Kansas City Chancellor Mauli Agrawal and Provost Jenny Lundgren
Jul 14, 2020
Panelists call for action on multiple fronts to drive change
Jul 09, 2020
Only 341 of 4,677 Paycheck Protection Program loans went to minority- or women-owned firms
Jul 08, 2020
Read about the latest town hall
Jun 29, 2020
Division of Strategic Marketing and Communications updates reference to Black faculty, staff and students in UMKC style guide
Jun 23, 2020
Three questions with Diane Mutti-Burke, professor and chair of History
Jun 19, 2020