Thursday, April 12, 2012 marks the groundbreaking of the new Miller Nichols Library Learning Center. The Learning Center will include a 350-seat auditorium, two 200-seat lecture halls, and two 100-seat classrooms along with an expansive lobby for gathering and collaborative learning. This marks Phase II of the Miller Nichols Library Classroom Building Addition, which was [...]
UMKC is currently co-hosting the national traveling exhibition “Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians.” Our city is one of only 61 sites nationwide to host this exhibit, which runs through Nov. 11. The exhibit is a collaborative effort of the four libraries of the three Kansas City-area medical schools: Dykes Library and [...]
UMKC Friends of the Library recently pledged $20,000 over the next 5 years to endow an annual scholarship open to degree seeking students from any school or discipline. For 2009, applicants were asked to submit a 500-1000 word essay responding to the phrase “What UMKC’s Libraries mean to me.” 49 essays were received from undergraduate, [...]
