May 5 – 11
UMKC men’s tennis team opens NCAA Tournament at top-ranked UCLA – Kansas City Star
FDA warns pregnant women to not use certain migraine prevention medicines containing Valproate (James M. Wooten, PharmD, School of Medicine) – Formulary
Patents and genetics: UMKC professor maps out the field (Chris Holman, School of Law) – Kansas City Business Journal
April 28 – May 4
Young businesses find many ways to get mentors’ advice (Maria Meyers, Innovation Center) – Kansas City Star
Children Need a Vision of a Brighter Future (Chancellor Leo Morton) – Kansas City Star
Correction: Public Enemy Producer story (Graduate Student, Kerwin Young, Conservatory of Music and Dance) – San Francisco Chronicle (also in Seattle Post Intelligencer)
April 21 – 27
Beyond the Tenure Track (Brenda Bethman, Women’s Center) – Inside Higher Ed
UMB execs have a bell in New York – Kansas City Business Journal
Kauffman Foundation adds trustees – (Trustee John Sherman) – Kansas City Business Journal
Kauffman Foundation adds two trustees (Trustee John Sherman) – Kansas City Star
Inside the offbeat economics department that debunked Reinhart-Rogoff (Dept. of Economics) – Washington Post
In a high school’s biotech lab, science stars are rising (Leonard Dobens, Dept. of Biology) – Kansas City Star
Medical Movers (Alumna Elizabeth Bodine, School of Nursing and Health Studies) – News-Leader (Springfield, MO)
Urban design competition held for Downtown East land – Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Sheridan Healthcare Announces Anesthesiologist Assistant Student Scholarship Winner (Travis Lundell, School of Medicine) – Wall Street Journal
Suspects plead not guilty in death of gifted UMKC student – Fox 4 News (video included)
Paganini to Prince: Daniel Bernard Roumain makes violin cool (Conservatory of Music and Dance) – Kansas City Star
Around the community (Women’s Center) – Kansas City Star
Prevailing wage challenged – News Tribune (Jefferson City)
Gov. Rick Scott Named as Ave Maria University’s Commencement Speaker (Alumnus Governor Rick Scott) – University Herald
Cash-strapped colleges dangle ever more naming rights to draw donors (Murray Blackwelder, President, University of Missouri-Kansas City Foundation) – Kansas City Star
Analysis: Kan. pro-gun law is political statement (Allen Rostron, School of Law) – San Francisco Chronicle
Interns of the future line up for summer jobs (Student Sandra DuPree, Dept. of Sociology– Kansas City Star
Job fillers versus creators (Alumnus Rick Scott) – Ottawa Herald (Ottawa, KS)
Are we good stewards of God’s creation? (Syed Hasan, Dept. of Geosciences) – Kansas City Star
Wyckoff named Cameron Business of Year (Alumnus Douglas Wyckoff, School of Dentistry) – Rural Reporter (Lathrop)
April 14 – 20
Program gives hope to students who had counted college out (Student Zakiyyah Lester) – Kansas City Star
Producer Kerwin Young of Hall of Fame inductees Public Enemy attends UMKC (Graduate Student, Kerwin Young, Conservatory of Music and Dance) – Kansas City Star
Working in and out of the box (Professor Emeritus Richard J. Gentile, Dept. of Geosciences) – Liberty Tribune
UMKC Conservatory Student Enters Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (Graduate Student, Kerwin Young, Conservatory of Music and Dance) – KCUR 89.3 FM (audio included)
Side: Years of Theater (Graduate Student Jared Johnson, Conservatory of Music and Dance) – Magic Valley Times-News (Twin Falls, ID)
Symphony to play show tunes at season finale (Director of Orchestras, Robert Olson, Conservatory of Music and Dance)
*KC Rep Tackles Mamet’s American – Kansas City Star
*Promising Lives Stolen by Violence in KC & Boston – Kansas City Star
Team approach gaining steam in primary health care (Dean Lora Lacey-Haun, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Student Nurse Practitioner Tina Moore, School of Dentistry and School of Pharmacy) – Fox 4 News (video included)
UMKC tops in national recycling competition (Sustainability Coordinator Kaye Johnston) – Kansas City Star
UMKC tops in national recycling competition (Sustainability Coordinator Kaye Johnston) – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
West Platte School District Selects Rebecca Henshaw as New Elementary Principal (Alumnae Rebecca Henshaw, School of Education)
Kansas, Missouri Students Win Urban Design Contest, $50K – WIBW-TV (Topeka, KS)
K C Swing examines monumental changes in baseball history (UMKC Theater) – Examiner.com
Actors perform at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (UMKC Theatre) – Kansas City Star
UMKC students watch news after Boston explosions – KMBC 9 – TV (video included)
UMKC tops in national recycling competition (Sustainability Coordinator Kaye Johnston) – San Francisco Chronicle
Record Number Of LGBT Students Seek “PRIDE Empowerment Scholarship” Due To Lack Of Familial Support (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity Kristi Ryujin and Student Caleb-Michael Files) – Queerty
523 Schools Nationwide Recover 90 Million Pounds of Recyclable Materials – Environmental Leader
KSU, KU students win national urban design competition (Student Tyler Knott, Henry W. Block School of Management)
US: University sets up scholarship to support gay students and straight allies (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity Kristi Ryujin and Student Caleb-Michael Files) Pink News (London, England)
Justices Consider Whether Patents on Genes Are Valid (Christopher Holman, School of Law) – New York Times
Opinions about same-sex marriage are changing, and fast (Jessica Hardie, Dept. of Sociology) – Kansas City Star
UMKC Alumnus Wins Guggenheim Fellowship (Photographer Mike Sinclair & Teaching Assistant of Composition and Piano, Narong Prangcharoen, Conservatory of Music) KCUR 89.3 FM (Public Radio)
Clements will step down as head of UMKC real estate program (Walt Clements, Lewis White Real Estate Center and Student Tyler Knott, Henry W. Bloch School of Management) – Kansas City Business Journal
Scholarship for gay students with money trouble (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Access & Equity, Kristi Ryujin and Student Caleb-Michael Files) – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
University of Missouri-Kansas City offers Pride Scholarships to gay students (Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Access & Equity, Kristi Ryujin and Student Caleb-Michael Files) – LGBTQ Nation
Public Enemy producer studies music at UMKC (Graduate Student Kerwin Young, Conservatory of Music) – San Francisco Chronicle
