College of Arts and Sciences

UMKC scientists and NASA collaborators receive $1.4 million grant for Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science

Posted by on May 19, 2010 at 3:39 pm

Professors Jimmy Adegoke and Jejung Lee, UMKC College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geosciences, are part of a team of researchers that recently received a $1.4 million Interdisciplinary Research in Earth Science (IDS) grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The three-year grant supports new research on the interactions and feedbacks between […]

UMKC astronomer part of largest Hubble galaxy survey

Posted by on March 22, 2010 at 3:28 pm

In an ambitious new project with extraordinary access to the Hubble Space Telescope, a University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) astronomer will join a team peering deep into the universe in five different directions to document the early history of galaxy growth. Daniel McIntosh, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, […]

Study finds weight bias affects female political candidate evaluations

Posted by on January 29, 2010 at 10:10 am

UMKC psychology and political science professors’ research appears in journal Obesity According to a University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) study published in Obesity journal, weight gain does not just harm the careers of models and actors. According to “An Experimental Study of the Role of Weight Bias in Candidate Evaluation,” obese female political candidates are […]

Toward better solar cells: UMKC and UF chemists gain control of ‘light-harvesting’ paths

Posted by on November 2, 2009 at 10:01 am

Findings may lead to better and cheaper solar cells; study results published in recent issue of Science Magazine Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and the University of Florida (UF) have pioneered a method to tease out promising molecular structures for capturing energy, a step that could speed the development of more efficient, […]