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Campus Tree Audit Results

May 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Staff

[The following was provided by Strategic Marketing and Communications.] A recent accounting of UMKC’s tree population pushed our estimated total of 1,600 trees to an actual inventory of 2,200. What was thought of as a pretty prodigious tree population was actually bigger by more than one-third.

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Truman Good Neighbor Awards Go to Four Roos

May 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Academic programs, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Scholarships, Students

[The following was provided by Strategic Marketing and Communications.] Four UMKC students recently were awarded the Eddie Jacobson and the Sherman & Irene Dreiseszun Scholarships for study abroad. The scholarships are funded through the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation.

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Do You Want to Know What an Apple Polisher Award Is? Introducing UMKC’s Winners

May 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Academic units, Affiliated groups, Awards and honors, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by Strategic Marketing and Communications.] Eighteen faculty and staff members were recently recognized by the Student Government Association of the University of Missouri-Kansas City for their commitment to student success.

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Three Fulbright Grantees Have Bright Year Ahead

May 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Academic programs, Academic units, Affiliated groups, Alumni, Arts and Literature, Awards and honors, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by Strategic Marketing and Communications.] Three University of Missouri-Kansas City students were awarded Fulbright grants to study abroad during the 2013-2014 academic year.

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New Department Created at School of Medicine

April 22nd, 2013 · Comments Off · Academic programs, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Life Sciences

[The following was submitted by the School of Medicine.] The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine has combined a variety of courses on the social aspects of medicine into one new academic department.

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Critical Analysis of the Federal Reserve’s Intervention

April 22nd, 2013 · Comments Off · Divisions, Departments and Centers, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia

[ The following was submitted by the Department of Economics.] Economic experts will discuss the response of the Federal Reserve to the global financial crisis at an event 5 to 7 p.m. April 25 at Royall Hall, room 104. They will be examining the impact of the bailout with a focus on the potential moral [...]

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Wear Blue April 19

April 15th, 2013 · Comments Off · Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students, Uncategorized

[The following was provided by the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology.] University of Missouri-Kansas City students, staff and faculty are asked to wear blue April 19 in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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Rescheduled: UMKC Leads Community Rally Against Sexual Violence

April 8th, 2013 · Comments Off · Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers

[The following was provided by the Women’s Center] The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Violence Prevention and Response Project will host the university’s seventh annual Take Back the Night March and Rally on Thursday, April 25. Note that this is the new, rescheduled date.

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Dean Lacey-Haun Appointed to Serve As Co-Chair of the Kansas City Health Commission

February 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · Academic units, Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Staff, Students

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] Lora Lacey-Haun, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing, has been appointed by Kansas City Mayor Sly James to serve as co-chair of the Kansas City Health Commission.

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CineWomen: A Refreshing Showcase of Women in Film

February 26th, 2013 · Comments Off · Affiliated groups, Community Connections, Divisions, Departments and Centers, Faculty, Lectures, Seminars, Panels and Symposia, Staff, Students, Visual and Performing Arts

[The following was provided by the Office of Public Relations.] The UMKC Women’s Center and Her Art Project will host an event to commemorate Women’s History Month, entitled “CineWomen: A Refreshing Showcase of Women in Film.”

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