Archive for February, 2011

Dr. Diane Harper is featured presenter at AAAS annual conference

February 24, 2011

Dr. Diane Harper, Professor in the UMKC Departments of Community and Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Informatics and Personalized Health, was a featured presenter at the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Washington, DC. Dr. Harper is a much sought-after expert on women’s health, HPV and cervical cancer. She is […]

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UMKC student wins prestigious astrophysics research award

February 24, 2011

Daniel McIntosh, an astronomy professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics, recently took three UMKC physics students — Jennifer Nielsen, Andrew Cooper and Cory Wagner — to present original research at the 217th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Conference in Seattle.  One of these students, Jennifer Nielsen, returned home with a Chambliss […]

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UMKC School of Computing and Engineering professor receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

February 24, 2011

Daniel Leon-Salas, an assistant professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) at the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering (SCE), recently received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award to support his research on hybrid energy-harvesting image sensors.

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