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• News

  

  The future of gun legislation in Kansas City and Missouri

  Henry Gamber | October 8, 2019

  All it took was one man with a gun for many Kansas Citians to stay home on First Friday last week, paralyzed with fear. With 112 gun related homicides...

  • Niki Joshi | October 7, 2019

    UMKC students react to United Nations’ Climate Action Summit

  • Caleb Wilson | October 7, 2019

    Does Missouri care about college? Funding for higher education hangs in the balance

  • Cierra Howe | October 6, 2019

    Four dead, five wounded in KCK bar shooting

  • Brittany Blockmon | September 25, 2019

    UMKC’s Violence Prevention Program and Counseling Services help students deal with stress and practice self-care

  • Sam Bellefy | September 25, 2019

    Interview with new SGA Chief of Staff Michael Jenkins

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• A&E

  

  Donors gift symbolic statue to UMKC

  Lukas Kenney | October 9, 2019

  In 2018, Flávio Cerqueira boarded an airplane, traveled 5,318 miles from his home in São Paulo, Brazil, and landed in Kansas City. The 36-year-old Brazilian sculptor settled in for...

  • Allison Harris | October 8, 2019

    Concert Review: Dorian Electra

  • Adeta Chareunsab | October 8, 2019

    College: is it just like the movies?

  • Mason Dredge | October 7, 2019

    ‘Joker’ review: The clown prince reigns

  • Darius Stewart | October 4, 2019

    The hangups of center stage

  • Anna Shin | October 4, 2019

    Five ways to prevent procrastination

  • Adeta Chareunsab | October 3, 2019

    The tea on the top five boba places in Kansas City

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• Feature

  

  Remembering UMKC student Sraddha Khanal

  U-News | September 24, 2019

  Lukas Kenney and Victoria Gomez The UMKC community is mourning the loss of senior Bloch School student Sraddha Khanal. The 26-year-old was involved in a fatal car accident in...

  • Abigail Higginbotham | September 20, 2019

    Life as an international student at UMKC

  • Lukas Kenney | September 11, 2019

    UMKC philosophy professor celebrates 50 years of teaching

  • Regan Smith | August 29, 2019

    Where are they now? Former Roos give updates on life after college

  • Gary Bradley-Lopez | August 28, 2019

    Ready for change: Running for office as a 21-year-old college student

  • Emily Reid | August 22, 2019

    Ich Bin Berliner: Studying Abroad in Germany

  • Regan Smith | August 21, 2019

    The time has arrived: your last year of college

  • Nichole Stahly | August 17, 2019

    Your 411 for the 816: Top things to do near campus

• What’s hot

  • October 9, 2019

    Donors gift symbolic statue to UMKC

  • October 8, 2019

    The future of gun legislation in Kansas City and Missouri

  • October 7, 2019

    ‘Joker’ review: The clown prince reigns

  • October 7, 2019

    Does Missouri care about college? Funding for higher education hangs in the balance

  • October 6, 2019

    Four dead, five wounded in KCK bar shooting

  • October 3, 2019

    The tea on the top five boba places in Kansas City

• Sports

  

  Kansas City Volleyball falls in uphill battle against Grand Canyon, rebounds with victory over Chicago State

  Mackenzie Wilson | October 6, 2019

  Kansas City Volleyball battled hard in its third conference game against Grand Canyon University last week. With the Sept. 23-29 WAC Offensive Player of the Week Ty Lukes combating...

  • Logan Lazarczyk | October 6, 2019

    Kansas City women’s soccer opens conference play with draws against UTRGV, Seattle U

  • Kayl Auch | October 2, 2019

    The history of UMKC’s fight song

  • Logan Lazarczyk | September 22, 2019

    Kansas City women’s soccer suffers first loss of the season but rebounds with victory over Tulsa

  • Logan Lazarczyk | September 22, 2019

    Kansas City men’s soccer stifles Western Illinois in first win of season

• Women in Science

  

  Celebrating women in STEM: Hokimate Harwood

  Madalyn Weston | October 2, 2019

  We often think of biologists as people working with test tubes in a laboratory or studying animals in the field, but those aren’t the only career paths opened by...

• Opinion

  

  Opinion | Where credit is due: Justice Horn

  Sam Bellefy | April 30, 2019

  Who is Justice Horn? Horn, a recent transfer student to UMKC from Northern State University in South Dakota, has quickly made a name for himself in his four months...

  • Caleb Wilson | April 22, 2019

    Should Chancellor Agrawal resign?

  • U-News | April 21, 2019

    Letter to the Editor from protester Alexis Dabu

  • Ethan Evans | April 11, 2019

    Opinion: People on the autism spectrum deserve respect, visibility

  • Mason Dredge | March 21, 2019

    The Gift of Uncertainty

• Podcasts

  

  Roo Report – Poet Darrien Case discusses his new book ‘The Sky Has Full Lips’

  U-News | October 13, 2019

  For this week’s episode, we will bring in UMKC student and accomplished poet Darrien Case, who’s first book, The Sky Has Full Lips, is being published this month, to...

  • U-News | October 13, 2019

    Roo Roundtable – California’s college sports pay law

  • U-News | September 29, 2019

    Roo Report – Artist Jessica Ayala gives insight into her Colombian heritage

  • U-News | September 29, 2019

    Roo Roundtable – Talks 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls’ views on student debt

  • U-News | September 15, 2019

    Roo Report – Professor and attorney Sean O’Brien talks about role in Ricky Kidd release

• Everything Engineering

  

  Everything Engineering – Search Engines: Why is Google the best?

  U-News | September 29, 2019

  Capturing the exciting world of engineering, one topic at a time! We talk about hot tech, upcoming industries and crazy science, breaking it down for curious learners, science lovers...

  • U-News | September 29, 2019

    Everything Engineering – Wireless Charging: Time to Unplug?

  • U-News | September 29, 2019

    Everything Engineering – Prosthetics: A Helping Hand

  • U-News | September 29, 2019

    Everything Engineering – Skyscrapers: Journey to the Clouds

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