• Beating seasonal depression: How to overcome SAD-ness with positive thinking and self-help

  By Michelle Heiman on December 4, 2012

  The holiday season is traditionally a joyous time of gatherings, friends and family. For students suffering from grief or depression, this may not be the...

• Retired political science professor loses battle to cancer

  By Michelle Heiman on November 27, 2012

  Dr. David N. Atkinson, former chair of the University News Board of Publishers and retired Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science, passed away on...

• ‘Vagina Monologues’: Women’s Center holds auditions for popular production

  By Michelle Heiman on November 13, 2012

  Created to evoke awareness about domestic violence, the “Vagina Monologues” auditions were held last Friday and Saturday by the UMKC Women’s Center. The performance will...

• UMKC SIFE enacts a name change

  By Michelle Heiman on November 5, 2012

  UMKC’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) no longer exists. On Sept. 30, its parent organization changed its name from SIFE to Enactus, a combination of...

• The ‘horse race’ continues: Professor discusses role of public opinion polls in the elections

  By Michelle Heiman on November 5, 2012

  After the recount uproar in the 2000 election in Florida, several sources concluded that only 537 votes decided the election. With such small margins, no...

• Daylight Savings Time:

  By Michelle Heiman on October 29, 2012

  The official time will be adjusted one hour back at 2 a.m. on Nov. 4. Daylight Saving Time (DST), first implemented during World War I,...

• Schools of Nursing, Dentistry and Pharmacy receive $1.5 million grant for collaborative practice

  By Michelle Heiman on October 22, 2012

  A three-year, $1.5 million grant, awarded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), will...

• The college rankings controversy

  By Michelle Heiman on October 15, 2012

  Top rankings lists can be enticing, especially for topics that might be overwhelming to research, such as which colleges are the best in the nation....

• Discourses to replace A&S cluster courses

  By Michelle Heiman on October 8, 2012

  Students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the College of Arts and Sciences are required to complete a junior or senior level “cluster course,” which is...

• Travel Corner: U-News staffers from abroad discuss their home countries, experiences at UMKC

  By Michelle Heiman on September 24, 2012

  Xuan Cai:China Xuan Cai, from Shandong, China, is working on a master’s degree in accounting. She came to Kansas City in 2011 after earning a...

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