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  UM system workers organize for higher wages

  By Sam Danley on April 28, 2019

  The union representing MU, UMKC, and University Hospital maintenance workers held a rally on the MU campus last week in support of wage increases. While...

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  Choi outlines “bright future” for UM system | Staff and programs cuts at stake

  By U-News on September 24, 2018

  Jake Meyer Emily Park   Program cuts and staff layoffs throughout the UM System will likely result from goals laid out by UM System President...

• Choi Terminates Incentive Bonuses

  By Esmie Tseng on March 10, 2017

  President Choi announced an end to the executive performance incentive program. The announcement came in an email to the UM system Friday afternoon in the wake of...

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  UM President Tim Wolfe Resigns

  By U-News on November 9, 2015

  Tim Wolfe has resigned amid mounting tension on University of Missouri-Columbia’s campus. Wolfe announced his resignation at an emergency meeting of the UM System Board...

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  Sustainability Team Sets Goals for 2015

  By Hope Austin on December 10, 2014

  The UMKC Sustainability Team has set its goals for 2015. The top five goals emphasize funding, waste reduction, policy, energy and transportation. Funding goals include...

• From the Editor’s Desk: UMSL decision stings like a paper cut

  By Roze Brooks on April 29, 2014

  Publication receives no funding for upcoming year The University of Missouri- Saint Louis Student Government Association made a drastic and unnecessary decision this semester to...

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  When tuition freezes over– UM President fights against tuition spike

  By U-News on January 28, 2014

  University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe told the St. Louis Post Dispatch that he will be recommending tuition at all four UM system schools to...

• Student Curator discusses UM System student issues

  By U-News Staff on February 19, 2013

  Recap of Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 Board of Curators meetings: The University of Missouri System Board of Curators met at UMKC on Jan. 31...

• Board of Curators meets at UMKC: Tuition to increase, UMKC sets 20,000-student goal for 2020

  By U-News Staff on February 4, 2013

  Students at University of Missouri schools have come to expect this news: Tuition is going up, again. The proposed increase of 1.7 percent may not...

• The battle of the ‘M’ : Surveys and forums to determine fate of UMKC name change

  By Kharissa Forte on September 24, 2012

  UMKC has held a series of forums this month to give students, staff and alumni a chance to weigh in on the proposal to drop...

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