UMKC Child and Family Services Clinic Helps More Than 1,000 Children

School of Law clinic provides valuable experience while helping community children

Student Bridges Generational Divide With Music

Piano student broadens horizons and creates lasting friendships while living in senior facility

Story Connections

Story Connections is a program for those experiencing memory loss and their caregivers.

Cockefair Chair Lectures: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The Making of an Immigration Crisis

The Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair continues to play an influential role in the cultural and intellectual life at UMKC and in the Kansas City community. The Cockefair Chair continues its 60-year tradition of presenting fascinating lectures.

UMKC Awarded $5 Million from Mellon Foundation

Grant will fund local internships in the humanities to prepare students in their chosen field

Women’s Council Helps Generations of Women Fulfill Their Dreams at UMKC

More than $98,000 awarded to 69 recipients to support post-graduate work.

UniverCities Exchange: How Music Shapes The Identity of Our Cities

UniverCities Exchange, an award-winning collaborative project between UMKC and UMSL, gathers community leadership alongside academic expertise to discuss issues pertinent to the Kansas City and St. Louis Metro Areas.

Applied Language Institute

Each student at the ALI has their own reason for choosing our program. Whether you’re learning English to prepare for academic study, participating in an exchange program to learn English and U.S. culture, or improving your English for your daily life, the ALI is excited to have you join us.

A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line

Discussion of A Literary Life of Sutton Griggs (Oxford UP 2022).

T.A.K.E. Defense Training

Join UMKC & Resurrection Brookside for this interactive and educational journey into personal self-defense.