Meet the Experts: Duncan Jenkins, Beyond the Toys

The Force is strong at The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures. Buy tickets at the speed of light for an intergalactic series of Star Wars talks with world-renowned collector Duncan Jenkins.

Discovery Series: “Reducing Birth Defect Risk: The Interaction Between a Mother’s Diet and Her Baby’s Genes”

The NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series provides learning opportunities for UM System faculty and staff across disciplines, the statewide community and our other partners to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborative opportunities. The series consists of monthly lectures geared toward a broad multidisciplinary audience so all can participate and appreciate the spectrum of precision health efforts.

UMKC Leads Development Efforts of Energy Materials Campus in Kansas City

Critical Materials Crossroads advances as semifinalist for National Science Foundation award of up to $160 million over a decade

Beyond the Nominating Cycle: Making Board Recruitment and Engagement a Year-Round, Mission-Driven Strategy

A strong board is more than a list of names — it’s a team of mission-aligned leaders committed to moving your organization forward.

Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré presents”The Questionable Identity of Shakespeare”

Dr. Felicia Hardison Londré, Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emerita of Theatre, will be giving her annual lecture, The Questionable Identity of Shakespeare. All members of the Conservatory community are welcome and encouraged to attend this fun yearly tradition!

Boo At the Zoo

Join UMKC at this family-friendly tradition at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium

UMKC Community Health and Wellness Fair

Promoting healthy lifestyles for the whole family!

Story Connections

A free program for adults experiencing memory loss and their caregivers

Cockefair and SPARK Social with Substance Event

Kansas City Streetcar History Tour with Chris Wolff

Cockefair Chair Course: What’s Growth Got to Do With It? An Economist on Human Wellbeing

This three-session course offers a critical look at economic growth (or gross domestic product), long seen as an indicator of human wellbeing and alternative frameworks and measures that might substitute it.