Kansas City, Mo. – Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education James Shelton said that higher education suffers from two major issues, lagging outcomes and increasing costs, in his keynote speech at the first National Convening on Higher Education Innovation. “Here in this room, we have heard descriptions of not only kids completing…
Kansas City, Mo. – When Jessie Kirksey started teaching first grade at Longfellow Elementary School in 1966, she couldn’t imagine she would spend the rest of her career in education, and she was bowled over by those who spent more than 10 years teaching. Now in her forty-eighth year as an educator, Dr. Kirksey is…
Todd Feeback | KCPT News The fate of the 20-year, 1/2 cent sales that is on the ballot in Jackson County, Missouri, to fund translational medical research will be decided today. Proceeds of the tax would go to UMKC, St. Luke’s and Children’s Mercy hospitals with a small percentage going to the Metropolitan Community Colleges.…
The Kauffman Foundation posted this video on YouTube about Global Entrepreneurship Week
High school athletes may have a higher risk of getting a concussion than college players. That’s the conclusion of a joint report released today by The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. A panel of medical experts found that concussion rates were higher in high school-aged athletes who played football, baseball, men’s soccer…
Kyle Geary | Kansas City, MO –The 28th annual Entrepreneur of the Year award ceremony was held Monday, October 21, at the Bloch executive hall for Entrepreneurship and Innovation on the University of Missouri–Kansas City campus. The ceremony serves as a fundraiser for UMKC and the Bloch school. There were four honorees this year. The…
Kansas City, Mo. – When Dr. Jenni Buckley demonstrates how to fix a broken femur bone with an external fixator and power tools for a group of high school girls, she tells them that they too can be a ninja of the drill. “Sometimes girls are really at a disadvantage in terms of how much…
by Nick Haines | KCPT News October 23, 2013 Kansas City, MO – The Nation, the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States this week picks up the story of an alarming increase in the Kansas suicide rate. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently released a startling report showing a…
Kansas City, Mo. – The DeLaSalle Education Center, which serves about 300 alternative students in Kansas City’s urban core, celebrated an 18,000 sq. ft expansion Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. “We’re celebrating the realization of a vision,” said Mark Williamson, Executive Director of DeLaSalle, to attendees at the ribbon cutting. “It is the building that our…
Teva Neuroscience held a ribbon-cutting Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013 for its new headquarters located at the corner of College Boulevard and Nall Avenue in Overland Park, Kan. The company moved across the state line from a location near I-435 and Holmes Road. This location is used by Teva’s Specialty Medicines Pharmaceutical businesses. Their main products…