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In the 1970s, Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading, or USSR, arrived as an uncomplicated good. A child, a book, time. The premise felt almost pastoral: remove noise, remove pressure, remove instruction, and reading will do what reading does. The library seemed neutral, benevolent, even generous...

Students, faculty and staff involved in the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies’ Move More, Get More (MMGM) program are on a mission: To make underserved neighborhoods in Kansas City healthier through diet and exercise. Each week, MMGM provides free bags of healthy produce and exercise...

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There’s a shift happening in HIV prevention and care, and UMKC public health researcher Joseph Lightner, Ph.D., is gathering the data to back up that shift. According to Lightner, an assistant professor in the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies, HIV is no longer a disease of behavior, but a...

Toan Vo joins us as an MS student right after finishing his BS here at UMKC. Welcome, Toan!

Author and U.S. Army veteran Matt Gallagher spoke to students in UMKC's Bridging the Gap course on February 2nd about his novel Youngblood and his experiences in the army. Gallagher is the author of several books, including the novel Daybreak and a memoir of his service in Iraq titled Kaboom. His...

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I have the honor of delivering a guest lecture at the Smithsonian Institution this coming August. The lecture, entitled 'From Papyrus to Pixels: The Evolution of Information Technology,' will delve into the long history of information technology and its impact on human societies. The lecture will...

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