University of Missouri System

The University of Missouri System is halting the use of diversity statements in its hiring practices. UM President Mun Choi said in an email Monday that officials will now send a “values commitment” to job applicants instead of DEI statements.

The nine-member Board of Curators has seven graduates from the flagship campus in Columbia and none from UMSL, UMKC and Missouri S&T combined. During a meeting last week in Rolla, the curators made changes to the pension system.

The Board of Curators' decision not to require masks comes as the state experiences the worst COVID-19 infection rates it has seen since the start of the pandemic.

The nominations for the 64th annual Grammy Awards include an album performed by Sandbox Percussion, a quartet that teaches at the UMKC Conservatory, and the duo 123 Andrés.

The Board of Curators extended the current mask policy through Oct. 15, after three Republicans were defeated in their push to lift the classroom rule for anyone who has been vaccinated.

As the coronavirus pandemic forced UMKC to suspend some of its athletic programs, golf coach J.W. VanDenBorn turned to private donors to raise money to keep his team on the greens.

The University of Missouri-Kansas City is reimagining its future with a new initiative for a post-COVID-19 world and a Kansas City native followed monarch butterflies from Mexico to Canada and back.

The cuts are a part of the university’s UMKC Forward plan that includes investing up to $60 million over the next five years in enrollment-boosting initiatives.

A new audio documentary highlights the experiences of Black students at the predominantly white University of Missouri, and our Media Critics discuss Bob Woodward's new book and UM System President Mun Choi's decision to block student-critics on Twitter.

It’s not unprecedented for one person to hold both jobs temporarily, but a permanent change of this kind is historic.

The vote means MU President Mun Choi will have unprecedented power over the campuses in Kansas City, St. Louis and Rolla.

UMKC joined several other of the Kansas City's region's universities Thursday in announcing students would move to online-only coursework in order to…