KCU News
KCU Receives Reaccreditation from ACCME for Four Years
World Aids Day: KCU Alum Cautions AIDS Epidemic is Different But Not Defeated
KCU Med Student Research Finds Lack of Funding for Cardiac Arrest
KCU Raises More than 1 Million Dollars in Centennial Gala
An elegant evening at Kansas City’s historic Union Station raised more than 1 million dollars towards a 16 million dollar goal as part of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) Leading the Way Centennial Campaign.
KCU Welcomes Alumni to Centennial Homecoming Celebration
For Dr. Renee Volny Darko and her husband Dr. Nii-Daako Darko, KCU’s Centennial Homecoming is something special.
The couple met here as first year students, managed to mix med school with romance and eventually found time to get married.
KCU Celebrates 100th Birthday with Neighborhood Party
KCU opened its campus to the entire Northeast Kansas City neighborhood for a centennial celebration.
KCU-Joplin Approved to Recruit Students
The Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) has voted to allow the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) to begin operations, including admission of students, at KCU’s additional medical site in Joplin Missouri.
KCU Student Doctor Receives Award for Outstanding Research
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) student Nicolina Smith, was selected from among 143 entrants to receive the American Association of Clinical Anatomists' (AACA) Sandy C. Marks Jr. Student Poster Presentation Award for outstanding research and study, and clarity of presentation. Under the tutelage and guidance of Drs. Anthony Olinger and Larry Segars, KCU Division of Clinical Anatomy, and Dr. Travis Kauffman, UMKC Department of Radiology, Smith presented findings from…
Royals GM Dayton Moore shares his secrets to success with KCU medical students
Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore came to Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) on Tuesday, August 09, 2016 to speak with medical students, faculty and staff about creating a winning culture.
KCU Receives NIH Grant to Study Causes of Microvascular Defects in Heart Disease
Eugene Konorev, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Microbiology of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) has been awarded a grant totaling over 460-thousand dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how to stimulate new myocardial blood vessel growth that will alleviate the progression of heart disease.
Senator Roy Blunt Visits KCU for Opioid Roundtable
United States Senator Roy Blunt visited Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU), meeting with physician and science faculty along with medical students on the front lines of education and treatment in the opioid epidemic gripping the region and the country.
KCU Students Inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) joined medical schools across the nation in fostering the human element of medicine by installing its first members of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) from the KCU class of 2017 on Friday, June 24, 2016.