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A hundred momentous destinations
There’s nothing quite like the excitement of Match Day, even when all the action is online. The roughly 100 graduates and graduates-to-be of the UMKC School of Medicine found out… 
UMKC SOM grad’s study on gun suicide wins national award
A research study by UMKC School of Medicine graduate Apurva Bhatt, M.D. ’17, shows the number of Missouri residents who use a gun to commit suicide has steadily increased during…
A message from the dean: Hope and inspiration as we move forward
Dear Alumni: We are entering the 7th month of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, and I am happy to say we have welcomed our 2026 class and successfully…
14 COVID-19 Myths and Misconceptions
Mary Anne Jackson, M.D., dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, is an infectious disease expert. Also an alumna from the UMKC School of Medicine’s innovative six-year…
Alumni Physicians Help Chiefs, Blues to Championships
School of Medicine classmates celebrated their teams’ super seasons What a difference a few months can make. In February, team physician Michael Monaco (B.A. ’84, M.D. ’87) was holding the…
EVENTS
The all-virtual 8th Annual Vijay Babu Rayudu Quality & Patient Safety Day event will be held Friday, May 14, 2021 from Noon to 4:30 p.m. You can join the event by clicking on the link below:
https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/94846524264?pwd=L211aUdsV1YyWXFwaUVxaVprQUI3dz09
Passcode: 864888
2021 Spring Commencement Ceremonies
Kauffman Stadium
The University of Missouri-Kansas City is pleased to announce that in-person ceremonies honoring its 2020 and 2021 graduates will be hosted on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, at Kauffman Stadium.
Saturday, May 15
Ceremony 1 – 10:00am
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Conservatory
- School of Education
Ceremony 2 – 2:00pm
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
- School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing and Health Studies
- School of Pharmacy
Sunday, May 16
Ceremony 3- 10:00am
- Henry W. Bloch School of Management
- School of Computing and Engineering
- School of Law
Ceremony 4 – 2:00pm
- Ceremony to celebrate our 2020 May and December graduates
2021 Spring Commencement Ceremonies
Kauffman Stadium
The University of Missouri-Kansas City is pleased to announce that in-person ceremonies honoring its 2020 and 2021 graduates will be hosted on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, at Kauffman Stadium.
Saturday, May 15
Ceremony 1 – 10:00am
- College of Arts & Sciences
- Conservatory
- School of Education
Ceremony 2 – 2:00pm
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
- School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing and Health Studies
- School of Pharmacy
Sunday, May 16
Ceremony 3- 10:00am
- Henry W. Bloch School of Management
- School of Computing and Engineering
- School of Law
Ceremony 4 – 2:00pm
- Ceremony to celebrate our 2020 May and December graduates
The Health Sciences Student Research
will be held ONLINE!
Students: May 17th, 18th and 19th 2021, 8:00-6:00
Open for Judges: 5 days – May 17th-21st
There are two options to present your research.
(1) A standard poster – the PowerPoint poster template
(2) A 7 minute recorded verbal PowerPoint presentation. Here are the Verbal Powerpoint template and PowerPoint instructions
Registration deadline: May 11th via Redcap
Posters/PowerPoint deadline: May 13th via Box
Upload your Posters/Powerpoint by May 13th in Box at: https://umkc.app.box.com/upload-widget/view/tqpxkzuoyj5vey306ip7ccz35o1bvwsx/110809235224
Save the poster or Powerpoint file in this format: LastNameFirstName.
For more information go to the Health Sciences Student Research Summit website.
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