Education Stories
UMKC-led effort wins potential $160M grant: Feds back KC in race to control tech’s most critical materials
A just-announced award from the National Science Foundation is expected to help Kansas City develop the regional ecosystem needed to boost U.S. production of the metals and critical materials manufacturers require for batteries, aircraft engine parts, semiconductors, medical devices, and other advanced tech.
Free kicks with Great Jobs KC: Students develop 3D-printed soccer tee amid World Cup
“We got the idea from rugby kicking tees,” said Campbell Higgins, a UMKC student participating in the Great Jobs KC program. “We looked at that and asked, ‘How can we improve on it for free kicks?'”
Techstars returning to KC region with new Jayhawk cohort, rebooted Startup Weekend on the way
A major investment in the future of entrepreneurship has just been made, University of Kansas officials said Monday, announcing a three-year partnership that will formally bring Techstars programming back to the Kansas City region.
UMKC student-staff duo hopes to scale hydroponic lettuce from ‘six-by-six footprint’ to food insecurity solution
A $730,000 multi-university initiative is helping researchers rethink how food is produced and delivered to improve access to fresh produce across region.
‘This is legacy work’: DeLaSalle Learning Farm keeps growing as students trade sweat for spoils of the soil
An empty one-acre field next to DeLaSalle High School is blooming into an urban learning farm that will nourish both the students and the neighboring Troost Corridor community.