Awards and Recognition
Kansas City University Recognized with Cigna Well-Being Award
Kansas City University (KCU) has been selected as a recipient of the annual Cigna Well-Being Award for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the health and well-being of its employees through a workplace wellness program.
KCU Global Track students impact Kenyan community and win prestigious osteopathic research award
Kansas City University medical students who have an interest in oncology and a heart for the underserved earned a 1st place award in the Bureau of International Osteopathic Medicine (BIOM) 2020 Research Competition: Research Abstract Category for their work with women, children, and health care providers in Kenya on the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the virus that causes cervical cancer.
Sixty KCU Students Become Members of Gold Humanism Honor Society
Kansas City University (KCU) continued its commitment to fostering the human element of medicine by installing 60 new osteopathic medical students from the Class of 2021 into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020.
KCU professor's medical mission trips featured in The Saturday Evening Post
Kansas City University Student receives national award for work in public health
Kansas City University is pleased to announce that second-year medical student Joe Li, of Brooklyn, New York, has received the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award.
Missouri Medical Student Named AOF Student Director Board Member
Comfort Orebayo, second-year osteopathic medical student at Kansas City University-Joplin, serves a two-year term as Student Director within the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine's (AACOM) Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP).
KCU graduate wins award for work in medical informatics
KCU Named Great College To Work For Two Years In A Row
KCU-Joplin Receives $50,000 Grant to Support Outreach to Children
With the support of the Philanthropic Society’s grant, KCU will expand Score 1 to serve all 11 of the elementary schools in the Joplin School District during the next school year.
KCU Alum Saves Man's Life From Frightening Deluge
James Koelbl, DDS, Receives Highest Honor for Service to Dental Education
Photo courtesy of American Dental Education Association