Students

Help KCU Students and Local Kids with a NAP Credit Donation by December 31

Dec 18, 2018

If you own a business that is based in Missouri or you generate income from certain Missouri-based activities, you have a chance to help KCU’s Score 1 for Health program and save on taxes at the same time through KCU’s NAP credit program.

Student Researcher Will Present At National Conference

Nov 15, 2018
Roy Muriu has a sense of urgency to understand Alzheimer’s disease. “My grandmother was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s,” Muriu...

KCU Military Students Salute Veterans

Nov 12, 2018

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences is proud to be one of only three medical schools in the nation to offer a specific track of military medicine to students enlisted in the armed forces and the National Guard. 

KCU Student Honors 9-11 Victims Step-By-Step

Oct 30, 2018

KCU student helps families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice on Sept. 11.

Q&A: Student Researcher Reacts to Work Being Published

Oct 24, 2018
Dami Lee, a fourth-year medical student at KCU, took part in a cadaveric anatomical research project specifically regarding breast reconstruction along with...

Encouraging Diversity: KCU Student Shares Unique Path to Med School

Oct 16, 2018
Paola Candia knows she isn’t a typical med student. She’s a minority. She doesn’t come from wealth. She has no physicians in her family. She...

KCU-Joplin Launches Innovative Clinical Experience Program

Sep 19, 2018
The Community Clinic of Southwest Missouri is bustling with activity on a Thursday evening. Pairs of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences Joplin...

KCU Student Research Opens Dialogue On Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Aug 17, 2018
Are doctors talking with patients about sexually transmitted disease? How quickly would the cycle of sexually transmitted infections be broken if the partners...

STOPS Training is a Great Start for Military Honors Track Student

Aug 10, 2018
KCU Student Doctor Paige Owens-Kurtz shares her experience with strategic operations training as part of the Military Honors Track. Just north of San Diego in...

Kansas City University Welcomes COM Class of 2022

Jul 30, 2018

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) students officially entered the college of medicine class of 2018 with a white coating ceremony July 28, 2018 at Kauffmann Center for the Performing Arts. 

KCU-Joplin Welcomes Second Class with White Coat Ceremony

Jul 22, 2018

The Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) Joplin welcomed its second class of student doctors during a white coat ceremony, held at the Joplin High School Performing Arts Center on Sunday, July 22, 2018. 

Medical Student Goes on Mission Trip with His Family of Physicians

Jun 29, 2018
Medicine combined with a passion for helping others runs in Jordan Bray’s family. Bray just finished his first year of medical school at Kansas City...