KCU News

Ready to Rumble

By Elizabeth Alex Jan 4, 2023

What does playing the snare drum at a Kansas City Chiefs football game have to do with becoming a doctor? Everything according to Student Doctor D’Angeleau Newsome.

KCU medical mission returns to Kenya for global health outreach

By Elizabeth Alex Dec 16, 2022

It has been a long wait for KCU students and faculty who have a passion for service learning in Africa. In November of 2022, they finally got the opportunity to return to Kenya for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Battling feelings of holiday loneliness

By WDAF Dec 15, 2022

KCU's Dr. Sarah Getch speaks on why people feel holiday loneliness and how to overcome those feelings.

Inside KCU - December 2022

Dec 14, 2022

As 2022 comes to an end, we reflect on an amazing year. 

How to stay healthy while you're traveling for the holidays

By WDAF Dec 14, 2022

Dr. Gautam Desai, Kansas City campus chair of primary care and professor, discusses how travelers can take steps to stay healthy during the holiday season.

Richard Schooler, DO, named vice president of KCU’s Farber-McIntire Campus in Joplin

Dec 14, 2022

Dr. Schooler will provide strategic leadership and alignment for the Joplin campus and assist in coordinating community relations, philanthropic outreach, clinical services, research and academic support, as well as some routine day-to-day operations.

Contagious conversations: Food is medicine podcast

Dec 13, 2022

KCU alumna, Dr. Elizabeth Petelin, discusses the critical linkage between food and nutrition in the latest episode of the CDC Foundation's Contagious Conversations podcast.

KCU's Dr. Rex Archer discusses foodborne illness

By WDAF Dec 9, 2022

Dr. Rex Archer, KCU's director of Population and Public Health, discusses foodborne illness.

KCU professor works alongside students to amplify growth and development

Dec 8, 2022

Jennifer Dennis, MS, PhD, KCU chair of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, speaks on working alongside students to amplify growth and development.

KCU alumnus receives Family Physician of the Year Award

Dec 8, 2022

The Missouri Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) presented Charlie Rasmussen, DO, FAAFP, of Reeds Spring, with the 2022 Family Physician of the Year Award at its 74th annual meeting.

Dr. Ken Stewart discusses important information about shingles on Living Well

By KSNF Dec 8, 2022

Dr. Ken Stewart, KCU-Joplin assistant professor of primary medicine, shares important information about shingles.  

Given a death sentence in 1985, Kansas City man reflects on HIV diagnosis 37 years ago

Dec 7, 2022

KCU's Dr. Benjamin Grin, assistant professor of Primary Care, and HIV survivor Joseph Clark joined Up To Date on World AIDS Day to discuss the stigma and advancements in care for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.