Apr 8, 2025
U.S. News and World Report released its Best Grad Schools 2025 rankings Tuesday, with several programs in the College of Business and Technology ranked among the nation鈥檚 best, along with several of 91视频鈥檚 health sciences programs.
U.S. News and World Report released its Best Grad Schools 2025 rankings Tuesday, with several programs in the College of Business and Technology ranked among the nation鈥檚 best, along with several of 91视频鈥檚 health sciences programs.
Yu Liu, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, knows that organic chemistry has a bit of a reputation. It鈥檚 an innately difficult subject; a crucible for generations of science majors at Rockhurst. Despite being the face of what many consider Rockhurst鈥檚 most difficult class, Liu was named Faculty of the Year by students at the Festival of Student Achievement in April. How does he do it?
91视频 has been recognized in several categories as among the best in the country by Colleges of Distinction.
Each spring, a handful of students in the University鈥檚 criminal justice program are invited to be part of the Innocence Project course. This small group spends their semester reviewing a case where an incarcerated person has raised questions of innocence. Their goal is to review the case and report to the Kansas City-based Midwest Innocence Project whether they believe a case for innocence exists.
This week Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced $5 million in grant funding for 13 Missouri colleges and universities, providing additional resources for nursing education programs statewide. On the list is 91视频, which will receive $630,000, the second-highest grant award for this round.
鈥淗oliday Touchdown: a Chiefs Love Story鈥 is an all-new Hallmark Channel feature film that, as the title implies, is set in and around Kansas City and revolves around the Kansas City Chiefs. It鈥檚 set to premiere Nov. 30, complete with a red-carpet premiere, and features familiar locations in the city. Among them is an antique store on the Independence, Missouri, Square called The Keeping Room that has a connection to Rockhurst.
In a recent study, two members of the 91视频 community 鈥 an alumna and a faculty member 鈥 sought to glean lessons from how one veterans service organization approached inspiring young vets to stay connected and continue to serve after their military careers were over.
The Best Colleges 2025 list from U.S. News and World Report is out today, and in it, 91视频 has entered the top 10 on the list of best universities in the Midwest.
On Wednesday, 11 new Hawks joined 91视频鈥檚 worldwide alumni network. And in receiving their associate of arts in liberal studies degrees, these students earned another distinction 鈥 they became the first graduates of the University鈥檚 Companions in Chillicothe program at Chillicothe Correctional Center, located about an hour and a half northeast of Kansas City.
The first occupational therapists Amber Jenkins, OTD, MLS, OTR/L, assistant professor of occupational therapy, remembers having weren鈥檛 trained at all in the discipline 鈥 it was her mom and dad. Growing up in rural Wamego, Kansas, Jenkins was born with a condition known as Poland Syndrome, resulting in a limb difference on her right hand. But she said she never felt 鈥 and was never made to feel 鈥 that she was limited because of it.