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1 month ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
As the University looks to possibly the number of graduate students in the next few years, the Department of Computer Science has announced a number of changes to the fifth-year master’s program in an effort to increase enrollment. Students told The Herald that these fifth-year programs have provided continuity with their undergraduate studies while preparing them for post-graduate careers.
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1 month ago | 
kansascitymag.com | Ian Ritter
The owners of The Furniture Mall chain might need to think about changing their jingle. As many television watchers know, it’s the Furniture Mall of Kansas that makes you go “OHH Yeah!,” but the founding Winter family is set to open its second Furniture Mall of Missouri by the end of the year, in the Northland’s Metro North Crossing shopping center at U.S. Route 169 and Missouri Route 152.
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1 month ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
The Graduate Student Council amended their constitution and bylaws at their March general body meeting on Wednesday to adopt new election processes and rules. Now, candidates must apply for approval through a formal nomination process in March. All candidates are required to submit a campaign poster that includes details about their candidacy, degree track, department and other personal information. Previously, the steps to declare one’s candidacy were more informal.
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1 month ago | 
kansascitymag.com | Dawnya Bartsch |Ryan Reed |Ian Ritter |Tyler Shane
Before Prohibition, Missouiri’s winemaking industry was one of the largest in the country, producing 100,000 gallons a year. In 1873, one of the state’s wines won Best of Show at the Vienna World’s Fair. Although the state’s winemaking capabilities are much less now, its wine scene is flourishing.
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1 month ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
The University is looking to expand housing options for graduate students in the Jewelry District after a survey last spring found an estimated demand of 1,136 beds from graduate students and postdocs looking to live in the neighborhood. The survey results were presented at the Graduate Student Council meeting in December.
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2 months ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
Smith has worked at the University in various roles for nearly a decade. Courtesy of the School of Professional Studies Sandra Smith is the interim dean of the School of Professional Studies, following the departure of Shankar Prasad PhD’06 last month. Since joining the school in 2015, Smith has worked in various roles, from program director to senior associate dean.
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2 months ago | 
kansascitymag.com | Ian Ritter
A multi-level indoor racetrack will soon join a growing string of over-the-top entertainment venues clustered around Interstate 435 in Overland Park and Leawood, making the area an even larger regional draw. Headed up by racing royalty Mario Andretti, Andretti Indoor Karting & Games is scheduled to open this summer in the Aspiria corporate campus, formerly the global headquarters of Sprint Corporation, on the west side of Nall Avenue at about 116th Street.
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2 months ago | 
kansascitymag.com | Ian Ritter
Chances are you don’t use Kansas City’s downtown airport to fly much or even know its official name—unless, of course, you’re Taylor Swift. Yes, Swift’s private plane flew into Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC) last year more than any other airport, with the exception of a landing strip near her primary residence in Nashville, according to data from JetSpy and aviation website Simple Flying.
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2 months ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
The University is convening a committee of Brown Arts Institute, Trinity and professional leaders to evaluate the program’s future. Courtney of Kenneth C. Zirkel of Wikimedia Commons The Brown/Trinity Rep Master of Fine Arts Programs in Acting and Directing will indefinitely pause its new student admissions, program leadership and University officials announced last Thursday.
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2 months ago | 
browndailyherald.com | Ian Ritter
Faced with a $46 million budget deficit, Brown predicts a decrease in the number of admitted PhD students this year. But University administrators remain confident that research will remain unaffected. The University will reduce the budget growth for PhD programs from 6% to 4%, resulting in smaller cohorts of PhD admits in the coming academic year, according to a December announcement by Provost Francis Doyle and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Sarah Latham.
