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As the nation reflects on Memorial Day, the University of Missouri proudly reaffirms its commitment to continued collaboration with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Read more below about the work being done with DPAA on campus to help account for Americans still missing from past conflicts and bring answers to the families of the fallen. […]

Students and faculty were honored for their exceptional accomplishments over the past year—and, in many cases, years—on Tuesday, May 13, during the Kinder Institute’s annual spring awards ceremony at Reynolds Alumni Center. Among other things, the event celebrated graduating seniors and members of the MA cohort, with individual awards presented across several categories. View photos […]

We’re back with installment two of Kinder Institute undergraduate Elise Milburn’s alumni spotlight series, this time featuring Sam Franks, who was in town in March to receive one of the College of Arts & Science’s 2025 Distinguished Recent Alumni Awards. The College of Arts and Science recently honored Kinder alumna Sam Franks as one of […]

How did early U.S. constitutional democracy develop? How did it evolve from colonial times through the crisis over slavery? What happened to the social forms of constitutional democracy as this political system moved into the interior of the continent? Finally, how are the citizens of rural Missouri today engaging with the history and memory of […]

Thanks to KICD Professor of British History Rob Fletcher, the Kinder Institute is pleased to support a new research initiative on the history of the world’s transcontinental railways. Rail—and especially transcontinental rail—is often understood as a technology that linked up nations, drove economic development, and symbolized modernity. Less understood are the social histories of the […]

In a new series made possible by current Kinder Institute undergraduate Elise Milburn, this is the first of what we hope are many spotlights on alumni of various KICD programs. We recently had the opportunity to catch up with one of our exceptional alumni, Fares Akremi (BA ’15). Part of the first cohort of our […]