No other public university in Missouri offers the degree, the University of Missouri-Kansas City said.

As head of the University of Kansas Medical Center, he played a key role in the University of Kansas Cancer Center winning designation as a comprehensive cancer center.

Technology Group Solutions LLC, founded in 2005, made the Kansas City Business Journal's list of the area's fastest-growing tech companies.

Since the tech company moved to Kansas City last year, it has added new local members to its team and closed a new seed round that will fuel more growth.

North Kansas City Hospital may soon become the only municipally owned hospital in the Kansas City area. It faces ever-larger competitors but is focused on the growing Northland.

Elias Animal Health is preparing to launch its first product, a potentially revolutionary bone cancer treatment for dogs.