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Author Archives: Sophia Belshe

Sophia Belshe is a reporting intern for The Kansas City Beacon. She is from Overland Park, Kansas, and a rising senior at the University of Kansas.

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The campus of Johnson County Community College Sept. 16 in Overland Park.
Posted inEducation

Kansas offers free community college for students in high-demand fields

Avatar photo by Maria Benevento and Sophia Belshe September 16, 2021August 7, 2022

Thirty-three higher education institutions in Kansas are included in the program — 19 community colleges, seven technical colleges and seven private, nonprofit postsecondary institutions. 

Image of Covid-19 vaccination syringe going into an arm
Posted inHealth Care

KC health officials work to increase COVID vaccination rates as delta variant spreads

by Sophia Belshe July 29, 2021August 7, 2022
A person sits on a bench in the grass outside the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Posted inEconomics

How is KC’s Nelson-Atkins Museum recovering from COVID losses?

by Sophia Belshe July 28, 2021August 7, 2022
Fifteen-year-old Lyra Thompson types on her laptop at Alphapointe's annual technology camp.
Posted inEducation

Why this KC tech camp draws kids with visual impairments from all over the country

by Sophia Belshe June 25, 2021August 7, 2022
Posted inHealth Care

Teletherapy got us through the pandemic. Is it here to stay?

by Sophia Belshe June 23, 2021August 7, 2022
Posted inEconomics

KC-based AMC sees stock soar and fall as it rides a Reddit wave

by Sophia Belshe June 7, 2021August 7, 2022
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