UPDATED 2:25 P.M. JUNE 27 University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod will receive a 12% pay increase for the new budget year that begins in July, pushing his total salary to $1 million when both state and private funds are combined. The Kansas Board of Regents on Friday approved salary ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission unanimously voted to find a proposed $300 million development project around KU’s football stadium meets the city’s goals for development. The commissioners voted Monday that the second phase of KU’s Gateway project, which would add a ...
Most people in the 1970s wore blue jeans — they were “the student dress code of the time,” says retired University of Kansas professor Katherine Rose-Mockry. So when an unofficial student organization at the school advertised a “Wear Blue Jeans if You’re Gay Day,” classmates had a ...
The public can celebrate the summer solstice with a guided tour of KU's medicinal garden that will highlight ecological research, student projects and community partnerships. The tour will take place at 7 p.m. Friday. The garden is east of the Lawrence Municipal Airport next to Prairie Moon ...
The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble will be representing the U.S. at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, Japan, in late June and early July, according to a news release from KU. The ensemble's trip will run from June 25 to July 5, the release said, and musicians from KU will play ...
Later this month, KU will end its 2025 fiscal year having nearly eliminated a $50 million budget deficit on its Lawrence campus. There won’t be much time to party, though. The university is projecting a more than $20 million deficit for the next fiscal year, as a new set of financial ...