The leader of the University of Houston’s School of Communication is the fourth and final candidate to become the next dean of the University of Kansas’ journalism school. Jennifer Vardeman, director of the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston, will give a ...

Rick Atkinson lived with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for about 15 years and is currently living with Gen. George Washington, so, yes, he had thoughts to share on the nature of war with a Lawrence crowd Monday evening. Atkinson — a best-selling military historian who said he has so studied his ...

Public protests on the University of Kansas campus may soon have higher stakes attached to them — including monetary damages to KU if it prohibits certain groups from gathering. Kansas Legislators on Thursday successfully voted to override the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly and enact the KIRK ...

A journalism professor at the University of Nebraska who is an expert in how media organizations help the public during weather events is the third announced candidate to lead KU’s journalism school. Cory Amstrong will give a public presentation at 2 p.m. on Monday to outline her vision for ...

The University of Kansas’ graduate programs in paleontology and special education maintained their top rankings in the country, but a government management program that had been No. 1 for more than 25 years fell a couple of spots. U.S. News & World Report included 55 KU graduate ...

Good people can change bad laws — if they aren’t too scared to try, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor told a Lawrence crowd on Tuesday evening. The power of people and the need for courage were a pair of themes that Sotomayor came back to multiple times during an approximately ...