The sense of community was strong Tuesday evening inside First Baptist Church in Lawrence, where about three dozen people gathered to brainstorm ideas and address one pressing issue: the looming closure of Hilltop Child Development Center. Hilltop, a nonprofit affiliate of the University of ...
Researchers at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have secured a $1.8 million federal grant to study a program that aims to strengthen the bonds of adoptive parents and their children. The grant, awarded by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation within the U.S. ...
It took seven years, but it’s finally here. The University of Kansas homecoming parade is back this week as part of KU’s 114th homecoming celebration. The tradition will culminate with the KU football team taking on Baylor at noon on Saturday at the David Booth Kansas Memorial ...
The University of Kansas research center on eating disorders will host an open house next week to bring awareness to a condition that affects millions of Americans each year. KU’s Center for the Advancement of Research on Eating Behaviors, or CARE, which studies eating disorders and how they ...
This year's Phoenix Award honorees have been selected, and you may have experienced their work on the radio, or in a middle school auditorium, or at the airport, or even on the label of a beer bottle. On Wednesday night, the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission chose the six winners for the ...
Operating losses at Hilltop Child Development Center were approaching $1 million in the last two years, yet more than $1 million in reserves remained in Hilltop accounts that potentially could help the struggling center, financial records show. The documents reviewed by the Journal-World are ...