Groups around Lawrence will gather next week in celebration of a man whose powerful words, voice and dream still resonate as strongly today as they did decades ago. Community events are scheduled to begin bright and early Monday as the nation observes Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are ...
Kansas Athletics is refusing to release information about its 2018 financial statements as questions persist about KU’s dealings with apparel provider Adidas, which is embroiled in a pay-for-play college basketball scheme. Since early December, the nonprofit corporation Kansas Athletics has ...
Despite the frequent sight of empty seats on a Saturday at Memorial Stadium, University of Kansas officials are now saying they actually saw an increase in football ticket sales during the 2018 season. KU sold $3.98 million worth of football tickets during the last season, which saw the ...
Another group of University of Kansas faculty is wading into the unusual appointment of a dean at the university, this time in support of KU leadership’s controversial plan to bypass its normal hiring procedures. In an open letter to the Journal-World, a group of 14 faculty members ...
The University of Kansas saw a recent rise in the number of degrees awarded and the retention of students, but its ranking for receiving federally funded research dollars dropped, according to its most recent performance agreement with the Kansas Board of Regents. The performance agreements ...
The majority of reaction to the unusual — and controversial — appointment of a dean at the University of Kansas “has been positive,” KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday, but he declined to say whether the appointment would be made. Girod briefly commented on the matter Wednesday ...
A free upcoming event is geared toward middle school-age girls interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. Make It Happen KU is a half-day conference for girls in fifth through eighth grades and their mothers or parental figures. It’s scheduled for 9 a.m. to 12:45 ...
The University of Kansas has three programs ranked among the nation's best in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” according to a news release from KU. The university’s online Master of Business Administration program is ranked 20th among public ...
As part of International Museum Selfie Day, KU's Natural History Museum will have its big polar bear back on display Wednesday — and you can take your picture with it. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the museum will have its taxidermied bear available to the public. The polar bear traditionally ...
The University of Kansas has a new dean for its School of Engineering — and he's a familiar face. Arvin Agah, the current acting dean of engineering and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been selected for the position, KU announced Monday in a news release. His ...
Leaders of the American Association of University Professors at the University of Kansas are voicing adamant opposition to a dean appointment at KU that violates typical protocol for such appointments. Lorie Williams, who is the AAUP chapter president at KU, and Mohamed El-Hodiri, who is the ...
For state Rep.-elect Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, addressing the “monster” Kansas Highway 10 corridor in the Lawrence area will be a priority during his freshman session as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives. The western leg of the highway, which is in his district, has become a ...
A former goalkeeper for the University of Kansas soccer team has been charged with molesting a student while coaching and working as a teacher's aide at a Seattle high school. Court records show that 35-year-old Meghan Miller was charged last month with third-degree child molestation and two ...
An announcement on whether the current interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas will be appointed dean for the next three years could come sometime next week. “We are using this week to look closely at the feedback and evaluate and prepare to ...
A number of University of Kansas retirees received a surprise letter from Aetna Medicare RX in December stating that their prescription drugs would no longer be covered after Jan. 1. The error occurred because an incorrect file, listing retirees who are on the state employee health plan, was ...
Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, will give the annual Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture later this month at Lawrence’s Liberty Hall. As a journalist, Vargas wrote a New York Times Magazine article in 2011 revealing his life in America as an ...
The University of Kansas won't feel as deserted as it has for the past three weeks of winter break now that about 100 new international students have arrived. They arrived Monday to get acclimated before the spring semester begins on Jan. 22, said Amy Neufeld, managing director of the Academic ...
A collaborative art project inspired by an influential 1960s mural will be on display in Lawrence beginning Saturday at the Dole Institute of Politics. The "Wall of Respect" mural was created in 1967 in Chicago by a group of black artists and featured images of notable figures in ...
TOPEKA — Democratic Gov.-elect Laura Kelly announced Thursday that she will replace the top administrator at Kansas' troubled child welfare agency and successfully pushed the departing leader to put new, major grants to private contractors on hold. Kelly is a critic of the grants from the ...
Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly is aware of the turmoil at the state’s flagship university caused by a $20 million budget hole, she said. Although the Democratic leader knows some state actions may be needed to help the University of Kansas and higher education throughout the state, she ...