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 ...
After a career spent on construction sites, University of Kansas alumnus Craig Martin knows how quickly an accident can occur. Martin, the former CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group in Dallas, has never forgotten a co-worker who knew all about safety on the job site, but who died while doing a ...
Like clockwork, during the first week in January, a crew with the Kansas Geological Survey will make its annual trek west to measure groundwater levels in the High Plains Aquifer, one of the largest reserves of groundwater in the world. “At some wells, we’ll arrive at the same hour we ...
Keeping with the simplicity of the sleek, glass-walled house, a plain wreath hangs from the front door at 1224 E. 12th St. In September Chad and Elissa Turner moved into the East Lawrence house that was designed and built by KU School of Architecture students enrolled in Studio 804. Months ...
When Noah Ries was running for the University of Kansas student body president last spring, he promised that, if elected, he would work to make textbooks more affordable. Now, he’s trying to keep that campaign pledge. Once in office, Ries discovered two resources: Open Educational ...
Fear of losing an interim dean during a critical time at the University of Kansas has led KU's interim provost to suggest bypassing the usual protocol for hiring deans — a move that has shocked some in the university community. Interim Provost Carl Lejuez made the suggestion to keep Clarence ...