Flanking the new broadcasting space in the University of Kansas’ Stauffer-Flint Hall are two pillars that are over a century old. “These pillars are 120 years old. The studio is about 10 minutes old,” said KU School of Journalism dean Ann Brill on Thursday at the reopening ceremony for ...
After Tuesday night’s basketball brawl, the University of Kansas student body president expressed concern over the pattern of “violence” surrounding the program and the Board of Regents chair suggested he would be discussing the matter with university CEOs. KU's chancellor, however, said ...
Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa has been suspended from the team indefinitely for his role in Tuesday night’s fight between the Kansas and Kansas State men’s basketball programs. KU coach Bill Self announced the suspension just before noon on Wednesday. “I have suspended Silvio De Sousa ...
An otherwise uneventful Sunflower Showdown spiraled into chaos in the final seconds Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse, as a fracas surrounding Kansas big man Silvio De Sousa spilled into the courtside seats. What began innocently enough, with Kansas State freshman guard DaJuan Gordon stealing ...
The football stadium is not the only place on the University of Kansas campus where people can purchase alcohol. On Tuesday, Impromptu Cafe, a sit-down lunch restaurant in the Kansas Memorial Union, began selling beer and wine. David Mucci, director of the Kansas Memorial Union, said ...
The University of Kansas will cut its School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures because of budget cuts, according to an email from the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The closing of the school will not affect the language departments themselves, interim dean John ...
A male contraceptive being tested at the University of Kansas Medical Center takes the form of a gel that men apply daily to their shoulders. The research institution is currently conducting a clinical trial for the contraceptive, and is looking for couples to participate. Dr. Ajay Nangia, ...
The leader of Kansas' flagship university is more than a little disappointed with Gov. Laura Kelly's proposed budget, which was released on Thursday. The Kansas Board of Regents requested $50 million for state universities, according to University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod. Kelly ...
WICHITA — An attorney for a Kansas researcher accused of concealing work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas hit back on Thursday against a new indictment, saying the case has nothing to do with the Chinese government's alleged attempts obtain U.S. intellectual ...
WICHITA — A Kansas associate professor concealed work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas and tried to recruit other researchers and students for the Chinese government, according to revised federal charges filed Wednesday. An extensively detailed superseding ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Regents approved $425,000 in state funding to University of Kansas researchers on Wednesday at its January meeting. Prior to this meeting, the board in previous years had already approved $464,599 for KU research funding in 2020, bringing the total for KU up to ...
As former University of Kansas football coach David Beaty’s legal pursuit of his $3 million buyout continues, his attorneys are now seeking raw footage from a TV series starring his replacement. Beaty, through counsel Brent Coverdale of Kansas City, Mo., on Monday filed a notice of intent ...
A task force that examined greek life at the University of Kansas has recommended that the chancellor reinstitute Friday morning classes in all KU schools and create a partnership aimed at uniting the greek organizations with the greater community. In a public message published on Friday, KU ...
Students were urinated on and hit by their fraternity “brothers.” A highly intoxicated student was tied to a decorative anchor outside a sorority house. Students used cocaine to draw their fraternity’s Greek letters at their chapter’s spring break house. These were the details ...
A graduate of Lawrence High School and the University of Kansas will be one of three moderators during an upcoming debate among Democratic candidates for the U.S. presidency. Brianne Pfannenstiel, the chief political reporter for the Des Moines Register, will join CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Abby ...
Ever wondered how University of Kansas library staff protects rare books and special collections? The Kenneth Spencer Research Library explains some techniques and practices in an exhibit that closes next Friday, Jan. 17. This exhibit, “Unseen Hands,” is one of two free KU Libraries ...
OSAGE CITY — Mandy Gibson remembers visiting independent pharmacies across Kansas with her classmates from the University of Kansas’ School of Pharmacy in the early 2000s. “I remember the people. I remember what they said. I remember the atmosphere of those pharmacies,” Gibson said. ...
Jennifer Roberts, chair of the geology department at the University of Kansas, will soon become the university's new vice provost of graduate studies, interim provost Carl Lejuez announced in an email on Tuesday. Roberts, who joined the KU faculty in 2001, was a member of KU's 2012-2013 ...
Story updated at 4:49 p.m. Monday KANSAS CITY, KAN. — A federal judge said Monday she will delay ruling on a motion to dismiss an indictment against a University of Kansas associate professor accused of secretly working for a Chinese university while performing federally-funded research at ...