Staff blog: Heard on the Hill / LJWorld.com

Blogs home Staff blogs

Heard on the Hill

News and tidbits from Kansas University
LJWorld.com's blog on news and tidbits from Kansas University

August 5, 2009

Joyce Castle, a Kansas University voice professor, garnered a positive review in the New York Times for her performance in Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "The Consul" at the Glimmerglass Opera in New York City.

1 comment

June 12, 2009

Three Kansas University journalists earned scholarships as a result of their efforts in the national championships of the William Randolph Hearst Foundation's Journalism Awards program.

1 comment

June 1, 2009

The Columbus Dispatch newspaper went to major college athletic departments and made public records requests seeking information on team flight manifests, who receives complimentary tickets and NCAA violations. Kansas University required a charge of $328 for the information — more than nearly every school surveyed.

13 comments

May 11, 2009

Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we know that there are avian Jayhawk fans, too.

2 comments

April 17, 2009

Kansas University journalism students have placed first overall in the William Randolph Hearst Writing Foundation Awards competition.

March 30, 2009

Kansas University's top debate squad is the top-ranked overall team in the post-season tournament going on today, according to Internet reports.

1 comment

March 24, 2009

KU has tapped its Jayhawks for Higher Education base to ask legislators to protect its state funding.

March 19, 2009

In an annual ranking of the nation's most valuable men's college basketball teams, the Jayhawks rank fifth, according to Forbes magazine.

March 18, 2009

President Barack Obama has posted his bracket online, and has the Jayhawks losing to Michigan State in the Sweet 16.

33 comments

March 17, 2009

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the Jayhawks have a slightly higher than one-in-five chance of falling victim to a first-round upset.

1 comment

March 4, 2009

Twitter was the forum for Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill to express her regrets about Missouri's recent basketball loss.

February 23, 2009

Kansas University business students will participate in two upcoming case competitions, including one in China.

February 17, 2009

Burdett Loomis, a Kansas University professor of political science, is in Iraq this week, sharing his knowledge of U.S. government.

February 13, 2009

Four faculty members and 27 Kansas University students recently got the chance to talk with billionaire Warren Buffett.

February 13, 2009

The University Daily Kansan has noticed a smaller-than-typical number of students on the search committee to find Kansas University's next chancellor.

1 comment

January 27, 2009

Check out KU professor Chip Taylor on the PBS television series "NOVA" tonight.

January 21, 2009

As Kansas universities struggle with budget cuts, staff reductions and potential tuition increases, it may be a different story for our neighbors to the east.

January 15, 2009

A movie created by three Kansas University professors has been selected to be shown at the annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

January 12, 2009

Donna Ginther, an associate professor of economics at Kansas University, earned a mention in USA TODAY discussing how unemployment is affecting men and women differently.

1 comment