A former financial regulator who presided over one of the worst economic meltdowns in U.S. history said on Tuesday that she worries that another crisis may be looming — and that artificial intelligence may be the culprit. “I think there’s a lot of instability in the financial system ...

University of Kansas Chancellor Doug Girod concluded his term as chair of the board of directors of the Association of American Universities, the nation’s premier organization for research universities. Girod served in the leadership position since last October and is succeeded by Ronald ...

UPDATED 11:40 A.M. OCT. 27 The University of Kansas honored the 2026 recipients of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion and announced other 2026 Homecoming award winners at the KU/Baylor football game on Saturday KU honored three Fred Ellsworth Medallion recipients this year, as well as alumni, ...

A University of Kansas professor is leading a team of researchers from Kansas and Louisiana whose work could reveal new clues about diseases and how they develop. Steve Soper, professor at KU’s departments of chemistry and engineering, along with his team, are developing nanotechnology that ...

U.S. Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling spent Friday morning touring KU Innovation Park in Lawrence to see how job creation locally could be boosted and replicated across the country. Sonderling was at Innovation Park's main facility on Becker Drive, along with University of Kansas Chancellor ...

What should college students who are about to enter the workforce do in a tight labor market? For some University of Kansas students, the answer lies in additional layers of support and outside-the-box thinking. That, they believe, will safeguard them from what one KU economist described as ...