KU is seeking approval to add $135 million in debt for projects as far away as a cancer center in Kansas City and as near as an apartment complex on the edge of the Lawrence campus. The Kansas Board of Regents at its Wednesday meeting will consider approval of a resolution authorizing new ...
What university professors must do to keep their status of tenure — a rank that historically has provided a lot of job protection — is set for a key debate at Wednesday’s Kansas Board of Regents meeting. Regents, in part, will have to decide how tough they want the new policy to be in ...
Most University of Kansas employees — but not professors — have a new date to circle on their calendars: Jan. 26. That’s when they’ll find out how big of a raise they are receiving. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and other university administrators on Monday announced that the ...
A longtime Kansan who likes to tout Lawrence’s role in national history has given an $8 million gift to elevate the dean position at KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and to create two new endowed professorships. David Pittaway said he’s long been proud that his family moved to ...
Valentine’s Day in 2025 was a heartsick day at federal agencies across the country as job cuts and hiring freezes began to take hold following an executive order by President Donald Trump. Parts of the order were blocked by federal courts, and national headlines have faded on the topic of ...
A presentation by a former keeper of America’s most precious historical documents, and a national exhibit exploring the year 1776 are among the special KU-based events on tap to commemorate America’s 250th birthday. The Dole Institute of Politics on the University of Kansas’ West Campus ...