From big buildings to smaller restrooms, leaders at the University of Kansas want to hear from the public about how the Lawrence campus should look during the next decade or more.
Various members of KU’s operations team will be hosting an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Jayhawk Welcome Center, 1266 Oread Avenue, to get feedback about KU’s new master plan for the Lawrence campus.
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Hiring freezes are a trend at major U.S. research universities, but KU hasn’t yet implemented one, a spokeswoman with the university told the Journal-World this week.
But KU is sharing in the same worry that has led schools including Stanford, MIT and Northwestern to recently implement hiring freezes: A fear that Trump administration changes to federal research funding will blow a hole in university budgets. ...
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It was slick, it was windy, and at times, completely sideways for Douglas County motorists on Wednesday due to winter weather.
A semi-truck and trailer on U.S. Highway 56 that slid across the road and blocked traffic for several hours on Wednesday morning may have been the most high-profile weather disruption on area roadways following an overnight snowstorm that was slight in terms of ...
On the one hand, the project is pretty straightforward: A landscape company wants to be able to locate its shop and its offices in one location.
But that location makes the project more interesting than your typical landscaping venture. That location is right along the Kansas Turnpike — just east of the Lecompton interchange — which economic development leaders have long eyed as an area that could support ...
Construction work began Monday on a $2.5 million visitors center at Clinton State Park, which leaders hope will spur a new round of interest in the 7,000-acre lake just west of Lawrence.
After all, it is well known that Lawrence residents love open space, but what is less known among the population is that Clinton Lake has more than 20 square-miles of public land that surrounds the lake itself, with much of it ...
KU posted a 17% increase in total research expenditures in 2024, with the total amount of research activities topping the half-billion dollar mark for the first time in the university’s history, KU announced on Friday.
The numbers, though, also served as a reminder of the rising stakes for KU as the Trump administration seeks to pull back on efforts related to diversity, equity and inclusion in higher ...
