The dean of one of KU’s most nationally-recognized schools temporarily will do double duty by serving as the university’s leader of its growing online education brand. Michelle Carney, dean of the University of Kansas’ School of Social Welfare, has been appointed as KU’s founding vice provost of Jayhawk Global. Carney will continue to serve as the social welfare dean, and her appointment to lead ...
A new initiative called Jayhawk Global – a program designed to greatly increase the University of Kansas' online offerings — may give local Jayhawks some new issues to think about. University of Kansas Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer told a group of university leaders Thursday that as KU places more emphasis on growing its online offerings, it likely will place less emphasis on growing the in-person enrollment ...
I’ve been told that our insurance agent would cancel our coverage if he ever saw me eat corn on the cob. It is that messy and that dangerous. So, imagine my delight when I learned of elote, a Mexican dish that takes the corn off the cob, puts it in a cup and combines it with mayo and Cotija cheese. “It is very popular where I’m from in Mexico,” said Arturo Fernandez, co-owner of Paleteria Chihuahua, a ...
In the battle between Lawrence homebuyers and Lawrence homes, the homes won in 2021. The number of homes sold in Lawrence declined by about 4% compared to a year ago, as home prices soared to new highs and competition for the few homes on the market stiffened. There were 1,290 home sales in Lawrence during 2021, according to the year-end report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. That was a drop of 3.7% ...
In what has become nearly an annual affair at the University of Kansas, members of the University Senate quizzed KU’s athletic director on whether the athletic program can provide more money to support general university operations. At Thursday’s University Senate meeting, the answer again was that’s not likely to happen soon, but new athletic director Travis Goff did have a new explanation on why — ...
Last year’s arctic blast sure didn’t seem to discriminate between Lawrence and Kansas City. I think there were freezing pipes, dangerous wind chills, and people dreaming of trading their polar bear parkas for tropical beachwear in both locations. But the aftereffects of that historic storm sure are discriminating between the two cities, at least in one instance. Evergy, the state’s largest electric ...