The longtime leader of KU Endowment plans to retire later this year, setting up a search for who will head the organization responsible for raising and managing billions of dollars for the university. KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling told staff members Tuesday morning that he intends to retire from the position, likely this summer, after having worked for the association since 1981. He’s been the ...
A long-vacant lot on the south end of New Hampshire Street may become a new downtown, multistory affordable housing project that also features a row of unique business spaces on its ground floor. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to develop the vacant lot in the 1000 block of New Hampshire with a four-story building that will have 54 living units, including a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom ...
Consumers have been gobbling up the veggie burgers made by Lawrence-based Hilary’s for several years. Today, the question is what will happen to the company and its Lawrence operations now that it is being swallowed by one of the largest companies in the agriculture industry. A new venture led by Archer Daniels Midland and Marfrig Global Foods has signed a deal to purchase the parent company of Hilary’s. A ...
The leader of KU’s diversity efforts acknowledged Monday that his campuswide email on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was largely plagiarized from an email he had received years ago. D.A. Graham, the interim vice provost for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at the University of Kansas, said he did not intentionally plagiarize the text that was sent to all faculty, staff and students of ...
One University of Kansas student had his head slammed against a fraternity room locker enough times that he received a concussion severe enough that he was ill for a week. Another KU student received harassing text messages, had beer bottles thrown at him, and ultimately left KU with a diagnosis that harassment from fellow fraternity members had produced post-traumatic stress disorder. And, then, there is a ...
One year has made a big difference in how University of Kansas leaders feel about the governor’s attitude toward higher education funding. At this time last year, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod was lamenting Gov. Laura Kelly’s recommended budget for higher education, calling the proposed 5.3% cut a disappointment and a concern. But on Thursday, Girod joined a growing chorus of higher education leaders who ...