Story updated at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday: Efforts to make KU’s West Campus a much larger hub for high-tech businesses and research have received a $5 million boost from the state of Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly and other state officials on Tuesday afternoon announced that the University of Kansas will receive a $5 million infrastructure grant to help the university complete its Innovation Park project slated for the ...
I like touring new homes, but I don’t like helping new homeowners unpack their boxes. I was worried that might be the scenario confronting us at this year’s Spring Parade of Homes. That’s no longer a worry. The Lawrence Home Builders Association has made the decision to cancel this year’s Spring Parade of Homes. The reason is simple: There are so few homes being built in Lawrence that those that are ...
The University of Kansas’ all-time high for enrollment came during the fall semester of 2008. KU officials are convinced it is no coincidence that was the first enrollment period following KU’s National Championship in men’s basketball. In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new National Championship trophy on campus, and that has Chancellor Douglas Girod optimistic there will be lots of new students ...
Members of the Lawrence chamber of commerce gathered for the organization’s annual meeting on Friday at Abe & Jake’s Landing in downtown Lawrence. The Chamber honored Ron and Joanne Hurst as Citizens of the Years, and honored state Sen. Marci Francisco with the Athena Award, which recognizes outstanding female leaders of the community.
While the eyes of the world are on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a top Defense Department official told a KU crowd Thursday that Americans need to understand they are in a conflict too. “Russia has largely declared war on the West,” Trent Maul, director of analysis for the Defense Intelligence Agency, told a KU conference on Russian threats to America and democracy. And Maul — a KU graduate who is ...
A vehicle-less Massachusetts St. was flat. Nothing else in downtown Lawrence was on Monday evening. The Kansas Jayhawks pulled off a national championship comeback for the ages trailing by 15 points at halftime and then steamrolled fellow blue blood North Carolina in the second half. KU won 72-69. “It has been a roller coaster of emotions,” Hannah Hartnett, a freshman from Chicago, said from a crowd of ...