Lawrence’s newest upscale hamburger restaurant has one burger that features peanut butter and onion jam. Another is slathered with orange-cranberry sauce, stuffing and roasted butternut squash.
What else would you expect when one of its founders used to hang around with a group called the Funky Bunch?
Indeed, Wahlburgers — a gourmet restaurant chain founded by the Wahlberg clan of actors, rappers and a ...
KU leaders are considering cutting dozens of programs and degrees — including several in the arts and humanities — as budget challenges persist, and soon the Kansas Board of Regents may start its own degree-cutting process.
The Board of Regents, at its meeting on Wednesday, will consider approving a contract with the rpk Group, a business and education consulting firm, that would review degrees and classes ...
Douglas County has a decadelong chore if it wants to become a hub of entrepreneurship, and now a group is proposing that a couple of workers be hired to specifically focus on that task.
City, county, state and private officials soon will be approached about providing $250,000 in funding to a new Lawrence-based entrepreneurship organization to hire a pair of professionals who will work to build a system for ...
The University of Kansas is launching a new institute that aims to highlight and coordinate all aspects of its international operations, ranging from study abroad to overseas research collaborations.
In a message to the university community on Thursday, KU Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer said the university will launch the KU Institute for International and Global Engagement.
“The Center for International and ...
In Lawrence, 2021 was not the year for new home construction. But, it ended up being a pretty decent year for $10 million projects.
The city recently released its year-end building permit report, and despite homes selling at a lighting-quick pace in Lawrence, there were no signs homebuilders were kicking construction activity into a higher gear.
In fact, building permits for new single-family homes actually ...
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 ...
