WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

Rally House opens sportswear store at 23rd and Iowa; Johnny's Tavern wins award as it continues to expand

This is the weekend where Jayhawk blue and Wildcat purple are likely to mix at watch parties for Saturday’s KU vs. K-State basketball game. It also is the weekend where I may end up wearing a bowl of cheese dip if I partake in the Rock Chalk chant a bit too loudly next to the wrong person. That’s OK. I like cheese, and now there is a big new store open in Lawrence to get plenty of fresh KU gear. As we ...

KU vice chancellor finalist for North Dakota State president position

KU’s vice chancellor who oversees public affairs and economic development is a finalist to be the president of North Dakota State University. David Cook is one of five finalists to lead North Dakota State, a land-grant and research university based in Fargo. It has about 13,000 students. Cook is scheduled to participate in public interviews at North Dakota State from Jan. 24 through Jan. 26. Cook has ...

Rusty Taco opens in downtown Lawrence with hopes of creating an island feel on Mass. Street

All these years I’ve been dealing with rusty items the wrong way — either a few squirts of WD-40 or a can of spray paint. Instead, a margarita — or maybe a fish bowl of them — is the better strategy. At least, that’s a thought that crossed my mind after checking out Rusty Taco, the new Mexican restaurant that has opened in downtown Lawrence. The first Rusty Taco restaurant in Kansas opened earlier ...

KU leader for diversity and equity resigns after plagiarism incident involving MLK Day email

Story updated at 5:26 p.m. Wednesday: A University of Kansas leader who acknowledged sending out a campuswide Martin Luther King Jr. Day message that was largely plagiarized from another source has resigned from KU. D.A. Graham, interim vice provost of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, offered his resignation to KU after the Journal-World reported Monday on the plagiarism incident. On Wednesday, ...

KU, other Kansas research universities aiming to help create thousands of jobs with new eco devo strategies

A few sentences in Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposed budget could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in new research and development funds to Kansas universities. The provision hasn’t attracted as much attention as Kelly’s other higher education proposals — which would add roughly $100 million of state funding to higher education — because the proposal actually shows up in the Kansas Department of ...

KU Endowment President Dale Seuferling to retire later this year

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 ...