As the University of Kansas began in-person classes today, KU faculty members were given a clear reminder that they don’t have the authority to simply switch their classes to a remote format due to COVID concerns.
Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer recently sent KU faculty and staff members a memo that addressed talk around campus that “some instructors may be considering independently moving the first few weeks ...
Some people think if you want to go fast on the water, you need a big 150 horsepower outboard engine hanging off the back of your boat. But maybe there is another way. How about a paddle and a double espresso? There is a new coffee shop in downtown Lawrence that likes that way of thinking.
Great Blue Heron is in the process of opening at 823 Massachusetts St., and when it does, it will be a mix of a coffee ...
Updated at 5:33 p.m. Thursday
Concert-goers at downtown Lawrence’s Liberty Hall now will need to show proof of vaccination before they can enter the live music venue.
The longtime downtown business at 644 Massachusetts St. made the announcement on its social media page Wednesday night, and I confirmed the news with management there on Thursday. Liberty Hall appears to be the first major business in Lawrence ...
Updated at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday
Lawrence Memorial Hospital has had its first patient death related to COVID since March, LMH’s board of trustees was told Wednesday morning.
“It is very hard to see this happening again,” Traci Hoopingarner, chief nursing officer and vice-president of clinical care, told board members.
Following the meeting, a spokeswoman for LMH Health said the death occurred on ...
As Lawrence likely becomes a potential landing spot for more hospital companies, LMH Health is now ready to discuss a partnership with one of the region’s biggest and most familiar names: the University of Kansas Health System.
LMH Health on Wednesday afternoon announced that it had agreed to begin exclusive discussions with the KU health system about becoming a formal partner of Lawrence’s nonprofit ...
KU’s message on masks is broadening.
While the University of Kansas earlier this month instituted a mask mandate for all indoor spaces on the KU campus, the university’s top emergency management official specifically asked students and staff members to wear their masks off campus as well.
KU has no ability to mandate members of the KU community to wear masks when not on university property, but KU’s ...
