Jennifer Raff, an associate professor of anthropology, was one of nine University of Kansas researchers to be awarded at the University Research Awards at the Jayhawk Welcome Center on Wednesday, April 9. Other KU honorees were: Markus Potter, associate professor of theater and dance; Elaina Sutley, associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering; Darren Wallace, professor of internal ...
Developing the area just north of Rock Chalk Park has, at times, looked like the middle-age, full-court pick-up basketball games that take place at the adjacent sports center — slow moving with more plans than points. Now, there is a development hoping to break the drought. Plans have been filed for a multimillion dollar project to build about 100,000 square feet of self-storage units that would be north of ...
The University of Kansas is among 45 universities that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating related to admission practices that use racial preferences, but KU’s chancellor is confident the university did nothing wrong. “We are not at all concerned about being on that list,” Chancellor Douglas Girod told the Journal-World on Friday, referencing the list of 45 schools that the Department of ...
Sometimes barbecue can produce false signals. When sitting across from my dining companion and she points to her cheek, I assume that means she wants to see if I can fit even more food into my mouth. Come to find out, she was just trying to alert me that I have half a bottle of barbecue sauce on my face. So it might be with the Q39 barbecue restaurant proposed for downtown Lawrence. If you recall, the prospect ...
Brian McClendon, the Lawrence native who became a founder of the system that powers Google Earth and modern mapping, lightly slammed his foot on the University of Kansas stage. He told the crowd of about 400 cybersecurity experts from across the region that they should care about that faint thud because it was a precursor to the next “crazy” development that will make it easier for people to be tracked, ...
A seat by the waterside is a well-known relaxant. Less well-known is a kiss by a fish. Well, a virtual fish kiss, that is. Dana Hunter, co-owner of the new North Lawrence garden and pond shop Botanical Dreams, has a koi pond at her Lawrence-area home. She said a highlight of her day is when she gets to sit beside it and watch the fish swim to the water’s edge and make that “kissy face” motion with their ...