One hundred years after his birth, the smiling face of former U.S. Sen Bob Dole will be a fixture on the West Campus of the University of Kansas — and perhaps a summer and fall tourist attraction too.
The Dole Institute of Politics on Tuesday announced it has commissioned Lawrence resident and international artist Stan Herd to construct a more than 60-foot-wide earthwork portrait of the Kansas politician and ...
Kalin Baca had a presentation with a detailed drawing of a two-story device that her startup company has designed to recycle complex refrigerant chemicals. She followed it up with spreadsheets that showed the audience multimillion-dollar projections for the nascent engineering firm.
Christopher Niles Enneking had a slightly different pitch style for his startup, which is in the fantasy sports world. With a ...
A quarter of the year is gone, and the numbers are piling up. Here’s a quick look at three sets of numbers — in housing, sales taxes and jobs — that provide a glimpse at how the Lawrence economy is doing thus far in 2023.
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Mark the month of March as a potential turning point in Lawrence’s housing market. The latest numbers from the Lawrence Board of Realtors show that not only did home sales ...
Getting a four-year degree at the University of Kansas soon may require students to spend a lot less time at KU.
Instead, students might be able to take more than half of their classes at community colleges and still graduate with a KU degree, thanks to changes approved Wednesday by the Kansas Board of Regents.
The degree requirement changes apply to KU and the other five Regents institutions — Kansas ...
I’ve never figured out how to grow a pig short enough to produce a "riblet," but it has never been a problem because Lawrence has always had an Applebee’s. No more. Applebee’s has closed its last Lawrence location.
Workers on Tuesday morning were removing equipment, and the Applebee’s sign already had been removed from the restaurant’s building at 2520 Iowa St. A sign on the door reported the ...
Let’s look at a whole bunch of numbers related to Douglas County homes. (The most relevant numbers at my home Monday morning were 61 and 3. The first was the degree reading on the thermostat, thanks to the energy czar’s decision to turn off the heater for the season. The second was the number of minutes I put my socks in the microwave.)
— Here’s a warning: Don’t expect this first set of numbers to ...
