More plays and musicals with a focus on diversity and inclusion will take the stage for KU Theatre and Dance next school year. The University Theatre and University Dance Company, the production arm for the KU Theatre and Dance department, announced in a Monday news release its 2019-2020 season of three dance productions and six musicals and plays, including William Shakespeare's “As You Like it” and the ...
The NCAA won't be able to get its hands on one of the most intriguing wiretaps obtained by the FBI in an investigation of basketball recruiting violations involving the University of Kansas, according to a CBS Sports report. But KU may soon face a reckoning with the NCAA anyway. CBS Sports reported on Wednesday that the NCAA will deliver Notices of Allegations — the NCAA's equivalent of an indictment — to ...
Students at Lawrence middle schools will have new athletic activities to pursue next school year. The Lawrence school board approved with a 5-0 vote to reinstate seventh grade boys and girls basketball and to begin offering seventh and eighth grade boys and girls cross-country at each district middle school. Board members Rick Ingram and Kelly Jones were absent from the meeting. The new teams will begin ...
Fewer of Kansas' high school graduates are attending the state's public universities, and higher education leaders are concerned that the schools' finances are suffering as a result. About 55% of Kansas students who graduated high school in 2010 enrolled at a state higher education institution within a year, according to a May report by the Kansas Board of Regents. But for the class of 2017, the most recent ...
To lead its office focused on fostering gender equity on campus, the University of Kansas selected a candidate with previous experience at the university. The university recently named Bulaong Ramiz-Hall, who currently serves as the director of the Multicultural Resource Center at Amherst College, as the new director of the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity. She takes over the position on July ...
The University of Kansas athletic department is expected to increase its investment in its football program next school year. The Kansas Athletics Inc. board of directors on Thursday approved a proposed 2020 fiscal year budget, including an increase of about $5 million in spending for the football program. The 2020 fiscal year coincides with the 2019-2020 school year. Chief Financial Officer Pat Kaufman said ...