A former state leader will join the University of Kansas to serve as director of its Public Management Center. The university announced on Tuesday that Deb Miller, who served as the secretary for the Kansas Department of Transportation from 2003 to 2011, will lead the program. Ruth DeWitt, a spokeswoman for the School of Public Affairs and Administration, said Miller took over the position on May 6. Miller ...
When it comes to punishment for children as young as preschool age, a study shows that African-American students tend to receive more severe discipline than their peers. But do those students receive harsher punishments because of implicit bias, such as unconscious racial stereotyping? And do those harsher punishments lead to poorer educational performance later on? That’s what Brian Boyd, director of the ...
A new television series focusing on how the U.S. Army dealt with the first outbreak of one of the most contagious and deadliest viruses on its soil features several University of Kansas and Kansas State University connections. The six-part National Geographic miniseries “The Hot Zone” dramatizes the real-life events of the first ebola virus outbreak — the Reston virus, one of six types of ebola strains ...
Several roads and parking lots on the University of Kansas campus will be closed for the summer as construction projects get underway. On Monday, the university closed portions of four roads on campus — Jayhawk Boulevard, Irving Hill Road, Burdick Drive and and 15th Street — for reconstruction and maintenance projects that are expected to last until early August. According to KU's website, Jayhawk ...
A Belgian diplomat will visit the University of Kansas this summer to discuss the United States' relationship with European countries and other international issues. Dirk Wouters, Belgium’s ambassador to the United States, will speak at 2 p.m. June 13 at the Dole Institute of Politics, 2350 Petefish Drive, according to a university news release. The event is free and open to the public. Wouters, who has ...
An old University of Kansas facility will soon be on the market. On Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly signed a budget bill that provides $18.3 billion of state government funding, including a $33 million increase of funding to higher education. Along with the budget, the bill included a provision giving KU the authority to sell Oldfather Studios, a building that formerly housed the university’s Film and Media Studies ...