A chance encounter between two students during a networking event last year led to University of Kansas students recently electing the first woman of color as their leader on campus. Tiara Floyd, who will be a senior at KU next fall, was elected as student body president in an uncontested race earlier this month and will officially take the reins during a KU Student Senate transition meeting on ...
When University of Kansas organist James Higdon learned Notre Dame de Paris was on fire, he thought he would never be able to hear or create music in the historic cathedral ever again. “I was devastated,” Higdon told the Journal-World on Thursday, three days after the April 15 fire. “We watched the fire crawl across the roof, and I know where the organs are. It didn’t look possible it could make ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long on Friday shed a little more light on a proposed $20 million renovation to Allen Fieldhouse. Although Long called the $20 million request in a capital improvement plan a “placeholder,” he told the Journal-World the project would likely consist of renovations to concession stands, restrooms and other fan experience projects in the fieldhouse. But no official ...
Some contract extensions for head coaches and athletic directors at Kansas universities will now need approval from Kansas Board of Regents officials before they can be offered. The Regents approved the amended policy on athletic department contracts during its April meeting on Wednesday in Lawrence. The amended policy requires a chancellor or president of an NCAA Division I university — which includes the ...
Updated story - April 19 — $20M Allen Fieldhouse renovations likely to include concession, bathroom and other renovations Multimillion-dollar renovations to Allen Fieldhouse and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium could be coming for KU Athletics, but details on what the projects would entail are not clear. During its April meeting on Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents gave initial approval to a ...
The University of Kansas will spend $4.9 million this summer to make an “emergency repair” to one of the newest facilities on its campus. During its April meeting on Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents approved KU’s capital improvement request to repair the heating and cooling system, also known as an HVAC system, in Self Hall, a residence hall on Daisy Hill that opened in 2015. Nelda Henning, ...