WRITER: Lauren Fox

KU’s capital improvements could total $20 million for fiscal year 2022, nearly $40 million for fiscal year 2023

Improvements to two streets on campus, the demolition of a former residence hall and renovations to the Kansas Memorial Union are just some of the University of Kansas’ upcoming capital improvement projects. On Wednesday, the Kansas Board of Regents unanimously approved the capital improvement requests of the six state universities. For KU, that could mean about $20 million in capital improvements for fiscal ...

KU proposes to hold tuition flat for 2021-2022 academic year, but campus fees could increase

The University of Kansas plans to hold tuition rates flat for the 2021-2022 academic year because of the negative effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students and their families. KU submitted its tuition and fee proposals to the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday for a first reading, and the Regents will vote on the proposals in June. According to KU’s proposal, undergraduate tuition would remain at ...

12- to 15-year-olds getting vaccinated just ‘want everything to go back to normal’

Ro O’Leary is looking forward to attending school dances and football games, activities she missed out on this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So the 15-year-old said on Tuesday that she was “really excited” to have received a COVID-19 vaccine. “It’s kind of the first step of being able to do normal things again,” she said. Ro is a freshman at Lawrence High School, but she attended school ...

KU budget cuts 'forcing departments and units to make near-impossible decisions'; KU not providing additional information

After releasing some details earlier this month about its budget reductions, the University of Kansas is not providing any additional information about the extensive cuts — which range from zero to 12% by unit. The Journal-World reached out to various deans and KU’s spokesperson to ask about the impact the cuts would have on the hardest-hit schools, but was met with either silence or referrals back to the ...

Douglas County has administered over 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses; only 461 first doses administered in past week

On Thursday, Douglas County surpassed 100,000 in the number of the COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. Of those 100,000 doses, data from local health organizations showed that more than 54,000 were first doses. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health reported that 54,719 first doses and 46,064 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered. That’s an increase of 461 first doses and 1,140 second doses ...

KU graduate continuing on to medical school is also a poet, advice columnist

At the end of high school, Aroog Khaliq had the option of going straight into an accelerated medical school program or first attending a four-year university. The high school senior was pretty sure she wanted to be a doctor, but she also wanted to study a variety of subjects and take advantage of the experiences a traditional four-year undergraduate institution offers. So Khaliq went to the University of ...