Updated at 4:38 p.m. Tuesday
At a congressional hearing on student-athlete compensation, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said that if an opportunity arose for student-athletes to earn money from their names, images or likenesses, KU would support it.
“As a university chancellor, one of my responsibilities is to support opportunities for students while they are enrolled at KU — whether that is ...
In the stacks of the University of Kansas’ Watson Library, a warm glow emanates from the end of certain book rows.
Some study carrels, once blue and metal to match the stacks, are now made of wood and cast softer light for students seeking a quiet atmosphere. On a recent afternoon, numerous students sat in the renovated carrels on the fourth floor.
KU sophomore Liam Connolly said the old carrels looked ...
Five teenagers who were wrongly convicted of a rape that occurred in New York City’s Central Park were once known as the Central Park Five. Now they are often referred to as the “Exonerated Five,” and one of them will be speaking at the University of Kansas on Saturday night.
“An Evening with Yusef Salaam,” put on by the university’s Student Union Activities group in honor of Black History Month, ...
Verner Newman III rose in the ranks of the Lawrence Police Department during an era of high racial tension, eventually becoming the department’s first black police captain.
He started as a traffic officer in 1954, and remembered pacing Massachusetts Street, directing traffic after a snowstorm and “freezing my hoo-hoo off,” he told the Journal-World in 2004.
When a position opened up to work in a car ...
In the last season under head coach David Beaty, the University of Kansas football team posted the lowest revenue from ticket sales the team had seen in at least 12 years.
According to an NCAA financial report released by Kansas Athletics Inc. in January, the program received $2.75 million in ticket sale revenue for the fall of 2018, down from $3.99 million the previous season.
The 2018 total was the lowest ...
Douglas County residents traveling to Kansas City on Wednesday for the Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade might encounter snowfall. The county is under a winter weather advisory until 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka.
“I advise anybody who is going to Kansas City to give yourself plenty of extra time,” said Matt Wolters, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service ...
