A potential case of coronavirus has been identified at LMH Health, a spokeswoman for the hospital said Tuesday afternoon. Spokeswoman Amy Northrop said the hospital received a patient with symptoms of a respiratory illness and that the patient had recently traveled to Wuhan, China, where the first case of the mysterious respiratory disease was identified. The hospital would not disclose the age or gender of the ...
“Check,” Derek Mecca’s challenger told him Thursday in the lobby of the Lawrence Public Library. Mecca moved his king one place to the left. His opponent nodded, a recognition of a move well-made. Minutes later, his challenger departed from him with a loss, but for Mecca, the real victory came simply from the friendly interaction with a stranger. Mecca can be seen in the library three times per week, ...
Updated at 1:30 p.m. Monday The interim provost at the University of Kansas has confirmed he will return to his former role as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences but said he did not know when that change would take place. Interim Provost Carl Lejuez said Monday in a text that he had no further details regarding the transition. KU’s incoming provost, Barbara Bichelmeyer, will start on Feb. 24. If ...
Haskell Indian Nations University will host two prominent Native American writers this year, Haskell interim President Daniel Wildcat said Monday. Novelist Louise Erdrich and National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo will appear in separate events this calendar year, one in March and the other in the fall. "An Evening with Louise Erdrich" will take place March 11 in the Haskell Auditorium from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This ...
The winners of this year’s Langston Hughes Creative Writing Awards wrote about the decline of bees and experiencing racism while growing up in Australia. Kate Lorenz, the events coordinator for the Lied Center, won the fiction writing contest for her short story "Beekeeping," and Tracey Lien, a former journalist who is now a student in the University of Kansas’ Master of Fine Arts program, won the poetry ...
Kaw Valley Comedy Night producer Cody Lindenberger says attendees will have to find out for themselves why he calls one of the comics at the event a “human tornado.” “If you saw his stand-up, you’d understand,” Lindenberger said of Kansas City-based comic Colby Cusick, who will be one of four comics performing Sunday night at Kaw Valley Public House. “He’s a very energetic, enthusiastic ...