Flanking the new broadcasting space in the University of Kansas’ Stauffer-Flint Hall are two pillars that are over a century old.
“These pillars are 120 years old. The studio is about 10 minutes old,” said KU School of Journalism dean Ann Brill on Thursday at the reopening ceremony for the journalism building.
She said that’s a “really nice metaphor for where we think journalism is today,” noting ...
After Tuesday night’s basketball brawl, the University of Kansas student body president expressed concern over the pattern of “violence” surrounding the program and the Board of Regents chair suggested he would be discussing the matter with university CEOs.
KU's chancellor, however, said nothing about the incident after the Journal-World asked his office for a statement on Wednesday.
When asked about ...
The football stadium is not the only place on the University of Kansas campus where people can purchase alcohol. On Tuesday, Impromptu Cafe, a sit-down lunch restaurant in the Kansas Memorial Union, began selling beer and wine.
David Mucci, director of the Kansas Memorial Union, said introducing alcohol to the restaurant would be a good way to “test the waters” regarding future business enterprises on ...
Lawrence’s annual weeklong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. will include a lecture on Emmett Till, a second line band march at KU and music from the St. Luke AME Baptist church at New York Elementary’s MLK Chili Feed.
Here’s a schedule of some of the events for this week:
Monday, Jan. 20
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast
This year, the annual breakfast will feature keynote speaker ...
The University of Kansas will cut its School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures because of budget cuts, according to an email from the interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The closing of the school will not affect the language departments themselves, interim dean John Colombo specified in a Friday email to faculty and staff.
Colombo called the school closing a change in ...
A male contraceptive being tested at the University of Kansas Medical Center takes the form of a gel that men apply daily to their shoulders.
The research institution is currently conducting a clinical trial for the contraceptive, and is looking for couples to participate.
Dr. Ajay Nangia, the vice chair of urology at the medical center, is a collaborating investigator of the study.
“I think what we’re ...
