It appears a local nonprofit — one that is in the middle of a multimillion-dollar building project — has a new chief executive officer, despite the nonprofit’s lack of communication about the change. It has been two weeks since the Journal-World first reported that it was unclear who was leading Heartland Community Health Center. Since that time, Heartland has not made any statements about its ...
Following a vote of no-confidence in the president of Haskell Indian Nations University earlier this month, the government agency that oversees Haskell has sent a team to the Lawrence campus to do an administrative review. An "impartial administrative review team" from the Bureau of Indian Education was scheduled to arrive at Haskell on Monday, according to a message the BIE sent to Haskell employees. The ...
The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday did not back away from a policy that temporarily would make it easier for the University of Kansas to dismiss tenured faculty due to budget woes. But the board did add a couple of new provisions aimed at increasing transparency with the controversial process. During their board meeting on Wednesday, the Regents heard two recommended changes, which were developed by a ...
The Kansas Legislature has passed a budget that includes an additional $25 million for higher education, a “big sigh of relief,” according to one Kansas Board of Regents member. Matt Casey, director of government relations for the Regents, shared the “good news” in his legislative update during Wednesday’s Regents meeting. Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposed budget, which was published earlier this year, ...
Over half of University of Kansas employees and about one-fifth of the student population have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the university. Andrew Foster, KU’s emergency management coordinator, spoke to KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer about the university’s vaccination efforts during the chancellor’s Wednesday COVID-19 video update. Foster ...
If you’re traveling east in the United States this May or June, you might want to bring a set of noise-canceling headphones. Billions of Brood X cicadas will emerge from the ground after a 17-year hiatus to mate, lay eggs and then die. And when they emerge, they'll make their presence known. According to USA Today, the cries of cicadas can be as loud as 90 to 100 decibels, which is about as loud as standing ...