Dozens of colorfully decorated trees and wreaths will fill Liberty Hall next week for the annual Festival of Trees. The festival begins Monday and will feature 50 trees and 24 wreaths, all decorated and donated by members of the Lawrence community. It's a fundraiser for The Children’s Shelter, a nonprofit that provides temporary residential care, foster care placement and other services for at-risk children. ...
Shannon Blunt, a University of Kansas engineering professor whose work focuses on radar systems, will soon be appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. On Nov. 14, the White House announced its intent to appoint Blunt to the council. Blunt attended the council's meeting on Nov. 18 as a private citizen, as he has not yet been formally appointed. He said he expects the White ...
Jerry Tuckwin was 7 years old when a house fire killed his parents and younger sister. Afterward, everything became uncertain, even where he would sleep at night. He was passed from caretaker to caretaker for years — aunts and uncles, older siblings, even a short stint in an orphanage. But when he reached high school, he was sent to Haskell Institute, and he found stability there. “That’s why Haskell ...
The interim president of Haskell Indian Nations University noted the university’s opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs name in an open letter on Tuesday, after concerns were raised that a prior message from his office might be construed as an endorsement of the team’s name. Interim President Daniel Wildcat had previously disseminated a message announcing that Jerry Tuckwin, a Haskell alumnus and former ...
Alan Alda was at an observatory atop a mountain in Chile 16 years ago when what started as a tickle in his gut turned into an intense pain. “I want to tell you about the night that changed my life,” Alda, 83, told a sold-out audience Monday night at the Lied Center, as he began the story. He was transported from the observatory to a small village, where a physician informed him that some of his intestine ...
Most people know Democratic Rep. Mike Amyx runs a barbershop on Massachusetts Street, but in the Legislature's off-session, he spends only his mornings at the shop. In the afternoons, he might be found in Munchers Bakery meeting with constituents. “I love doughnuts. It’s terrible, isn’t it?” he says, biting into one of the two miniature cinnamon rolls he ordered, alongside a carton of 2% milk. He ...