A student who survived the Feb. 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., will deliver a lecture on Nov. 8 at the Lied Center. The lecture by gun control activist David Hogg is titled "Putting the USA over the NRA: What we must do to end gun violence." It's free and open to the public and will begin at 7:30 p.m. No tickets are required. The event is part of the University of ...
Activists converged on Lawrence City Hall on Friday to demand action on climate change — in solidarity with other activists around the world. The Climate Strike Walkout, organized in part by Lawrence branches of the Sunrise Movement and The Sierra Club, united hundreds of people who left work, home or schools to gather at noon. “If you’re not going to protest for this, I don’t know what you’d ...
New raises approved Wednesday brought University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod’s salary $87,500 higher than that of the second-highest salaried president among the six public universities. For fiscal year 2020 Girod’s salary is $600,000. This is a $50,000 raise from the last fiscal year, and Girod said he would donate his raise to KU’s Student Affairs Emergency Fund, which provides financial ...
Experts on Thursday will discuss the three cases involving Kansas that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this fall. The University of Kansas' Dole Institute is hosting "Kansas in the Supreme Court" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Stephen McAllister, U.S. attorney for the District of Kansas, will join other speakers to explore the constitutional issues raised by each of the cases: Kansas v. Garcia, Kahler v. Kansas and ...
Kansas’ other five public universities will soon join the University of Kansas in using grade point averages instead of class rank as a criterion for admissions. But under the standards unanimously approved by the Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday, KU will still have the highest bar of the bunch. Previously, Kansas State University, Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Pittsburg State ...
The University of Kansas expects to fill the provost position — the No. 2 leadership spot at KU — by the end of this semester, according to interim Provost Carl Lejuez, who hosted a wide-ranging community forum Monday in KU's Slawson Hall. Lejuez, who has served as interim provost since spring 2018 and who has applied for the permanent position, began the forum as he ended it, focusing on some of the ...