The University of Kansas' Center for STEM Learning and UKanTeach program will be shutting down at the end of the academic year, program director Steven Case announced Friday — a move being criticized by some as detrimental to education. The center and program will close because of budget cuts affecting the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Case, who has been working at KU for 22 years, found out on Sept. ...
The University of Kansas' Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will host "Allyship with Undocumented Immigrants: A Community Workshop" on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, has limited space. Advance registration is recommended and can be completed online. It will be led by KU faculty and staff who work with ...
Sometimes, as he spoke, the interim president of Haskell Indian Nations University, Daniel Wildcat, would close his eyes. He looked contemplative as he responded to questions regarding the future of a university whose helm he took in November 2018 and that expects to select a full-time president as soon as January. But Wildcat’s not sitting idly by until then. Wildcat, 66, has worked at Haskell for 33 ...
Brittney Cooper opened the University of Kansas’ Hall Center lecture series on Thursday night with a charge to not fear the future but to embrace its possibilities, specifically urging her audience to be "world makers," not "space takers." The Liberty Hall presentation by Cooper, a prominent black feminist, was the first of five free humanities lectures in KU's 2019-2020 school year. Cooper is the author of ...
The University of Kansas volleyball team will host its home opener on Thursday in a new arena with 2,265 seats, 965 more than its previous facility. On Tuesday, the team and the athletic department unveiled the new Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for donors, staff and other attendees. The new arena is located at the same site where the team's old facility stood before it was ...
Gov. Laura Kelly launched a council on tax reform Monday and appointed Lawrence school board member Shannon Kimball as a member. The Governor’s Council on Tax Reform, issued by Executive Order 19-11, will conduct an 18-month study culminating in the council making specific statutory recommendations to state lawmakers. The first meeting of the council will take place Sept. 24 and Sept. 25 at the Statehouse ...