The University of Kansas Alumni Association on Thursday will honor two recipients of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion, an annual award for extraordinary service to the university. This year's winners — Dr. Don Brada and Jeff Kennedy — will be recognized at a celebratory dinner at 7 p.m. at the Adams Alumni Center. Ellsworth, the medallion's namesake, was a 1922 graduate who served as the Alumni Association’s ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed six members to the 911 Coordinating Council, including the University of Kansas’ assistant director of public safety, Elizabeth Phillips, in an attempt to include more nontraditional agencies. The 911 Coordinating Council monitors the delivery of 911 services and develops strategies to improve the system. This past legislative session, the Kansas 911 Act was amended to ...
Updated at 2:30 p.m. Some University of Kansas professors are urging a boycott of the campus Chick-fil-A in response to what they consider a “deepened relationship” between the university and the fast-food organization, which has had a history of anti-LGBTQ stances. This year, Chick-fil-A’s campus location has moved from The Underground dining area at Wescoe Hall to the Kansas Union, which KU associate ...