Less than a week from the beginning of physical classes on the University of Kansas campus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the university’s mandatory testing program to initially screen the KU community for the respiratory virus is ongoing.
After several inquiries by the Journal-World, KU said late Tuesday that it would release an update on data from the current round of testing — which has been ongoing since ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday announced she was reinstating a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures that are caused by tenants and owners being unable to pay their bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The initial ban on pandemic-related evictions and foreclosures in Kansas expired in June, but Kelly said that as federal unemployment benefits have expired in recent weeks, Kansas is no longer in a ...
The chairs and directors of 38 departments and academic units at the University of Kansas on Monday chided the university’s leaders for a lack of transparency in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and asked KU to commit to additional testing and protocols.
The faculty leaders sent a letter on Monday to KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer expressing concerns that were, in part, spurred by ...
In recent weeks, the University of Kansas has tentatively secured north of $20 million in allocations from the federal CARES Act to put toward the costs associated with reopening its campus through the end of 2020, according to a Journal-World analysis.
That figure includes just over $19 million in CARES Act funding allocated by Gov. Laura Kelly's SPARK task force, which has also been finalized and approved by ...
The University of Kansas on Friday announced it was forming a task force dedicated to reviewing and recommending changes to the public safety policies of its on-campus police force.
KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said the 25-person task force, which will be chaired by KU Distinguished Professor Charles Epp, is the first step in addressing a commitment the university made in early June to address systemic racism ...
In the second major announcement of the day related to racism and equity issues, the University of Kansas said Friday it was creating a standing advisory council tasked with examining and monitoring programs and structures at KU to ensure they support diversity, equity and inclusion.
Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer announced the council's formation just hours after Chancellor Douglas Girod announced the creation of ...
