Kansas counties that have mandated the use of face masks in public have seen much lower spread of COVID-19 than the statewide average, new research from the University of Kansas shows.
The analysis by KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research found that counties with mask mandates had roughly half as many cases of the respiratory virus as the statewide average when adjusted for population. Donna Ginther, a ...
A task force charged with evaluating the University of Kansas' public safety office will be recommending more training and oversight for police officers, as well as some changes to the office's duties, according to a draft of the task force's recommendations.
The 25-member group's draft recommendations emphasize the need for KU Public Safety officers to get more training on biases and mental health issues. The ...
Student leaders at the University of Kansas are seeking a reprieve from classes on Nov. 3, the date of the 2020 election, so that the KU community has every available opportunity to cast their ballot.
The thinking, according to KU student body vice president Grant Daily, is that although early voting and advance mail voting is possible in Kansas, it's not possible for all KU students who are eligible to vote ...
A lawsuit filed last week in Douglas County District Court alleges that the University of Kansas owes over $3 million to a sports marketing firm in Chicago for work related to a 2015 contract.
The consulting work done by Navigate Marketing Inc. is what led KU not only to a more lucrative beverage contract with Coca-Cola, but an even more lucrative contract with Pepsi when the university switched to the soda ...
Four researchers at the University of Kansas found recently that Asian Americans have been hit harder by unemployment related to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other minority group in the United States, but the reason why isn't exactly clear.
Since the pandemic took hold in March, Asian Americans have suffered the greatest percentage of overall job losses and lost jobs at a 9.7% higher rate than white workers ...
Updated at 5:03 p.m. Wednesday
Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she will soon open discussions with state legislative leaders to ways in which a bipartisan consensus could be reached on instituting a mask mandate for the entire state of Kansas.
Kelly's initial statewide mask mandate, issued in July, was wildly unpopular among Republican officials and gave counties in the state the option to opt out of the ...
