TOPEKA — Three months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Kansas has finally secured the necessary infrastructure and testing supplies to launch a statewide strategy to test at least 60,000 Kansans — or 2% of the state population — for the respiratory virus per month over the next six months, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday.
The strategy will focus on more rapid deployment of testing in areas ...
Three officials within the University of Kansas system will take on greater roles at KU's Edwards Campus, located in Overland Park, to replace Dave Cook, the former executive vice chancellor at Edwards who took a role at the Lawrence campus in May.
Stuart Day, currently associate vice chancellor of the Edwards Campus, will take on an expanded role under the title of dean of Edwards Campus and School of ...
Kansas on Wednesday confirmed four more deaths as a result of COVID-19 and 162 new cases statewide since Monday, when the state Department of Health and Environment last released data on the spread of the respiratory virus.
The new cases bring Kansas' cumulative case total to 10,812 since the beginning of the pandemic, with 240 deaths. KDHE also confirmed an additional 18 hospitalizations related to the virus ...
The University of Kansas will hold a late-night vigil Wednesday to pay tribute to George Floyd and the countless other black lives lost to racism and police brutality, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Tuesday.
Protests and demonstrations continue around the globe in response to Floyd's death at the hands of a Minnesota police officer, as well as the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, a Georgia man killed while jogging, ...
The University of Kansas will begin offering voluntary buyout packages to certain faculty members to reduce the university's losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, KU announced Monday.
The measure is the university's first concrete move to address a daunting financial situation. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod has said the university faces a budget shortfall of at least $120 million in the next fiscal year ...
The University of Kansas agreed with the NCAA on Monday that allegations against its men's basketball program should be sent to an independent panel — but it wants the less severe allegations involving its football program to go through the NCAA's traditional process instead.
KU concurred with a recommendation from NCAA Committee on Infractions chair Carol Cartwright that the five Level I charges facing the ...
