The biggest school at the University of Kansas has told its faculty members internally that current enrollment for the fall semester is down 12% from where it was in 2019 and 9% from its three-year average.
John Colombo, the interim dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, delivered the news in a May 13 email obtained by the Journal-World. Colombo also said some mid- to upper-level classes in the ...
Kansas’ top health official on Monday encouraged residents to continue being vigilant in practicing sound public health measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19.
Secretary of Health and Environment Lee Norman said virus cases linked to a gathering at Perry Lake in Jefferson County have him worried ahead of the coming Memorial Day Weekend.
That gathering, which Norman said took place in early May ...
The entirety of the financial impact brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic — which has caused unprecedented job losses and brought the global economy to a screeching halt — might not be known for years.
Still, higher education institutions across the country have begun publicly documenting their specific losses, both confirmed and future, since the pandemic began. Even as state governments will be forced in ...
If and when colleges are able to resume some sort of normal operations for the fall semester, Kansas’ top health official said Friday it likely wouldn't be “business as usual.”
Dr. Lee Norman, the secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said that he wouldn’t be surprised if dormitories were converted to single-room only and campus dining options became more spaced out.
But ...
Updated at 5:02 p.m. Thursday
The state of Kansas will slow down its reopening process from Gov. Laura Kelly’s initial four-step plan announced in April, her office announced Thursday.
Barber shops and hair and nail salons can now open Monday on a by-appointment basis, but many restrictions from Phase 1 of Kelly’s reopening plan will remain in place. The mass gathering limit will remain at 10 people, and ...
A former Baldwin City Council member has filed to run for the Kansas House of Representatives and the seat that will be left vacant by outgoing Rep. Eileen Horn, D-Lawrence.
A.J. Stevens, 49, told the Journal-World on Wednesday that he had always planned on running for the seat, but he thought Horn was performing well in the job and wanted to wait until she stepped down to throw his hat in the ring. Horn ...
