As a global push continues to find a resolution to the COVID-19 crisis, colleges across the country are ramping up research efforts to help treat and track the contagious and deadly respiratory virus. The University of Kansas has footprints in both areas. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved remdesivir — an Ebola drug developed by the pharmaceutical company Gilead — to treat COVID-19 on ...
The deadline for the NCAA to respond to the University of Kansas in a case involving basketball- and football-related allegations came and went Tuesday with no word from either entity on whether the response had been received. The response from the NCAA enforcement staff is one of the final steps in the case, which began when KU received the NCAA's original Notice of Allegations in September. If KU has ...
Kansas businesses received more than $4.2 billion in federal loans from a $349 billion Small Business Administration program before it ran out of money in mid-April. But it remains unclear whether Kansas businesses are getting their fair share of the money since the Paycheck Protection Program was restocked with $320 billion in new federal funding on April 27. The SBA has not released state-level data about ...
Story updated at 4:41 p.m. Friday Douglas County health officials have ordered restaurants to continue with carryout-only services and local libraries to remain closed through May 17 to continue preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. But most retailers that previously have been closed as "nonessential businesses" will be allowed to reopen, as long as they follow certain guidelines created by the ...
Updated at 4:56 p.m. Friday The University of Kansas is planning to resume on-campus operations in some capacity for the fall semester, officials announced Friday. Following a five-step process that is somewhat similar to Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan to reopen the state, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer announced their plan for a gradual resumption of operations at the Lawrence and ...
The state of Kansas will continue enforcing gathering limits and social distancing measures as part of its initial plan to begin reopening the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a summary of Gov. Laura Kelly's plan leaked by a Kansas lawmaker hours ahead of Kelly's televised address. Rep. Stephen Owens, R-Hesston, posted a three-page bulleted list of points Kelly will supposedly address Thursday ...