Story updated at 2:49 p.m. Wednesday Carl Lejuez, who served as the interim provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas for nearly 18 months, was named Wednesday as the permanent provost at the University of Connecticut. Lejuez served as KU's interim provost from spring 2018 until February of this year, when new provost Barbara Bichelmeyer began her tenure. During his time in the role, ...
As states around the country continue to struggle obtaining adequate supplies to test for the coronavirus, researchers at the University of Kansas stepped in to help fill the void in the Sunflower State after a request from Gov. Laura Kelly. Kelly’s office requested lab kits to help process COVID-19 testing samples on Friday, and by Monday, KU had accumulated an estimated 20,000 columns that can be used to ...
When former Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius took the role of Health and Human Services secretary for President Barack Obama in April 2009, she was walking into the start of a global pandemic — the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, that ultimately infected 61 million people. Several cases of the new strain had appeared in the United States, but no one had died at the time Sebelius took office, she told ...
Well ahead of the June 1 filing deadline for the 2020 election, most Lawrence legislators have filed for another term in their posts. Rep. Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, Rep. Barbara Ballard, D-Lawrence, and Sen. Marci Francisco, D-Lawrence, all filed their reelection paperwork Friday, according to the Kansas secretary of state’s office. Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, and Rep. Boog Highberger, D-Lawrence, filed ...
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran on Monday joined a panel of health experts at the University of Kansas Health System to update the status of federal legislation that could bring millions of relief dollars to the Sunflower State for economic hardships brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moran, a Republican from Kansas, lobbed some of the blame for the nearly $2 trillion economic stimulus package not passing at U.S. ...
Story updated at 11:27 a.m. Friday Kansas restaurants and hospitality businesses suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic will have another resource available to supplement their income, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Friday. The Kelly administration created the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency Fund, a $5 million pool which allows hospitality businesses to apply for bridge loans up to $20,000. The program — ...