A lot is riding on the University of Kansas' 149-page, often blistering, denunciation of the NCAA allegations against the school’s vaunted basketball program. If KU’s appeal ultimately fails, the men’s basketball program could be facing a postseason ban — beginning next season — that would end the school’s soon-to-be record 31 consecutive appearances in the NCAA tournament. Hall of Fame coach Bill ...
Story updated at 11:31 a.m. Wednesday Leaders of higher education institutions across the state of Kansas testified Wednesday in favor of legislation that would allow student-athletes in the state to profit off the use of their names, images and likenesses. The topic of student-athlete compensation continues to dominate collegiate athletics, and those leaders cautioned that governing the issue of paying ...
Updated at 1:06 p.m. Tuesday The University of Kansas on Monday joined numerous institutions around the country in restricting all travel to China, South Korea, Iran and Italy amid growing concerns over the spread of coronavirus. Chancellor Douglas Girod issued the restriction in a note to the campus, saying that although the current risk to U.S. residents remains low, signs globally point to the respiratory ...
Updated at 10:44 a.m. Wednesday As final votes were being cast in Super Tuesday presidential primary contests across the country, a panel discussion at the University of Kansas highlighted important trends and tips that voters in the Sunflower State should be aware of as the 2020 election season begins to unfold. Chief among those details was how to be civically engaged in the sometimes confusing world of ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long will testify Wednesday in Topeka in favor of state legislation that would allow student-athletes to be paid for use of their names, images and likenesses. Kansas lawmakers will take the first step in joining a growing number of states entering the complicated world of paying student-athletes while also maintaining the amateur status of those athletes. The ...
The University of Kansas on Thursday announced economics professor Donna Ginther as the permanent director of the Institute for Policy & Social Research — a role which she'd held on an interim basis since May 2019. Ginther will be only the second director IPSR has had since it opened in its current form in 2000. Longtime and founding director Steven Maynard-Moody, who remains a professor in the School of ...