After months of speculation both inside and outside of higher education that the COVID-19 pandemic would decimate college and university enrollment figures, the University of Kansas seemed to emerge relatively unscathed in its fall semester enrollment.
Overall, KU's enrollment fell by less than 3 percent, and the university achieved high marks for its one-year retention rate for 2019 freshmen — 85.7%, the ...
In its weekly update on the locations of certain outbreaks of COVID-19, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday identified two Douglas County-area high schools that have confirmed five or more cases of the respiratory virus in the last 14 days.
Five cases were confirmed at Baldwin High School in Baldwin City, and seven cases were confirmed on the volleyball team at Bishop Seabury Academy ...
The University of Kansas has confirmed another 21 cases of COVID-19 since it last released data on Friday, and the cumulative case total at Kansas' flagship university now sits at 971.
A total of 954 tests conducted from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27 revealed 31 positive cases, though 10 of those were also included in Friday's data update, which covered testing from Sept. 17 to Sept. 23.
Also, the percentage of ...
Richard Schiefelbusch, one of the foremost authorities on speech language pathology and intellectual and developmental disabilities who spent over four decades as a professor and institute director at the University of Kansas, died last week at the age of 102.
Schiefelbusch, a Kansas native, served as a navigator aboard B-24 bombers in World War II before being captured for two years as a prisoner of war. ...
On the same day that Kansas hit a new high for new COVID-19 cases in a single data reporting period, Gov. Laura Kelly announced a strategy to rapidly increase the state's ability to test both symptomatic and asymptomatic people for the respiratory disease.
The strategy, Kelly said, is an attempt to generate a more comprehensive statewide approach to slowing the spread of COVID-19. In past weeks, she has ...
John Hadl, one of only three players in the history of football at the University of Kansas to have his number retired and a decades-long leader in Kansas Athletics' Williams Education Fund, has received the highest honor bestowed by the KU Alumni Association.
The Fred Ellsworth Medallion, which has existed since 1975, is the association's highest honor for distinguished service to KU. It's named in tribute to ...
