A local effort to tag and track monarch butterflies on their migration to Mexico hasn't been able to hold its usual public events because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the insects' annual journey is continuing mostly as normal, the project's director says.
Monarch Watch, a program housed on the west campus of the University of Kansas, has for years sought to educate the public on the declining population of ...
The University of Kansas' cumulative COVID-19 case total has risen by 12 since the university last released data on Tuesday — by far the lowest uptick since the university began regularly sharing data.
KU has now confirmed 950 cases of the respiratory virus since its mass entry testing program began in early August, the school announced Friday afternoon. In COVID-19 testing conducted between Sept. 17 and ...
The University of Kansas will use federal funds from the CARES Act stimulus package — allocated by Gov. Laura Kelly's SPARK Taskforce — to establish a child care assistance fund for employees facing unexpected costs due to their children's school being moved again to online or hybrid learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exactly how much funding will be available wasn't entirely clear Thursday, but any ...
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The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday revamped its practices for releasing the locations of active COVID-19 outbreaks across the state, narrowing the time frame required for active cases in an attempt to reduce confusion.
The change, which came a week after the department suspended updates in order to review feedback, significantly reduced the number of named outbreaks. ...
The University of Kansas announced Tuesday that it has confirmed another 56 cases of COVID-19 since it last released data on Friday, bringing the university's cumulative case total to 938.
In the most recent seven-day period for which data is available, Sept. 14-20, the KU community also tested positive at a slightly higher rate than the week prior — 6.85% compared to 4.32%, with roughly the same number of ...
A student leader has filed a complaint with the Kansas attorney general alleging the University of Kansas is improperly keeping the public out of key meetings on how the campus will operate during the pandemic.
Wes Cudney, leader of the student group Against Rising Tuition at KU, said he believes the Kansas Open Meetings Act allows members of the public to attend meetings of KU's Pandemic Medical Advisory ...
