Chancellor Douglas Girod said he decided to conduct an internal-only search for the university’s next provost because KU is in such a critical moment of development that it can’t afford to “hit the pause button". The provost/executive vice chancellor position is the second-highest ...
Ames, Iowa — Leaders with the City of Ames and with Iowa State University told a Lawrence delegation Tuesday evening that their community has a town/gown relationship unlike many others in the country. Then, city officials proved it by telling the crowd what they get in the mail from the ...
The University of Kansas on Wednesday hosted its annual raising of a tipi in celebration of Indigenous People’s Day. The holiday was Monday, but KU had been on fall break until Wednesday. The event was on the lawn of Strong Hall Lawn and was led by 2025-2026 Miss Haskell, Angelina Giago, ...
Ames, Iowa — Iowa cornfields already have a reputation for building it and they will come. Lawrence and Douglas County leaders in Iowa for a chamber of commerce intercity visit on Tuesday weren’t interested in the baseball — "Field of Dreams" — version of that story. Instead, they ...
UPDATED 4:15 P.M. OCT 14 The No. 2 leader on the University of Kansas’ Lawrence campus is stepping down to return to the university’s faculty. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer is resigning both positions after serving in the university’s leadership for the last ...
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Kansas will officially open its new building in November. A grand opening ceremony for the new two-story center at 1203 W. 19th St. is scheduled for Nov. 2. The new building will replace the former duplex that the center had operated out ...