Story updated at 6:28 p.m. Friday: University of Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation. In a tweet from the KU men’s basketball Twitter account on Friday, Self, 58, said that he was "feeling pretty good right now" and that ...
Journalists from around the world have congregated at the University of Kansas this summer for an eight-week program. On Thursday, some of them visited the Lawrence Journal-World to learn more about local newspapers in the United States. The journalists are among 31 international fellows who ...
For decades, the best thing that has been said about Wescoe Hall on the University of Kansas campus is that at least KU didn’t ever finish building it. The concrete, 1960s-style classroom complex with a much-maligned design was planned to be 25 stories tall — the tallest building in the ...
Signs of a big post-pandemic bounce-back in enrollment haven’t yet materialized at the University of Kansas, but early numbers are good enough that KU leaders are easing some spending restrictions. In a message to the university community this week, three KU leaders said that fall 2021 ...
Starting in fall 2022, Kansas State University will require incoming Manhattan campus first-year students to live on campus during their first two semesters, according to a news release from K-State. The residency requirement is intended to enhance student success. "National research and an ...
It may be no surprise that the newest member of the Kansas Board of Regents — coming from the state’s largest university community — doesn’t think the state’s university system needs to get any smaller. Wint Winter Jr., a longtime Lawrence resident, banker and attorney, is set to ...