NEW ORLEANS — The federal government has been asked to consider at least two videos made in recent years as evidence that ivory-billed woodpeckers may still exist. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in 2021 that it planned to declare 23 species extinct, including North America's largest ...
The University of Kansas’ Common Work of Art for the upcoming school year is one that not only can be seen but also heard. KU’s Spencer Museum of Art has selected a “sounding sculpture” by artist Harry Bertoia as the Common Work of Art piece for the 2022-2023 school year. As such, the ...
Lawrence's streets, public transit and businesses will get a little busier in the next couple of weeks as University of Kansas students return to campus. Fall classes at KU will begin Aug. 22, and students living in on-campus housing will arrive the week before. The move-in dates for KU ...
The University of Kansas has received a $2 million gift to help it sustain a geology field camp it operates in Colorado. The Harrison Family Fund at the Douglas County Community Foundation gave the $2 million gift to support the KU Geology Field Camp in Cañon City, Colorado. The family of ...
A former policy adviser for U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran has been selected as the University of Kansas’ next point person on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Kyle Christian will begin work as KU’s associate vice chancellor for federal relations on Aug. 15, KU announced in a press release Friday. ...
Construction crews Thursday morning draped a black tarp over the 400-plus pound carved stone ape that was set to be hoisted by crane to the top of Dyche Hall on the University of Kansas campus. The ape was no dummy. It wanted its eyes covered for this. Everyone else, though, was eager to ...