A task force charged with evaluating the University of Kansas' public safety office will be recommending more training and oversight for police officers, as well as some changes to the office's duties, according to a draft of the task force's recommendations. The 25-member group's draft ...
Kansas counties that have mandated the use of face masks in public have seen much lower spread of COVID-19 than the statewide average, new research from the University of Kansas shows. The analysis by KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research found that counties with mask mandates had ...
Student leaders at the University of Kansas are seeking a reprieve from classes on Nov. 3, the date of the 2020 election, so that the KU community has every available opportunity to cast their ballot. The thinking, according to KU student body vice president Grant Daily, is that although ...
A lawsuit filed last week in Douglas County District Court alleges that the University of Kansas owes over $3 million to a sports marketing firm in Chicago for work related to a 2015 contract. The consulting work done by Navigate Marketing Inc. is what led KU not only to a more lucrative ...
Four researchers at the University of Kansas found recently that Asian Americans have been hit harder by unemployment related to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other minority group in the United States, but the reason why isn't exactly clear. Since the pandemic took hold in March, Asian ...
The University of Kansas in June entered into a nine-month contract with a Maryland-based higher education consulting firm tasked with examining virtually every aspect of KU’s operations, from academics to administrative offices. The bill — footed by KU Endowment, the university’s ...
After contracting COVID-19 more than a week ago, Les Miles won’t be coaching the Kansas football team at West Virginia after all. KU announced Friday morning that Miles received clearance from Kansas Team Health to travel with the Jayhawks, as was the plan all along. But in a statement Miles ...
Local and state leaders hope a multimillion-dollar federal grant awarded Thursday could help create hundreds of bioscience jobs in Lawrence and help launch a new innovation district on the University of Kansas' west campus. Government officials gathered Thursday at KU's Bioscience and ...
One of the cost-cutting measures the University of Kansas implemented over the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic's strain on financial resources will result in the retirement of at least 147 employees — and most of their positions will not be filled — KU announced Wednesday. The ...
The University of Kansas has confirmed 40 more cases of COVID-19 since data was last released Friday, bringing the school's cumulative case total to 1,071. New data was released on KU's COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday after being delayed Tuesday, the normal release day, because of a data issue, ...
Barbara Bichelmeyer, the provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of Kansas, told members of a KU governing body Tuesday that KU would again mandate COVID-19 testing upon a return to campus for the spring 2021 semester. Exactly what that required testing will look like is still ...
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump near the end of September that seeks to end "divisive concepts" and stereotyping based on race and sex in all federally funded programs has caused a stir in recent days among higher education institutions. The broadly written Sept. 22 ...
Just over three weeks before the general election, efforts to register as many voters as possible in Douglas County have been ongoing leading up to Kansas' voter registration deadline Tuesday — specifically among a group that while eligible to do so, traditionally doesn’t vote at a high ...
Life on campus at the University of Kansas looks different these days. Signs on buildings tell visitors which doors to use to enter, and which to exit. White tents across campus offer people an outdoor place to rest or study. Red stickers on floors say “Thank you for practicing social ...
The University of Kansas has confirmed an additional 22 cases of COVID-19 since it last released data Tuesday afternoon. Kansas' flagship university has now confirmed 1,031 total cases of the respiratory virus since its mass entry testing program began in early August. That program gave way ...
Kansas football coach Les Miles found out Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19, the university announced. “I am beginning the isolation process at my home,” Miles stated in a release from KU, “and will continue to fulfill my head coach responsibilities remotely.” The 66-year-old ...
The University of Kansas on Tuesday confirmed nine new cases of COVID-19 on its campus since its last update on Friday and saw a significant jump in the number of students in isolation because of the virus. Over the most recent seven-day period for which data is available — Sept. 28 through ...
The University of Kansas' cumulative COVID-19 case total rose to exactly 1,000 on Friday as the university reported 29 new cases of the respiratory virus. Since it last released data on Tuesday, KU also saw slight increases in nearly every metric the university publicly tracks. From Sept. ...
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 ...
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 ...