A new panel designed to handle the most complex rules in collegiate sports has officially agreed to hear the University of Kansas' case surrounding serious pay-for-play allegations in the men's basketball program, the sport's governing body announced Wednesday. Over a month after KU's case ...
The University of Kansas has decided to give its instructors more flexibility to decide whether they’re comfortable with teaching in-person courses in the fall, just days after hundreds of faculty members signed a letter protesting KU’s policies related to COVID-19 and the reopening ...
The logistics of a fall semester at the University of Kansas in the COVID-19 era began to take shape late Monday, as the university released many new guidelines for classroom configurations, the options available for faculty to safely teach, and new procedures for the unprecedented academic ...
Dozens of department leaders at the University of Kansas are demanding more transparency from administrators about plans to reopen campus after a COVID-19-induced shutdown, and a few of them have refused to comply with a mandate that requires instructors to document their health conditions in ...
Days after a student-generated petition garnered nearly 2,500 signatures asking the University of Kansas to keep flat a required fee for international students that quietly doubled during a June meeting of the Kansas Board of Regents, KU Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer announced Friday afternoon ...
BELLE PLAINE — A Kansas researcher accused of concealing work he was doing for China while employed at the University of Kansas defrauded the U.S. government and the university, according to revised federal charges filed Thursday. The new indictment charges Feng “Franklin” Tao of ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Many department chairs at the University of Kansas are pushing back against the school’s plan to have classroom instruction in the fall, saying they should have the option to teach online. On Monday, a letter signed by 38 department heads was emailed to Provost Barbara ...
Set along a nine-mile stretch of the Kansas River walkway in North Lawrence, a home consisting of three independent structures will join a long list of buildings designed by architecture students at the University of Kansas. Finally ready for an open house — delayed somewhat by the COVID-19 ...
International students at the University of Kansas were in for a surprise last week after initially believing the Kansas Board of Regents voted to keep tuition and student fees flat for the coming academic year. Instead, the fee which applies only to international students quietly doubled, ...
Administrators at the University of Kansas did not abide by KU’s longstanding system of collaborative decision-making when they announced last week that every employee making over $50,000 annually would face a scaled, six-month pay cut beginning in August, faculty leaders told the ...
As the University of Kansas plans for in-person classes in the fall after a COVID-19-induced hiatus, many students and employees aren't entirely comfortable with the idea of returning to campus. That's according to an informal survey conducted by the Journal-World in the last two weeks. Nearly ...
The University of Kansas football program announced Saturday that one player has tested positive for COVID-19 and another had a positive test for the COVID-19 antibodies. The two positive tests came after 86 players and 110 KU staff members were tested during the past couple of weeks as KU's ...
Story updated at 1:22 p.m. Friday Every employee at the University of Kansas who makes an annual salary over $50,000 will see a scaled pay reduction over six months as the university manages an unprecedented budget crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chancellor Douglas Girod and Provost ...
Kansas coach Bill Self’s personal attorney has informed the NCAA, college sports’ governing body, that the Hall of Fame coach is considering legal action against the NCAA for its handling of the violations case involving Self and the Kansas men's basketball program. Scott Tompsett, ...
Tuition at the University of Kansas will officially stay flat for the second consecutive academic year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt higher education. The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday morning approved KU’s request — which the university first announced in early May ...
All individuals on the University of Kansas campus, effective immediately, will be required to wear a face covering to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, KU Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer said Thursday. The KU policy office is in the process of drafting new personal safety requirements for ...
Months of planning and projecting have left University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long cautiously optimistic about hosting a full college football season this fall. Long said as much on multiple occasions during Tuesday night’s online discussion, “College Sports in the COVID-19 ...
The first woman of color to serve as student body president at the University of Kansas launched a social media project at the beginning of June that she hopes will ultimately lead the school to overhaul its definitions of racial harassment. Tiara Floyd graduated from KU in May, having just ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling protecting as many as 13 million Americans from being fired solely because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Though it was a landmark decision, a professor and expert in discrimination law at the University of Kansas School of Law ...
On Monday, the Kansas football team conducted its first voluntary team workouts since the pandemic, after about 75 athletes tested negative for COVID-19, an athletic department official confirmed. KU spokesman Dan Beckler told the Journal-World early Monday afternoon that Kansas Team Health, ...