Several years ago, members of the University of Kansas’s Hall Center for the Humanities were brainstorming ways to share their research that were more interactive and engaging — not just long talks in stuffy lecture halls. Andrew Hodgson, the assistant director for the Hall Center, ...
Best-selling author Margaret Renkl will present the Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture for the University of Kansas on Nov. 3 and will participate in a local prairie walk. The lecture, sponsored by The Commons, will take place at 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall. Free tickets are now available for the event, ...
If you were looking for someone to direct a Tony-Award winning musical comedy, Theresa Buchheister wouldn't be the obvious choice. Buchheister, a University of Kansas theater graduate, is not really a “musical theater person” and mostly worked in avant garde theater in New York City for ...
A national journalist who follows political races across the country will be in Lawrence next week to discuss how the 2026 midterm elections are shaping up for both Republicans and Democrats. Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of The Cook Political Report will be at the Dole Institute ...
The Lawrence Public Library’s bookmobile outreach program will get a lift with a sponsorship pledge from a KU sorority. The library’s Board of Trustees approved during its Monday night meeting an agreement for the University of Kansas chapter of Pi Beta Phi to sponsor the library’s ...
Lawrence community members eager to get a look at the new conference center connected to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium now have a date to circle. KU will host an open house of the new facility at 11 a.m. on Nov. 12. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly will be on hand for the ribbon cutting ...