A former University of Kansas Medical Center employee has pleaded guilty to charges related to an embezzlement scheme that resulted in the theft of more than $500,000. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas announced in a news release Tuesday that Michael Tae Kim Ahlers, 49, of ...
University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod asked a legislative committee on Monday to maintain the current level of state funding for higher education, saying that cuts proposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly would worsen the university's already bleak financial picture. Kelly's ...
The future of the University Press of Kansas is uncertain, according to an email sent to authors it has worked with. The trustees of the University Press of Kansas have initiated an independent review of the press to propose direction for its future "amid significant financial challenges," an ...
On the wall of Mark Richter’s intensive care room, where he lay sedated as he fought COVID-19, hung two pieces of paper. On one was a bulleted list of facts about his life — that he was a professor, that he had four kids, that he enjoyed a competitive match of croquet — and on the other ...
Updated at 5:39 p.m. Friday The University of Kansas is requesting an extension from the Kansas Board of Regents regarding the implementation of a controversial policy that critics say would imperil the tenure system at KU. KU Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer wrote in a campus message Friday ...
A group of University of Kansas faculty hosted a virtual town hall Thursday night to discuss a recent Kansas Board of Regents policy that one faculty member said would be “the beginning of the end of tenure” in higher education. The group, called OneKU, is composed of faculty who consider ...
With the pandemic reducing in recent months the number of Big 12 games played in both football and basketball — as well as the number of fans in seats — Kansas Athletics Inc. is now expecting a roughly $30 million revenue hit as a result. KAI chief financial officer Pat Kaufman shared ...
University of Kansas students returned to classes on Monday following an unusually long winter break. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, KU’s spring break week was added onto the winter break, which occurred from Dec. 12 to Jan. 31. KU will not take a break in the middle of the semester. ...
Faculty and students at the University of Kansas stood in shadows of Allen Fieldhouse to blow the whistle Tuesday night on the administration’s plan to deal with massive budget problems by shedding tenured professors from the payroll, undervaluing work of graduate teaching assistants and ...
The American Association of University Professors is blasting a new Kansas Board of Regents policy that it says would gut tenure at universities. The policy, which the Regents approved on Jan. 20 and which would be in place for two years, gives university leaders more power to suspend, ...
The University of Kansas’ Learned Hall and the Earth, Energy and Environment Center are connected by a glass walkway over Naismith Drive. It’s a detail passersby likely notice, but one whose significance might not always be understood. Jim Modig, KU’s previous university architect, ...
The Athletic on Friday published a report detailing a previously undisclosed phone call involving an unnamed University of Kansas assistant basketball coach expressing support for paying a family member of a recruit, a violation of NCAA rules. The phone call, which was not introduced into ...
Updated at 4:46 p.m. Friday Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez resigned Thursday from her job at the University of Kansas School of Law, the DA's office said in a news release Friday. Valdez, a Democrat who was sworn in as the district attorney earlier this month, was put on ...
Updated at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday The University of Kansas will put together a framework for a new Kansas Board of Regents policy that would give university CEOs more power to dismiss, suspend or terminate employees, even those with tenure, according to a statement from Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer. ...
Hundreds of University of Kansas faculty and staff members are objecting to a new Kansas Board of Regents policy that they say circumvents professional standards and violates the university’s commitments as a member of the American Association of Universities. On Jan. 20, the Kansas Board ...
Updated at 9:28 a.m. Thursday State university CEOs will soon be able to suspend, dismiss or terminate employees — including tenured faculty members — due to a temporary policy approved by the Kansas Board of Regents in light of the financial crisis many universities face. The policy ...
University of Kansas chancellor Douglas Girod is concerned that proposed cuts to state funding for higher education could cause "irreparable harm" to the university, he wrote in a campus message Tuesday. Girod wrote that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's budget recommendations include a 5.3% cut to ...
An acclaimed memoir about a woman's journey to education and autonomy will be the University of Kansas' spring Common Book, and the author, Tara Westover, will participate in a related event. Every year, KU chooses a Common Book to create a shared academic experience for students, faculty and ...
Updated at 3 p.m. Wednesday The University of Kansas will once again mandate COVID-19 testing prior to the start of the upcoming semester, a mitigation measure that proved "crucial" prior to the fall semester, according to the chancellor. Chancellor Douglas Girod wrote in a Wednesday morning ...
Kansas’ Office of the Attorney General said Friday that the University of Kansas was not breaking state law by keeping the meetings of its pandemic advisory team private. The nine-member team of medical professionals and KU leaders, known as PMAT, was established in June to help inform the ...