The Kansas Board of Regents has given the University of Kansas a green light to raze two vacant buildings on its Lawrence campus. At the board's November meeting on Wednesday, KU was granted approval to raze its Facilities Administration Building and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab. The ...
Most universities have clubs for young Democrats and Republicans, but a growing number, including the University of Kansas, are establishing chapters of BridgeUSA, a national organization that seeks to expose students to diverse ideological viewpoints. Jakob Moberly, a KU sophomore who is ...
WICHITA — An associate professor in Kansas accused of secretly working for a Chinese university contends in a court filing that a visiting scholar fabricated the allegations against him after unsuccessfully trying to extort him for $300,000. Attorneys for Feng “Franklin” Tao filed a ...
The University of Kansas’ top aviation official has left, yet that does not mean the university will stop using its private jet. Jeff Long, chief pilot of KU’s aviation services department — who just so happens to share the same name as KU’s athletic director — has left the ...
Andrew Milward lived in Lawrence only from age 3 to 12, but he considers himself a Kansan through and through. That’s because he feels he came of age here. “The Kansas state motto is Ad Astra Per Aspera — 'To the stars through difficulty'— and in Kansas we did struggle,” the author ...
The University of Kansas ranks third among higher education institutions in Kansas for a 40-year return on investment, according to a report this week from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. The report, which took data from the federal government's College ...
Violette Franchi was crashing at her cousin’s apartment on the weekends, working on a photography project documenting a low-income housing complex in Saint-Quentin, France. But one day, when developing film, Franchi came across a picture she had taken of her cousin — who lives in the ...
A renowned animal welfare advocate has been chosen to receive the 2019 Dole Leadership Prize. Temple Grandin, a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, is well known for her expertise in animal welfare, as well as her advocacy for people with autism. Grandin herself was ...
Some people might not realize as they enter one of the University of Kansas’ busiest buildings — Kansas Memorial Union — that they are stepping into a World War I memorial. But a reconstruction project that finished Sunday and added 129 stars under the union’s archway was an effort to ...
At a strategic planning kickoff event, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod said that while the state of higher education looks bleak, KU is in a good position to deal with the difficult landscape. Girod noted that universities in Kansas face many challenges, including population ...
The University of Kansas has announced that, come January, it will have a varsity esports team that will compete in League of Legends through the National Association of Collegiate Esports. League of Legends is a multiplayer online video game developed and published by Riot Games. In a news ...
University of Kansas provost candidate Barbara Bichelmeyer said Thursday that if she got the job, she would first listen to KU community members and then create and implement a shared vision for the university. “I know that I don’t know very much about KU,” she said, noting that she’s ...
The University of Kansas will soon offer group tours of certain athletic facilities on non-game days with the help of a group with which the university has signed a four-year agreement. Complex Sports, which will be known publicly as the “Jayhawk Experience” group, will manage group tours ...
University of Kansas provost candidate Dave Cook emphasized in his Tuesday presentation the importance of stability, making it clear that he does not view the provost role as a mere means to an end. “Provost positions tend to be a stepping stone,” he said, adding that it drives him nuts. ...
The provost and executive vice chancellor for the University of Missouri-Kansas City is the fourth and final candidate for the position of provost at the University of Kansas, KU announced Tuesday morning. Barbara Bichelmeyer, who has served as UMKC's provost and executive vice chancellor ...
The ink on the NCAA's notice of allegations was but a few hours old when officials at Kansas huddled with Jayhawks coach Bill Self and crafted a strongly worded response that not only disputed the claims but went on the offensive. The tradition-rich program, which found itself in the ...
Donors from 43 states chipped in money to send James Naismith to the 1936 Olympics to see the sport he invented played in the international competition for the first time. But when he arrived, there wasn’t any fanfare for his presence, nor complimentary tickets. “After traveling 4,809 ...
After nearly 10 years of investigation into the KU ticket scandal, University of Kansas professor emeritus George Frederickson said three things led to the university scam. First, the remodeling of the ticket system from legacy-centric to donor-centric; second, hiring new people and not ...
University of Kansas senior Joey Shondell spent Friday morning with some of his Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brothers, planting trees and shrubs near the west end of Jayhawk Boulevard. “This area really hasn’t been landscaped since 1947, so it’s cool that we’re coming in here,” ...
The vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Edwards Campus is the third of four candidates for the position of provost, KU announced Friday morning. Dave Cook, who has served as vice chancellor since 2013, will give a public presentation Tuesday on the Lawrence campus. Cook has also ...