A University of Kansas economist has been inducted into one of the country’s top organizations for artists and scientists. Donna Ginther, who is a distinguished professor of economics at KU, has been named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Ginther is the sixth KU faculty ...
All the preparations are being made for universities to begin directly paying their student-athletes next school year. The federal judge overseeing the key lawsuit in the matter hasn’t yet approved the settlement agreement between the NCAA, universities and aggrieved student-athletes, but ...
It is rare that the jokes and the dreams tossed around between college roommates become reality — especially when those dreams involve an appearance on the big screen. But if you think it is impossible, University of Kansas students Drew Hanson and Nnamdi Anyanike are proving the joke’s ...
The University of Kansas was one of the top 60 universities in the country in terms of creating new inventions in 2024, reaching a new high in the brief history of the National Academy of Inventors report. KU was 59th in the country in the recent NAI report that measures the number of utility ...
A roiled bond market hasn’t yet threatened plans for a $300-million-plus hotel, retail and student housing development around the University of Kansas’ football stadium. A quiet Kansas Legislature, however, has thrown into question the future of another KU project: A $60 million building ...
The Dole Institute of Politics will host its annual "Easter Egg Roll with Dole" event on Saturday. The free event, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m at 2350 Petefish Drive, will include egg hunts every half hour, plus storytime, live music by kid-rocker and author Jim “Mr. Stinky Feet” Cosgrove, ...