A Salina attorney who is both a University of Kansas graduate and a trustee for the KU Endowment Association is set to become one of two new members on the Kansas Board of Regents. Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday announced the appointment of Peter Johnston to the regents, which is the state board ...
Two consecutive years of record enrollments, more freshmen than ever returning for their sophomore year, and nine straight years of increases in research funding were among the highlights at KU’s State of the University address Thursday. “That is profound for this moment in time,” ...
Chancellor Douglas Girod said he decided to conduct an internal-only search for the university’s next provost because KU is in such a critical moment of development that it can’t afford to “hit the pause button". The provost/executive vice chancellor position is the second-highest ...
Ames, Iowa — Leaders with the City of Ames and with Iowa State University told a Lawrence delegation Tuesday evening that their community has a town/gown relationship unlike many others in the country. Then, city officials proved it by telling the crowd what they get in the mail from the ...
The University of Kansas on Wednesday hosted its annual raising of a tipi in celebration of Indigenous People’s Day. The holiday was Monday, but KU had been on fall break until Wednesday. The event was on the lawn of Strong Hall Lawn and was led by 2025-2026 Miss Haskell, Angelina Giago, ...
Ames, Iowa — Iowa cornfields already have a reputation for building it and they will come. Lawrence and Douglas County leaders in Iowa for a chamber of commerce intercity visit on Tuesday weren’t interested in the baseball — "Field of Dreams" — version of that story. Instead, they ...