A native Kansan who went on to become a renowned national broadcaster and television journalist will be a featured speaker at the Dole Institute of Politics next month. Bill Kurtis — a KU alumnus, journalist, network news anchor, producer and rancher — will deliver the Dole Lecture at 7 ...
What has become a more than 25-year effort to document the forgotten and left-out parts of Lawrence history began with a Channel 6 broadcast. Dennis Domer, the editor of the “Embattled Lawrence” anthology, taught a class at the University of Kansas in 1998 called “Biography of a City: ...
A festival celebrating the cultures of Eastern Europe and Eurasia is set for Sunday in downtown Lawrence. The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies will host its annual Spring Festival from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Liberty Hall in downtown. The free event will feature a live ...
The University of Kansas will host a national conference to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that outlawed racial segregation in schools. The conference — titled Brown v. Board at 70: Looking Back and Striving Forward — is ...
The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas has named its interim director to the permanent position. Giselle Anatol, professor of English, has been named director, effective March 3. She has been leading the center since former director Richard Godbeer retired in fall 2022. ...
When the next school year begins, KU has a chance to set a freshmen enrollment record for the second year in a row. It also has a chance to be foiled by the federal government. The number of prospective students applying for admittance to KU for the 2024-2025 school year is running ahead of ...