Most University of Kansas employees — but not professors — have a new date to circle on their calendars: Jan. 26. That’s when they’ll find out how big of a raise they are receiving. KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and other university administrators on Monday announced that the ...
A longtime Kansan who likes to tout Lawrence’s role in national history has given an $8 million gift to elevate the dean position at KU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and to create two new endowed professorships. David Pittaway said he’s long been proud that his family moved to ...
Valentine’s Day in 2025 was a heartsick day at federal agencies across the country as job cuts and hiring freezes began to take hold following an executive order by President Donald Trump. Parts of the order were blocked by federal courts, and national headlines have faded on the topic of ...
When the Kansas Legislature convenes next week, the topics largely will fall into one of two big buckets — money or people. A Lawrence chamber of commerce crowd of more than a hundred heard from Douglas County’s longest-serving legislator that she continues to worry that the people issues ...
TOPEKA — When Kansas water rescue teams deployed in July to Texas’ Hill Country, helping respond to flash floods, each of the boat motors was “shelled out” by the time they left. Kansas Fire Marshal Mark Engholm said the motors were destroyed because of all the debris hidden in the ...
As the state has imposed new restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at universities, some supporters of DEI efforts perhaps have wondered whether the state is really in a position to enforce such bans. On Tuesday, such wonderers got their strongest sign yet that state ...