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KU marks Veterans Day with ceremony at Campanile

Lee Norman, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army National Guard and the former secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment who served during the pandemic, told a crowd at the University of Kansas' Veterans Day ceremony to identify causes to serve and then commit to them fully. ...

Military planes to fly over Lawrence in salute to veterans ahead of KU football game

Military aircraft will fly over Lawrence Friday and Saturday in advance of this weekend’s University of Kansas football Salute to Service game against Texas Tech University, according to a news release from KU. A pair of C-130s will conduct a practice run over campus Friday, likely between 1 ...

KU to host pair of speakers to discuss Native American issues, tribal sovereignty

The University of Kansas will host a pair of lectures this month to highlight tribal sovereignty as part of Native American Heritage Month. Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick, tribal council chairman for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, will speak at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Kansas Union's Alderson ...

KU to host multiple events leading up to Veterans Day

From a wreath-laying ceremony to honor guards, KU’s Lawrence campus will host a variety of events leading up to Veterans Day, with many taking place at some of the campus’ six war memorials. University of Kansas leaders will host a traditional wreath-laying ceremony at 11 a.m on Nov. 10 ...

KU hires new director for international Monarch Watch program

A former Oklahoma State professor who has more than 25 years of research experience on butterflies has been named the new director of the Monarch Watch program based at the University of Kansas. Kristen Baum has been selected to take over for Monarch Watch founder and longtime director Chip ...