The University of Kansas on Thursday announced the merger of three academic programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences into a new academic entity called the Department of Earth, Energy & Environment. The new department merges the departments of geology, environmental studies and ...

Story updated at 6:38 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 23. The Hilltop Child Development Center at the University of Kansas, a childcare facility that has served families in Lawrence for 54 years, is shutting its doors — and parents are scrambling for alternatives. The announcement, from Chari Young, ...

Updated at 4:14 p.m., Sept. 22, 2026 The University of Kansas held steady at No. 74 for the second straight year among public universities in the nation, but fell five spots among all universities in the latest rankings of “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report released ...

Two Lawrence-based artists are among this year’s Rocket Grants recipients, a re-granting program launched by Charlotte Street, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. They will each receive $6,000 for producing public art projects in the ...

The University of Kansas Debate program clinched the nation’s top spot in this year’s ranking of the “Top 50 Competitive College Debate Programs in the U.S.” The ranking, published annually by American Liberty Media, considered factors like competitive opportunity, competitive success, ...

University of Kansas students attending the School of Pharmacy are not bothered by an accreditation status that placed one of their programs on probation earlier this year. There is “no problem” with the School of Pharmacy, one student told the Journal-World on Monday, adding that the ...