LATEST NEWS FROM THE HILL
Monarch Watch offers plants for sale in online fundraiser; spring open house to follow
Monarch Watch’s free spring open house is coming up, but until then, plenty of pollinator-friendly plants are available for purchase through the organization’s annual online fundraiser.
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Eyewitness to kidnapping of Emmett Till hasn’t closed his eyes to quest for racial justice
“Emmett Till’s story is not a pleasant story. It’s not a pretty story, but it has to be told,” Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. told a Lawrence crowd of his cousin and friend who was brutally murdered in 1955.
KU faculty union wins election with vast majority of vote
The KU faculty union has won its election with 86% of the vote.
KU to host cousin of Emmett Till; livestream of public talk will be available
The cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till will speak at a KU event this week. The talk will be livestreamed.
Civil rights attorney: Legal action to ‘hollow out’ Brown v. Board moves at deliberate speed
Former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill said the nation should celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision as overdue recognition of the necessity to end legal apartheid in the U.S.
New gallery space connects KU students to East Lawrence arts district
KU art students have a new gallery in the East Lawrence arts district that positions them to bridge a gap with the broader arts community as they learn about the management side of their work.
Kansas lawmakers dangle $36 million for public universities to secure anti-DEI commitments
House and Senate budget negotiators agreed to anchor $36 million to a requirement that university administrators affirm they had abandoned diversity, equity and inclusion programs. KU could lose $8.35 million.
KU music student selected for Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship
Taylor Zickefoose, a KU School of Music student, has been selected from among applicants worldwide as one of two rising talents who will participate in the inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriting Fellowship.
Photos: Lawrence community members gather for FNSA Powwow and Indigenous Cultures Festival
Community members gathered at the Lied Center Saturday for the KU First Nations Student Association’s 35th powwow and seventh Indigenous Cultures Festival.
Stories for All Festival in Lawrence aims to amplify voices of marginalized people
An upcoming three-day festival in Lawrence will highlight storytelling projects dedicated to gathering marginalized and suppressed histories, interconnecting them and amplifying them through digital media.