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KU research advances functional fitness to help people with mobility limitations build strength
KU researchers are partnering with a Lawrence gym to advance functional fitness, helping people with mobility limitations in their day-to-day lives.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU research advances functional fitness to help people with mobility limitations build strength
KU researchers are partnering with a Lawrence gym to advance functional fitness, helping people with mobility limitations in their day-to-day lives.
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Award-winning statistician and author Howard Wainer to speak at KU
Renowned statistician and author Howard Wainer will present next week at KU, discussing the power of effective written and visual communication.
‘We ought to be ashamed’: Kansas board urges schools to eliminate Native American mascots
The Kansas Board of Education is calling on the state’s public schools to eliminate Native American-themed mascots within five years.
Lawrence school district seeks community input on budget cuts via online survey
A public survey is asking community members to share their input on how the Lawrence school district should make budget cuts, including potentially closing and consolidating schools.
Conservatives sweep races for seats on Kansas State Board of Education
Unofficial results show four seats on the Kansas State Board of Education were won by conservative candidates who want to restrict how race and social-emotional learning are taught in schools.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board members at odds over specifics of budget committee’s role
With discussions of building closures looming, Lawrence school board members on Monday grappled with different perceptions of what the district’s new budget committee ought to focus on and how to seek community input.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school board to hear update on Futures Planning Committee progress
The Lawrence school board on Monday will receive an update on the district’s committee designed to structure recommendations for next year’s budget and building usage.
Free speech group questions ESU decision to fire professor after Kansas Reflector article
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has questioned the decision by Emporia State University to fire journalism professor Max McCoy two days after criticizing the university in an opinion article published by Kansas Reflector.
Kansas could pressure schools to dump Native American mascots increasingly seen as racist
An advisory group created by the Kansas Board of Education wants the board to review its policies on how school mascots might hurt students and recommend ending Native American mascots statewide.
KU planning slate of events to honor veterans
The University of Kansas is planning several events to honor veterans in the coming days, starting with the Salute to Service football game this Saturday.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
KU looks to hire repatriation program manager; new role will oversee return of ancestral remains
KU is seeking to hire a repatriation program manager who will be responsible for overseeing the university’s return of Indigenous ancestral remains and artifacts.
Ukrainian poet Lyuba Yakimchuk to speak in Lawrence; she’ll discuss cultural invasion, war
KU’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies next month will host a talk with Ukrainian poet, screenwriter and journalist Lyuba Yakimchuk.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Panelists explain meanings, possible outcomes of constitutional amendments on Kansans’ ballots
Constitutional amendments dealing with state legislative power and local control will appear on Kansans’ ballots in the Nov. 8 election.
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KU School of Music celebrating 50 years of jazz with 2 concerts
KU Jazz Studies program students and alumni will perform in concerts Friday and Saturday celebrating five decades of the university’s “official” jazz program.
Panelists to speak about the constitutional amendments on Kansans’ ballots
A nonpartisan panel will aim to educate voters about two constitutional amendments that would “shift the balance of power in the state” if they pass in the Nov. 8 election, according to an event flyer.
‘How the Light Gets In’ exhibition to highlight words of women who were incarcerated
Texts written by women who were incarcerated will be featured in an interactive art installation across multiple Lawrence sites next month.
