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Kansas House committee plunges paring knife into state’s public university budgets
A Kansas House committee recommended a budget that cuts grants to KU, reduces need-based student aid, ties funding to elimination of DEI, offers faculty one year instead of two to fix their academic shortcomings before they are potentially fired and more.
Kansas House committee plunges paring knife into state’s public university budgets
A Kansas House committee recommended a budget that cuts grants to KU, reduces need-based student aid, ties funding to elimination of DEI, offers faculty one year instead of two to fix their academic shortcomings before they are potentially fired and more.
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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.
Andy White via KU School of Music
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.
Lawrence school board leader concerned after hearing report on marginalized students
The Lawrence school board vice president on Monday raised concerns that Native students are being left behind after the board heard a report on disparities among marginalized groups of students.
Lawrence school board to hear report on support, outcomes for marginalized students
The Lawrence school board on Monday will hear a report on the district’s initiatives to support marginalized students and the outcomes of those efforts.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Lawrence library’s Civic Engagement 101 series to wrap with talk on city and county governments
The Civic Engagement 101 lecture series at the Lawrence Public Library will wrap with a talk on the roles of city and county governments in Kansas and how they’re financed.
KU students concerned about speaker from anti-LGBTQ hate group coming to campus
A student organization from the KU School of Law is set to host a member of a group notorious for condemning LGBTQ+ people.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
KU Student Senate passes resolution supporting reconciliation with Indigenous communities
The KU Student Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution supporting the needs of the university’s Indigenous communities.
Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
KU Student Senate to consider resolution in support of Indigenous students
The KU Student Senate on Wednesday will consider a resolution in support of the campus’s Indigenous community, including accountability actions and increased funding.
