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Couple donates $1M to construct accessible entrance to KU’s Natural History Museum
A gift of $1 million from KU alumni Jann and Tom Rudkin will fund a new accessible entrance to Dyche Hall, home of the university’s Natural History Museum.
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Couple donates $1M to construct accessible entrance to KU’s Natural History Museum
A gift of $1 million from KU alumni Jann and Tom Rudkin will fund a new accessible entrance to Dyche Hall, home of the university’s Natural History Museum.
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KU nominates Free State alum, 4 other students for Goldwater Scholarship
KU on Friday announced five nominees for prestigious Goldwater Scholarships, including a Free State High School alum from Lawrence.
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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.
Upcoming Watkins Museum exhibition to celebrate 5 decades of KU’s Hall Center for the Humanities
An upcoming exhibition at the Watkins Museum will look at 50 years of growth and impact at the Hall Center for the Humanities, a research center at KU.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
KU’s living library of fungi, key to restoration and sustainability, threatened by shrinking federal funds
For a team of researchers at KU, fungal doomsday looks less like parasitic mushrooms transforming people into zombies, and more like the loss of a fungi collection that serves as a major global resource for sustainability and restoration.
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Spring programming at Dole Institute themed on America’s 250th birthday
The Dole Institute of Politics will recognize America’s 250th birthday with its spring 2026 programming, including a series by a Kansas journalist and a former state senator and a Holocaust film screening.
Kansas is paying millions for a Barbie and Hot Wheels theme park. It’s another STAR bond
Bonner Springs is giving more than $200 million of tax incentives for Mattel Adventure Park. City officials say it will boost the local tax revenues. But a public finance expert says the deal will mostly cost the state.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
KU announces dates of provost finalist candidates’ public presentations
Four finalists for the provost and executive vice chancellor role at the University of Kansas will give public presentations in January and February. KU aims to fill the position by March.
Details, renderings unveiled for KU entrepreneurship hub planned for former bookstore site
The former Jayhawk Bookstore/McLain’s Bakery building has been demolished to make way for KU’s entrepreneurship hub. The project team has shared more details about what the hub will entail and renderings of the planned building.
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KU band’s new album showcases student talent, music that’s ‘fun to play’
Student musicians are set to blow listeners away on the KU Wind Ensemble’s new album, “Midnight Sun,” a triumphant entry in the group’s repertoire.
Kansas lawmakers may censor how universities talk about race in classes
A state law requires Kansas agencies and universities to eliminate any policies related to diversity, equity and inclusion. Republican lawmakers are questioning whether they should also regulate the content in college courses.
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KU student art sale to offer creative gifts in an abundance of art forms
It’s hard to say what forms of art won’t be available at an upcoming KU student art sale, which will offer a comprehensive array of goodies for winter and holiday shoppers.
Lawrence’s affordable housing board hopes to consider students, funding and more in forthcoming study
Lawrence Affordable Housing Advisory Board members today identified topics they hope to see addressed in an upcoming housing study, from the university student rental market to new ways to fund housing initiatives.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Douglas County to host discussion on how to support low-income, single-caregiver families
The Douglas County Economic Mobility Project will soon host a “Community Sensemaking Session” focused on how to support low-income and single-parent/caregiver families in the county.
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Group of KU faculty, staff and students to perform fall concert
The Bales Choral Society, a group of KU faculty, staff members and students from various departments and disciplines across campus, are set to perform a fall concert.
University of Kansas joins $3.7 million program to generate more special education doctorates
KU and two other public universities will collaborate on a $3.75 million federal grant to recruit master’s degree recipients into a collaborative doctoral program focused on special education leadership.
