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Jayhawks from around the world to host 10th annual cultural show
Jayhawks from all over the world will host a cultural event this week, featuring performances, a fashion show, activities and more. There will also be free T-shirts, door prizes and food.
Dan Oetting/Courtesy photo
Jayhawks from around the world to host 10th annual cultural show
Jayhawks from all over the world will host a cultural event this week, featuring performances, a fashion show, activities and more. There will also be free T-shirts, door prizes and food.
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KU Powwow brings family, tribal representation and celebration inside the Lied Center
Dancers took the celebration onto the Lied Center stage Saturday for the 37th KU Powwow, honoring family, tribal representation and the circle of life.
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KU powwow and cultural festival coming up; screening, concert to kick off events
KU will soon host its 37th annual Powwow and ninth annual Indigenous Cultures Festival. Events will move indoors because of anticipated weather.
KU student’s First Amendment lawsuit against former supervisor clears legal hurdle
A federal judge tossed out most of the claims from a former KU student employee who was fired after he spoke out against changes to a gender-inclusive residence hall. But one claim survived.
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KU freshman to open Mexican food truck in Lawrence
A KU freshman is opening a Mexican food truck focused on birria dishes this week to help her pay for nursing school.
KU nominates 4 student changemakers as Truman Scholars
KU has nominated four students, each with a record of campus and community service and “a high probability of becoming a ‘change agent,’” for Harry S Truman Scholarships.
KU debate coach named Coach of the Year at national tournament
Brett Bricker, KU’s head debate coach, has won the Coach of the Year award at the National Debate Tournament.
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KU researcher wins competitive NASA fellowship
Hayley Beltz, a postdoctoral researcher at KU, has earned the highly competitive NASA Hubble Prize Fellowship.
KU chancellor defends finances, calls for unity after ‘no confidence’ vote
KU Chancellor Doug Girod defended recent budget decisions and urged unity in the KU community following an unofficial vote in which nearly 80% of respondents said they had lost confidence in the university’s leadership.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Thousands in KU community vote ‘no confidence’ in chancellor, CFO
A majority of KU faculty and students who participated in an unofficial vote this month said they do not have confidence in the leadership of Chancellor Doug Girod.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence plans for Final Four ‘every single year,’ police say
As the Jayhawks prepare for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Lawrence police are dusting off their annual safety plan that kicks in ahead of the Elite Eight game. LPD plans for the Final Four every year.
Kansas champions of administrative reform at public universities offer concessions to calm skeptics
The Republican majority leader of the Kansas House and the governor’s chief of staff worked Thursday to resolve objections to a bill designed to make the state’s three largest public universities more financially efficient by removing layers of administrative red tape.
Third KU debate team qualifies for national tournament
A National Debate Tournament committee selected a KU team that includes a Free State High School graduate as the university’s third pairing to attend the competition.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
KU faculty union, administrators reach tentative contract agreement after nearly 2 years
After nearly two years of bargaining, the KU faculty union has reached a tentative agreement with administrators, union leaders announced Friday.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Transgender people in Lawrence lack answers about enforcement around invalidated driver’s licenses
Transgender people in Lawrence — and former residents who left the country to avoid persecution — have been swept up in the statewide confusion about enforcing anti-trans legislation that invalidates driver’s licenses with corrected gender markers.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Some transgender folks in Lawrence balance uncertainty, resistance in face of new bathroom bill
Some local transgender folks are balancing fear, uncertainty and resilience as public agencies in Lawrence scramble to understand how to enforce Kansas’ new anti-trans bathroom legislation.
