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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.
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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Kansas Board of Regents explores changes in faculty workload, post-tenure reviews
The Kansas Board of Regents is preparing to vote on faculty tenure policy recommendations that set academic workload expectations and require rigorous post-tenure reviews of professors at the state’s six public universities.
KU convention center opens, capping phase 1 of $800M stadium expansion, redevelopment
KU on Wednesday opened its state-of-the-art convention center, which is equipped with amenities meant to draw thousands of annual visitors and generate revenue to pay off the university’s large-scale development project.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU faculty union rallies as contract negotiations drag on
Members of the KU faculty and staff union rallied on campus Wednesday, restless after well more than a year of bargaining had yet to produce a contract.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Sacred Red Rock documentary to be screened and discussed at KU
A screening and discussion of a film documenting the rematriation of the Sacred Red Rock will be held on the University of Kansas’ campus this weekend.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence parade, ceremony and more to honor veterans
Lawrence’s Veterans Day Parade will return Saturday to honor those who have served, and more events and free meals are planned in the coming week.
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Lawrence author wins World Fantasy Award for best novella
Local author R.B. Lemberg has won a World Fantasy Award —one of the most prestigious awards for science fiction, fantasy and speculative titles — for a novella in their ongoing speculative fiction series.
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Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU to celebrate grand opening of new center
Community members are welcome to gather at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU on Sunday to celebrate the grand opening of the new center.
Kansas economic conference awash in ideas for transforming state’s water policy
Politics, farm incentives and legal precedent complicate water resource reform, as discussed at “Ripple Effect: Water and the Kansas Economy,” a conference held Thursday at KU.
Nature and culture writer to speak at KU, lead guided walk through Douglas County prairie
Author and New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl will soon lead a guided prairie walk in Douglas County and give a public talk in conversation with a KU professor and poet.
KU chancellor joins White House talks on Trump’s higher education deal
KU’s chancellor privately shared insights about a proposed compact offering preferential treatment by the Trump administration in exchange for freezing tuition rates, limiting international student enrollment and restraining campus employees from expressing political views.
Jazz work dedicated to past KU figures to premiere at the Lied Center
A jazz work honoring athletes, researchers and a Nobel Peace Prize winner in KU history will soon premiere at the Lied Center.
Carter Gaskins/Lawrence Times
Photos: Late Night in the Phog 2025
Jayhawk fans returned to Allen Fieldhouse for an early look at the KU women’s and men’s basketball teams during the annual Late Night in the Phog on Friday evening.
University of Kansas chancellor profiles hurdles for higher education, outlines KU achievements
KU Chancellor Doug Girod says dismantling of federal funding of university research, lukewarm state budgets, a precipitous drop in college-age students, rise of AI and inflation threaten the future of higher education.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
New Dillons on KU’s west campus opens
The grand opening of the new Dillons grocery store on KU’s west campus brought a large crowd of 7 a.m. shoppers.
Plans in progress to rezone area, demolish 5 buildings to build high-density housing near KU
Developers are pushing to rezone space south of the “Triangle” bar district near KU’s campus, ultimately to demolish five buildings and construct one of the densest housing developments yet in the city.
