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KU to raise tuition by 3.5% across the board; student fees will also increase
The Kansas Board of Regents on Thursday approved tuition increases for most of the state’s public universities, including KU.
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KU marks reinstallation of Indigenous artwork vandalized, stolen at campus museum
Musician Ron Brave paid respects with drum and flute to ancestors who lived on land that became Kansas for the ceremony Thursday marking return to public display of artist Edgar Heap of Birds’ five panels recognizing tribes that resided in the region.
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Concert at KU will spotlight Asian and Pacific Islander cultures, composers
A KU School of Music concert this weekend will highlight music from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander cultures and composers. It’s the first event from a new student-led group at KU, the Asian Classical Music Initiative.
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Celebrate Lawrence’s gay liberation history with upcoming ‘51 Years OUT!’ events (Sponsored post)
Next week, 17 KU and Lawrence-based groups will come together for a series titled 51 Years OUT! to celebrate more than half a century of local LGBTQ+ pride.
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‘Native Hosts’ panels reinstalled at Spencer Museum of Art; celebration planned
After vandalism damaged four of its panels and the fifth was stolen, the “Native Hosts” Common Work of Art has been reinstalled at the Spencer Museum of Art on the University of Kansas campus.
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Lawrence teens create ‘no judgment’ period supply closet for all who menstruate
A group of Lawrence teens aims to alleviate embarrassment by normalizing the conversation about menstruation while offering free period products to those in need.
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Lawrence events this week celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Several events planned in the Lawrence area this week will recognize, celebrate and honor the cultures, histories, contributions and resilience of Indigenous people.
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KU health experts praise COVID-19 symptom-reducing antibody treatment, study efforts
After she contracted COVID-19, Amber Stiles says, a monoclonal antibody treatment study she participated in helped minimize the draining effects of the virus.
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KU administrators engage in conversation on sexual assault with student protesters
What was planned to be a protest against ongoing complaints of sexual assault on college campuses turned into a closed-door conversation between University of Kansas students and administrators Tuesday night.
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Lawrence filmmaker brings humor to healing with web series ‘Trauma Bonded’
Actress, filmmaker and KU alumna Chloe Burns wanted accessibility in media for survivors of trauma and domestic abuse. So she set out to create it with a web series of her own.
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Stolen panel of KU’s ‘Native Hosts’ art installation recovered, police say
Updated at 5:18 p.m. Thursday: A part of the “Native Hosts” art installation reported stolen on the KU campus has been recovered, relatively undamaged. Police say there’s “no indication that the person took the panel because of its content.”
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Indigenous artwork at KU that was vandalized now has had last panel stolen
The remaining panel of the University of Kansas’ Common Work of Art, “Native Hosts,” has been stolen, less than a month after the other four panels were vandalized.
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KU Theatre to present ‘Airness,’ a comedy
University of Kansas theatre students are getting ready to rock. Their production this weekend, “Airness,” is about an air guitar competition and it “promises rivalry, glorious ridiculousness, and genuine joy.”
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KU student helps family escape Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, find new home in Lawrence
Ahmad “Baset” Azizi is a KU political science student, not a congressman. But that’s what his older sister claimed as she showed a picture of Azizi to an officer at the crowded Kabul airport on Aug. 24. Her family was desperately trying to escape Afghanistan after it fell to the Taliban.
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KU’s Black Alumni Network honors leaders and innovators, emerging leaders
The Black Alumni Network of the University of Kansas has selected the first seven winners of its new biennial Emerging Leaders Award, plus nine winners of the group’s longstanding Leaders and Innovators award.
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Amir ElSaffar to bring blend of jazz, traditional Iraqi music to Lied Center
A performer coming to the Lied Center on Thursday will bring music described as beyond categorization — “a world of its own.”