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Learn about Native food systems, sovereignty at public KU summit
The Lawrence community and beyond is invited to learn about medicine bundling, buffalo restoration, community health and more as part of a daylong summit on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Learn about Native food systems, sovereignty at public KU summit
The Lawrence community and beyond is invited to learn about medicine bundling, buffalo restoration, community health and more as part of a daylong summit on Indigenous food sovereignty.
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KU architecture class to host open house for ‘high-performance’ home
KU Master of Architecture students of Studio 804 will soon welcome the public to an open house for their latest project, a sustainable home in the Brook Creek neighborhood.
KU professor wins Fulbright award to research water in Chile
KU professor Amy Hansen received a 2026-27 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to conduct field research in Chile on how different water sources mix in ecosystems.
Lawrence invited to open house for supportive housing project at KU
KU will soon host an open house for Kaw House, a newly completed supportive housing project designed and built by architecture students and faculty.
KU education software taken offline by cyberattack just before finals
Canvas, software KU uses to let students access class materials, submit assignments, get grades, communicate with professors and even take exams, has gone offline just days before finals because of a cyberattack on the platform’s parent company.
KU selects next dean of School of Journalism
Judith Rosenbaum-Andre will be the next dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, KU has announced.
Kansas researchers issue warning about lack of cohesive government response to heat waves
The absence of clear lines of authority among local, state and federal government agencies when responding to deadly heat waves raises questions about the nation’s ability to deal with a warming global climate, KU researchers say.
Chris Guion / Contributed photo
KU students return to Stephenson Hall despite ongoing repairs, moisture from flooding
KU students moved back into Stephenson Hall Friday afternoon after spending the week in temporary housing. Severe storms on Monday caused structural damage and flooding at the men’s scholarship hall.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
KU students make their voices heard on numerous causes during May Day protest
KU students skipped classes and work to participate in a May Day protest Friday in an effort to “disrupt business as usual” alongside similar nationwide demonstrations.
Free State alum and 2 other KU students named Goldwater Scholars
Arthur Benson, a Free State High School alum, and two other University of Kansas students have been named Goldwater Scholars, KU announced Thursday.
KU choir of students, staff and faculty to celebrate Mozart at spring concert
A choir made up of KU students, staff and faculty will bring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Vienna to Lawrence with a free concert.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Residence hall on KU campus damaged in storm; students evacuated
KU students were evacuated from Stephenson Hall early Monday after severe storms caused a large section of brick siding along the attic to fall off, crushing an emergency staircase, and flooded the basement. No injuries were reported.
Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
Groundbreaking of new KU entrepreneurship building marks start of construction on ‘The Hub’
Construction for KU’s new entrepreneurship building will begin this summer after Chancellor Doug Girod, KU School of Business and Endowment leaders and donors broke ground at a ceremonial event Friday afternoon.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
KU Theatre’s ‘The Laramie Project’ draws connections between 1998 anti-gay hate crime, modern Lawrence
KU Theatre is set to open a play about the anti-gay hate crime that took the life of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming. For the director, the story feels less like distant history and more like something Lawrence could experience.
Kansas Board of Regents affirms union contract for KU faculty, academic staff
The Kansas Board of Regents voted unanimously Monday to approve the initial three-year contract with KU faculty and academic staff following nearly two years of wrangling.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Haskell, KU student researchers to showcase their work at symposium
Haskell and KU students researchers will welcome the community to learn about their research on subjects from muskrats and coal waste piles to pawpaw seeds, pantodonts and much more.
