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KU Endowment seeks to demolish former Jayhawk Bookstore building to make way for business hub
KU Endowment is looking to demolish the building that formerly housed Jayhawk Bookstore and McLain’s Market on KU’s campus to make room for the business school’s new entrepreneurship hub.
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Girod: Right now, KU probably won’t require COVID-19 vaccines for the fall semester
Story updated at 5:35 p.m. Thursday: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress, one of […]

Travis Goff formally introduced as KU’s director of athletics: ‘This is my destination job’
At just 41 years old, Travis Goff has his destination job as the director of […]

Catch a sneak peek of KU Dance Company’s online spring concert, streaming this weekend
The University of Kansas Dance Company will hold its spring concert virtually, and that means […]

KU hires Northwestern’s Travis Goff as 17th director of athletics, Girod says he’ll start role immediately
Story updated Monday, 7:55 p.m. Just shy of one month after Kansas Athletics parted ways […]

Lawrence events throughout April aim to raise awareness of sexual assault
April is sexual assault awareness month, and several Lawrence organizations are working on events with that theme in mind.

KU chancellor, provost field questions on university’s future in 2-hour town hall
KU leaders addressed the university’s finances, diversity, equity and inclusion, choosing outside consultants over KU’s own experts, interim positions and more.

3 KU students win individual speaker awards at national debate tournament
The University of Kansas for the next year will boast the top two collegiate debate […]

Investigative podcast begins examining case of Kansas College Rapist, asks for tips
The Kansas College Rapist is the subject of Monday’s new episode of The Murder Squad podcast, hosted by true crime journalist Billy Jensen and retired cold case detective Paul Holes.

KU researcher says hostile policies impact well-being of LGBTQ youths
A researcher at the University of Kansas who studies mental health in transgender and LGBTQ youths said there is ample research showing how some legislation can have a negative mental health impact on trans kids.

No outside firms are under contract to hire new AD or football coach, KU says
A week removed from one of the more tumultuous stretches in Kansas Athletics history — […]

Kansas Regents may require schools to get permission to switch athletic conferences
Also: KU seeks to add alternative admission option to standardized tests

KU likely to receive around $41M from Biden’s stimulus bill, but much still up in the air, official says
The University of Kansas is likely to receive nearly triple the amount of federal dollars […]

KU’s Black Student Coalition leads sit-in protest over school’s handling of diversity, race issues
A week of advocacy at the University of Kansas continued in earnest Thursday, as members […]

‘No unity with racists’: KU students chalk messages to administration
In the third day of planned protests on the University of Kansas campus this week, […]

Jeff Long steps down as KU Athletics director, university says
Two days after the KU football program “mutually parted ways” with coach Les Miles following allegations of sexual harassment during his tenure at Louisiana State University, AD Jeff Long has lost his job as well.