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A tribute with special guests, musical performances, earthwork by Stan Herd, multiple flyovers and more will celebrate what would have been Sen. Bob Dole’s 100th birthday on Saturday.
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Kansas artist Stan Herd, known worldwide for his earthworks, broke ground Tuesday on a project that will honor U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who died in December 2021 at age 98.
Juana Summers, a journalist who has covered national politics for more than a decade, will share her insight and speak on her experience Tuesday at the Dole Institute of Politics.
The Dole Institute of Politics at KU has announced a spring semester event lineup that features a focus on the influence of first ladies. Additional lecturers will include Juana Summers, co-host of “All Things Considered” on NPR, and Atifete Jahjaga, former president of the Republic of Kosovo.
The Dole Institute of Politics at KU recently assembled a panel to explore potential of a Trump-Biden contest, weigh the standing of alternative candidates for president and consider issues that could factor into the outcome of the election.
A panel of political strategists and journalists said unraveling of abortion rights by the U.S. Supreme Court and antics of former President Donald Trump recast the 2022 election cycle to save Democrats from humiliating Republican seizure of both the U.S. House and Senate.
The Dole Institute of Politics at KU on Tuesday brought together a panel of campaign staff, political scientists, a journalist and a PAC director to conduct a postmortem on the race Gov. Laura Kelly narrowly won in November.
Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum shattered a glass ceiling to become the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate who didn’t follow in footsteps of a male spouse.
Kansas political icon Bob Dole, who represented the state for decades in Washington, D.C., and was the Republican nominee for president in 1996, died Sunday morning at age 98.
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Erica Terry, “a seasoned executive leader who has guided some of the region’s most respected organizations,” has been selected as director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, the University of Kansas announced Thursday.
