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Education May 8, 2025 - 9:00 am

Kansas universities face pressure to ditch diversity efforts. Experts fear losing years of progress

by Daniel Caudill, Kansas News Service

Trump has issued executive orders aimed at ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs at colleges altogether. That’s led universities in Kansas and elsewhere to make sweeping changes in an effort to protect their federal funding.

Education September 9, 2024 - 8:57 pm

KU combining centers focused on diversity into one ‘Student Engagement Center’

by Mackenzie Clark

Three KU centers focused on diversity and equity are being combined with each other and another campus center to create the “Student Engagement Center,” effective immediately, the university announced Monday.

University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Arts & Events October 13, 2021 - 5:27 pm

Celebrate Lawrence’s gay liberation history with upcoming ‘51 Years OUT!’ events (Sponsored post)

by Will Haynes, Watkins Museum of History

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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