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Kansas college students expect aid on time after FAFSA application beta testing
The delayed rollout last year of a federal aid form left Kansas college students unsure of what their financial assistance would look like for months longer than previous years. But the feds are testing a new FAFSA form with a goal of delivering information to schools by Dec. 1.
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Save the date: KU film festival to celebrate Kevin Willmott, Oscar-winning professor
A film festival slated for February will honor Kevin Willmott, Academy Award-winning KU film professor, as he has taken emeritus status.
Lawrence parade, KU events to recognize Veterans Day
Several Lawrence events, including an annual parade and a wreath-laying ceremony, are scheduled around Veterans Day this year to honor those who have served.
KU professor leads cultural burn at Field Station
A prescribed burn led by a KU professor at the KU Field Station Saturday morning will help ensure the area’s biodiversity and soil health in the future.
KU celebrates renovation, reopening of alternative communication lab
Several dozen Lawrence community members gathered Friday to celebrate renovations to a KU lab that helps people with complex communication needs.
Dole leadership prize honors life of the late Sandra Day O’Connor, a ‘quintessential American’
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on U.S. Supreme Court, was ”the quintessential American,” said Scott O’Connor, who accepted the Dole Leadership Prize on behalf of his mother Thursday.
KU establishes office to engage with sovereign nation communities, expand Indigenous initiatives
KU announced Wednesday that it has launched a new unit that will focus on engaging with regional Indigenous and Native American communities.
KU’s football games at Arrowhead Stadium come with price tags between $610K and $845K
As Kansas Athletics continues to renovate the KU football stadium, playing remaining home games at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City for the rest of the season will come with a steep price tag.
Allen Fieldhouse lights up for Late Night, Lil Jon
KU fans packed into Allen Fieldhouse Friday night for the 40th annual Late Night in the Phog, the celebration of the start of the basketball teams’ seasons.
New KU research center will focus on health equity and access
Researchers at the KU School of Social Welfare are looking to solve health equity and access issues at a new Center for the Advancement of Health Equity. Their goal is to approach health disparities through a social work lens.
Dillons, community partners break ground for new grocery store coming to KU’s west campus
Project partners said during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday that a new Dillons grocery store to be built on KU’s west campus will promote economic growth in Lawrence.
KU instructor who made comments about men who won’t vote for a woman has left university
A KU instructor who told a class that if men won’t vote for Kamala Harris because she is a woman, “we could line all those guys up and shoot them,” has left the university.
‘We could line all those guys up and shoot them,’ KU instructor says of men who wouldn’t vote for a woman
A KU staff member has been placed on administrative leave after telling a class that if men won’t vote for Kamala Harris because she is a woman, “we could line all those guys up and shoot them.”
Kansas governor keen to ‘revamp’ cash assistance program in 2025
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wants the Legislature to revisit the 2015 policy that placed restrictions on access to the state’s cash assistance program and made Kansas’ program one of the trickiest to access in the country.
KU Field Station to celebrate 75 years with Visitors’ Day
To commemorate 75 years of environmental work, the KU Field Station will open its restricted-access research areas to the public on Saturday.
Emporia State University continues enrollment slide while KU, other Kansas universities post gains
Emporia State University continues to lose students while the rest of the higher education system in Kansas reports enrollment increases in data released Wednesday by the Kansas Board of Regents.