8 years ago
The Kansas Board of Regents hasn't approved how the process to replace University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will proceed, but the search may be closed to the public. Gray-Little announced last week she's stepping down next summer. Gray-Little was hired after a closed search. The Regents are also conducting a closed search for a new president ...

8 years ago
University of Kansas researchers will join a research project that aims to help schools in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri adopt campus sexual assault policies and prevention strategies. The three-year $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health, will allow three University of Kansas researchers to study sexual assault policies ...

8 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's economic advisory council has discontinued a quarterly report that had been developed to ensure a timely analysis of the administration's economic policies. The Council of Economic Advisors, which is chaired by Brownback, will no longer compile and distribute a review of economic markers picked by the administration and championed as an accountability test ...

8 years ago
A wet night did not dampen homecoming enthusiasm at Kansas Wesleyan University Saturday night as the recently constructed Graves Family Sports Complex was formally dedicated. While the stadium complex was officially dedicated Saturday night, it actually opened for the first time last year at homecoming. The stadium project began in January of 2014 with the demolition of ...

8 years ago
In the wake of Oklahoma’s 5-point-8 magnitude earthquake earlier this month, Kansas State University researchers are calling for a 3-D geological mapping study to examine the subsurface of the state. They’d also like Oklahoma and Kansas to fund research efforts to better understand the seismicity for the entire region. The tremor, Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake on record, ...

8 years ago
Splurging on premium grade gasoline is a waste of your money if your car is designed to run on regular fuel. That's the conclusion of a new Triple-A study that evaluated the performance of vehicles. Evaluated were vehicles with  four, six and eight-cylinder engines, first with regular grade and then premium grade gasoline. Researchers say they ...

8 years ago
The University of Kansas has received a gift of more than $2 million for faculty development in the university's department of chemical and petroleum engineering. The gift is from John V. Bossi, who earned his bachelor's degree at Kansas in chemical engineering in 1948. He died in 2015, and directed the estate gift to the university. ...

8 years ago
More lawsuits have been filed against a former physician assistant accused of sexual battery and other crimes at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Leavenworth. At least three lawsuits were filed earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Kansas accusing Mark Wisner of conducting unnecessary and improper genital examinations at the Leavenworth VA Medical Center. Wisner surrendered ...

8 years ago
Pittsburg State University has been given two small patches of native prairie land northeast of Cherokee as a gift. The Joplin Globe reports that the university has managed the land known as the O'Malley Prairies for several years and received it as a gift this week from the descendants of Mary O'Malley and her brother, Charles ...

8 years ago
National Hunting and Fishing Day is Saturday. It's a day to recognize contributions hunters and anglers have made to wildlife conservation over the past 100 years. Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a proclamation officially dedicating Sept. 24 as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Kansas, crediting Kansas hunters and anglers for their positive impact on wildlife ...

8 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's administration has declared that budget proposals forwarded to the governor by state agencies are "draft" documents and not subject to the state's open records laws. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Brownback budget director Shawn Sullivan told Cabinet agency staff members recently that budget proposals are internal documents and not subject to the Kansas Open ...