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Monday, May 26, 2008
Free State High School graduate Cali Burke can work on sketches or jewelry, but she's hoping for a career in architecture. Her eclectic interests have helped earn her the ArtStar award for the month of May. 6News reporter Terry Rombeck has more.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
It's a trip many World War II veterans will never make. 6News reporter Terry Rombeck has more on a national program that is sending veterans to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Monday, Feb. 18, 2008
Alex Kim didn't think art could be a career for him until he moved to the United States. Journal-World features editor Terry Rombeck tells us about the ArtStar winner for February.
Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
Student actors have to be versatile, and this month's ArtStar award winner is a good example of that. Journal-World features editor Terry Rombeck introduces us to Anthony Twarog.
Monday, Dec. 17, 2007
A Lawrence High School senior is proving that art and science aren't necessarily opposites. Her work as earned her this month's ArtStar award. 6News reporter Terry Rombeck tells us more about the young artist.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
While much of the nation has moved on from Hurricane Katrina, cleanup from the storm is still an everyday experience for those living along the Mississippi Coast.
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005
A former state senator, a Topeka attorney and the mayor of Garden City are Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ selections for the Kansas Board of Regents.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
The long-awaited renewal of the former Sunflower Army Ammunition plant took a major step forward today, with approval of plans that include a Kansas University research park.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
A proposal to turn northeastern Kansas into a national heritage area celebrating the area’s Civil War history has passed the U.S. Senate.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
A Kansas University student was killed and three other students were seriously or critically injured in an accident Wednesday on the Kansas Turnpike between El Dorado and Wichita.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Lansing Republican Kenny Wilk received the 2005 Legislator of the Year award from the organization.
Friday, July 8, 2005
The University of Missouri Alumni Assn. has issued a challenge to its members. The goal: To get more members than the Kansas University Alumni Assn.
Thursday, July 7, 2005
Kansas University officials have made contact with all 47 students and faculty currently in Britain today following a series of apparent terrorist bombings in London that left at least 40 dead and 700 injured.
Friday, July 1, 2005
There will be no expansion projects at the Lied Center. The KU Endowment Association says it failed to raise the $7.5 million needed to secure a challenge grant.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Tuition rates have been locked in at state universities for the 2005-2006 school year.
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway and two other university officials are headed to China, Taiwan and South Korea to set up exchange agreements and meet with alumni.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
KU officials still have a long way to go in fund-raising for a major expansion for the Lied Performing Arts Center.
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
The dean of Kansas University's largest academic unit will leave this summer to become provost at Michigan State University. Kim Wilcox, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences since July 2002, said today he has accepted an offer from MSU, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1975.
Friday, May 6, 2005
Dan Lambert, president of Baker University for nearly 18 years, has announced plans for retirement.
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Graduate teaching assistants at Kansas University staged a rally Thursday to deliver a letter to KU Provost David Shulenburger to kick off contract negotiations with the administration.
Monday, April 25, 2005
The director of the School of Education at Colorado State University has been named education dean at Kansas University, officials announced today.
Monday, April 11, 2005
The National Science Foundation grant is the largest ever received by any university in Kansas.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
An overheated air handling system motor caused the evacuation of Allen Fieldhouse this afternoon.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
When the Kansas University's men's basketball team faces rival Missouri next year, the Jayhawks may see more than black and gold in the stands. Ever since KU was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by Bucknell, Missouri fans have been buying Bucknell shirts as a way to taunt their Jayhawk rivals.
Friday, March 18, 2005
When Kansas and Bucknell faces off Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, members of the Hirschberg family will be cheering for different teams. Mike Hirschberg, who graduated from KU in 2001, says he and his father have been doing a lot of trash talking about the rivalry this week.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Although Kansas alumni in Oklahoma City meet regularly to watch KU basketball games on television, members are happy this year because they can actually watch KU play live.
Friday, Feb. 25, 2005
Scott Seeger, a Kansas University graduate student, is helping several northcentral Kansas communities revive Low German, a language that has been heading toward extinction.
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005
For the second straight year, Kansas University has set a record for spring enrollment.
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2005
Construction on the Booth Family Hall of Athletics is scheduled to begin this spring after the end of this year's basketball season.
Monday, Feb. 14, 2005
The university is behind the national average for hiring minority faculty. Officials are seeking to change this trend.
Monday, Feb. 14, 2005
The mammoth and camel bones were discovered in Western Kansas, and show signs of being broken by humans almost 12,000 years ago.
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005
The Campanile at Kansas University has a new addition as of this morning. A crew from Midland Marble and Granite in Independence, Mo., added the name of Raleigh C. Bowlby Jr. to the memorial. The company donated its time and materials.
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005
Kansas University will be a key player in developing a live science research park at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County. No timeframe has been set for the development.
Friday, Jan. 28, 2005
Lawrence and Allen Fieldhouse were in the national limelight this morning as ESPN started two days of broadcasts at Kansas University.
Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005
The department of economics at Kansas University will receive a major boost from a donor who already has given more than $11 million to KU.
Monday, Jan. 10, 2005
Ronald Reagan will be the focus of this year's Presidential Lecture Series at the Dole Institute of Politics. Four lectures during February will focus on the former president, who died in June.
Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004
A Kansas University student who died last week was the victim of an accidental shooting, authorities have ruled. Christopher Martell, 18, was found dead in his car Thursday in Kansas City, Kan. He was a freshman at KU enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering.
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004
Chancellor Robert Hemenway says the proposed football facility at Memorial Stadium will not block Kansas University students' walk during commencement.
Friday, Dec. 3, 2004
Lawrence's city-wide smoking ban appears to be staying on the books. The coalition gathering signatures to overturn the ban said Friday it would not pursue a referendum on the issue, opting instead to work with the Lawrence City Commission on a compromise.
Friday, Dec. 3, 2004
Doug Vance, co-author of "Beware of the Phog: 50 Years of Allen Fieldhouse," will sign copies of the book from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Oread Books in the Kansas Union.
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004
At least 1,300 flu vaccines will be available to the public Dec. 12 during a clinic at Allen Fieldhouse, officials at Kansas University and the Douglas County Health Department announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004
Douglas County Commissioners tabled a proposal Wednesday night to merge the Douglas and Shawnee County K-State Research and Extension offices.
Monday, Nov. 15, 2004
Ann Brill has been named permanent dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas University.
Monday, Oct. 18, 2004
Angela Lumpkin, dean of the Kansas University School of Education since August 2001, has resigned effective Sunday, officials announced Monday.
Friday, Oct. 8, 2004
Kansas University Endowment Association posted big gains in the last fiscal year, according to reports released Friday.
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004
Thursday night's Kansas University homecoming block party and pep rally has been forced indoors because of rain.
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2004
Administrators are looking at a plan that could shorten classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays to 75 minutes from 80 minutes.
Friday, Sept. 24, 2004
Kansas University officials have confirmed details about athletic director Lew Perkins' salary, expected to be released publicly during a press conference this evening.
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004
After two years of slipping, Kansas University moved up two spots in this year's Best Colleges rankings, published by U.S. News and World Report magazine.
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