College Launches Research Institute Devoted To Pot
Posted: 1:49 PM A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.
Posted: 1:49 PM A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.
Posted: 11:40 AM Storytellers and media producers are being encouraged to use a new center on the fourth floor of the University of Kansas student union.
Posted: 11:02 AM Kansas teachers and administrators are working with state Department of Education to develop an evaluation system to measure their performance.
Posted: 9:22 AM Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina will offer the state's first four-year degree in emergency management, beginning this spring.
Posted: 12:09 PM A project under way in Pittsburg is being called a win-win-win for area students, local residents and hundreds of cross-country bicyclists who pass through the southeast Kansas community.
Posted: 10:18 AM Schools across the country are grappling with how to handle pregnant and parenting students.
Posted: 11:07 AM Kansas State University researchers have completed a report on baseline data on childhood poverty that will be used in efforts to improve the lives of children, including reducing the number of births to unwed mothers.
Posted: 8:19 AM Kansas State University is taking part in a program to train more students from China to become veterinarians.
Updated: 11:03 PM Wichita's USD 259 is the only district in the nation that is a part of a pilot program to help tell when it's safe to play after an athlete suffers a concussion.
Posted: 7:25 PM Valley Center High School was the only school in Kansas participating in a student spaceflight experiments program.
Posted: 8:58 AM A new survey shows Kansas elementary students are still learning cursive writing but interest in teaching the subject is waning.
Posted: 8:28 AM A new report says elementary schools in Kansas and surrounding states have reduced, or even eliminated, science education in recent years to emphasize reading and math.
Updated: 12:37 PM The Veterans Administration and the University of Kansas Medical Center plan to provide more telemedicine access for Kansas veterans.
Updated: 6:10 PM The State Board of Education will be discussing whether to require cursive handwriting in Kansas public schools on Wednesday.
Posted: 8:31 AM The Topeka school district is transforming a former milk barn into a center that will include exhibits on electricity and renewable energy.
Posted: 8:28 AM Hays education officials are moving ahead with plans for a middle-school addition that can also serve as a storm shelter.
Updated: 8:16 AM The Kansas Department of Education is asking school districts how extensively they're teaching cursive handwriting.
Posted: 11:14 AM Preliminary reports indicate that the death of Kansas State University sophomore Thomas McCord was the result of complications from diabetes.
Posted: 10:11 AM A 91-year-old man who was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II will receive his degree next week.
Updated: 4:46 PM More than four years after the Wichita school district stopped transporting students across town to racially integrate schools, the district has taken another step toward being freed from a voluntary busing agreement.
Updated: 10:41 PM A Kansas state school board member has won re-election over a challenger who has an anti-evolution platform and ties to a Topeka church known for picketing military funerals.
Posted: 8:43 AM Educators and political leaders in Kansas worry that a candidate with ties to an anti-gay Topeka church notorious for picketing military funerals could capture a State Board of Education seat.
Posted: 8:26 AM The Kansas Board of Regents is considering requiring the state's six universities to conduct periodic reviews of tenured faculty.
Posted: 8:46 AM The University of Kansas is seeking an increase of about 2.54 percent for room and board, starting next fall.
