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70 Kansas Student-Athletes Placed on Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Big 12 Conference announced the 2023-24 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team on Wednesday, with 762 student-athletes earning the honor. Kansas had 70 student-athletes recognized to the team. Of the Jayhawks' 70 honorees, 14 earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) for the 2023-24 academic...
Lawrence Virtual School team wins national STEM competition
A team of three Lawrence Virtual School students has won the eighth grade division of the eCYBERMISSION National Judging and Educational Event, each student earning a $10,000 savings bond. Lawrence Dao and Daniel Dao, both of Lawrence, and Eian Pracht, of Lindsborg, constitute their team, “The Scientists.” They’re advised by...
Congressional Hearing Exposes Decades of Mismanagement and Abuse at Haskell Indian Nations University
Members of Congress on Tuesday, July 23, held a joint hearing in Washington, D.C. to address decades of mismanagement, nepotism, and toxicity at Haskell Indian Nations University, a federally-operated school in Lawrence, Kansas. The two-hour hearing, convened by two House subcommittees, featured testimony from current and former leaders of Haskell,...
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