KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 1 (TNSres) -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced full year 2023 GAAP earnings of $731.3 million, or $3.17 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $752.7 million, or $3.27 per share, for the full year 2022. Fourth quarter 2023 GAAP earnings were $58.0 million, or $0.25 per share, com  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Giselle Anatol, professor of English, has been named director of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas, effective March 3. She has led the center in an interim capacity since former director Richard Godbeer retired in fall 2022. The Hall Center is a focus of intellectual life for scholars in the humanities, arts and humanistic social sciences at KU and for members of the surrounding commu  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: For the fifth year in a row, accounting faculty at the University of Kansas School of Business earned a No. 1 global ranking for their audit archival research contributions over the past six and 12 years, according to Brigham Young University's 2023 rankings. Each year Brigham Young University (BYU) publishes a database of research-productivity rankings from the accounting departments of universities worldwide. Th  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Undergraduate researchers from the University of Kansas Lawrence and Medical Center campuses will present their research projects March 1 as part of Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The KU students will join their peers from other Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) public four-year universities to deliver in-person poster presentations at the Kansas Capitol Rotunda in Topeka. Presentations will be vie  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 1 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: A House proposal that became law last year, to toughen Missouri's penalties for "smash and grab" attacks on ATMs, could be slowing down an organized crime ring in the Kansas City area. Its sponsor says that the ring's reach, and the repercussions of this new law, could extend into several states. One of two men arrested for stealing a Richmond, Missouri ATM has been charged under that law, which took effect in A  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The University of Kansas has announced participants selected for the 2024 Staff Fellows Program, which seeks to strengthen the university by developing leaders at all levels of the institution. The Staff Fellows Program offers KU employees an opportunity to build their leadership skills, gain experience to advance their careers and work together on a strategic campus project that benefits the university. Each part  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, part of the University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences, has created a new program to introduce education professionals to academic scholarship on higher education. The Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Administration is a nine-hour generalist degree program that allows students to extend and apply their knowledge of colleges and unive  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: With increasing geopolitical tensions around the globe, multinational corporations (MNCs) face an unprecedented level of uncertainty in their business environments. A University of Kansas professor's new study, titled "My Best Frenemy: A History-to-theory Approach to MNCs' Corporate Diplomatic Activities," seeks to unravel this issue. "Our study provides lessons from history that share s  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Commons at the University of Kansas will host Red Hot Research sessions throughout March and April 2024, including three themed sessions with faculty presenters, one graduate student session and two collaborative sessions co-hosted by internal, interdisciplinary awards. Red Hot Research, which began in fall 2012, is a curated event that brings together scholars across areas of study through short, six-minute p  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Two new books co-written by a University of Kansas education researcher examine how to move beyond the conventional measures of student-faculty interactions to consider new ways of building meaningful relationships between educators and pupils. Eugene T. Parker III, associate professor of educational leadership & policy studies at the University of Kansas, and Teniell L. Trolian of the State University of  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A University of Kansas study of rare gene mutations that cause hereditary Alzheimer's disease shows these mutations disrupt production of a small sticky protein called amyloid. Plaques composed of amyloid are notoriously found in the brain in Alzheimer's disease and have long been considered responsible for the inexorable loss of neurons and cognitive decline. Using a model species of worm called C. elega  more