EMPORIA, Kansas, March 27 -- Emporia State University issued the following news: The new director of theatre at Emporia State University brings a diverse background of stage management and instructional experience. Aubrey Wilson is welcomed into the new role after teaching theatre appreciation and directing Sarah Ruhl's "Late, A Cowboy Song" in the School of Visual and Performing Arts during the 2023 academic year. "Aubrey Wilson joined us in the theatre program last fall and her impact was im  more

EMPORIA, Kansas, March 27 -- Emporia State University issued the following news: Come celebrate Women's History Month of Emporia State University on Friday, March 29, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Sherrer Room of the Memorial Union. The Ethnic and Gender Studies Program is sponsoring the 2024 Women's History Month Reception and Awards Ceremony. The recipients of this year's Ruth Schillinger Award, Dr. Mary F. Headrick Award, and Susan B. Anthony Scholarship also will be honored. The first recept  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell's renewable energy team assisted Swift Current in bringing a 260 MW solar project located in Southeast Texas online. The Tres Bahias Solar project, which is equipped with solar panels from American-based First Solar, is generating energy to power City of Houston facilities through a power purchase agreement with an affiliate of NRG Energy, Inc. Tres Bahias is the largest operating  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 27 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Last week, Governor Laura Kelly's bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal received support from more than 20 Kansas businesses and chambers of commerce during hearings in the House Health and Human Services Committee and the joint session of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee. These businesses and chambers of commerce represent thousands of   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 26 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA- APHIS), has identified highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two commercial dairy operations. These are the first cases of HPAI in commercial dairy operations in Kansas. Initial testing by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories has not found  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 27 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: In 2023, University of Kansas School of Law teams were top performers during the National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA) Moot Court Competition and the UCLA Transactional Law Meet. This year, they saw continued success with back-to-back wins. For the fourth consecutive year, a KU Law team won first place at the NNALSA Moot Court Competition on Feb. 23-24 at the University of Montana. The comp  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The KU Life Span Institute will welcome more than 350 scientists, graduate students and practitioners from the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities to the 56th annual Gatlinburg Conference, which will take place April 17-19 in Kansas City, Missouri. Registration for the conference is open and ranges from $475 for academic professionals to $200 for self-advocates, early career researchers  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 26 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: The Missouri House has voted to allow the use of "land banks" in all parts of the state, so that more of Missouri can utilize them to restore neglected properties to use and public benefit. Land banks are nonprofit entities that acquire, manage, refurbish, and resell stagnant properties so that they are again productive and useful. Such restoration benefits regions by eliminating blight, bolstering property val  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 27 -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: By Celia Searles Nicole Gorsuch recently received a grant that funds in-home immunizations for low-income, elderly and immobile patients, working to fill a health-care gap that exists in parts of rural Missouri. For Nicole (Nickie) Gorsuch, the final step after pharmacy school at the University of Tennessee toward being a full-fledged pharmacist was a one-year community residency. Gorsu  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A new study gives clues as to why anger is so pervasive in political discussions on social media. The desire to express political anger seems so strong that it overrides the instinct, found in older research, to control one's anger in public, according to a new paper co-written by a University of Kansas associate professor of communication studies. In "Emotion Work on Social Media: Differences in Public  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A new study from the University of Kansas has analyzed the roles classroom interaction and parental support play in school connectedness, finding clearly communicated instruction in class and support from parents are closely linked with belonging. The study found students who feel their teachers provide good classroom management felt supported by those teachers and that they belong in their school. Those  more