LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Information for news media covering University of Kansas Class of 2025 Commencement The University of Kansas invites news media to cover the university's Commencement ceremony May 18 for the Class of 2025. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. as graduates begin the traditional "walk down the Hill" to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, followed by a program and the conferral of degrees by Chancellor Dou  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 29 -- The Kansas Supreme Court issued the following news release on April 28, 2025: * * * Judge Ron Sylvester to retire from 30th Judicial District TOPEKA--District Magistrate Judge Ron Sylvester will retire April 30 after serving five years in the 30th Judicial District. The 30th Judicial District is composed of Barber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, and Sumner counties. Sylvester was appointed in 2019. Before becoming a judge, Sylvester was a journalist for 40 years, 12 of   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, April 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * KU Center for Community Health & Development chosen to partner with Kauffman Foundation to improve economic mobility In an effort to increase equity and economic mobility in Kansas City through a broad collaborative project, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation reached out to a nearby University of Kansas center with decades of experience addressing large, complex problems. The Center for Community Health  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 28 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * New OSU Orange Blossom CL+ wheat variety brings a strong resistance package to Oklahoma fields Media Contact: Alisa Gore | Office of Communications & Marketing, OSU Agriculture | 405-744-7115 | alisa.gore@okstate.edu Oklahoma wheat fields are overdue for another groundbreaking wheat comparable to the Doublestop CL Plus variety with strong disease resistance and good protein content. Oklahoma State  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 28 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Recent Books by Alumni 2024 Gifts from My Father: Positive Lessons on Business and Life from a Journey Through Dementia (Independently published, 2024) by Dan Adkins, MBA'80 Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Agent A12 and the Solving of the Holocaust Code (Pegasus/Simon & Schuster, 2024) by Jason Matthew Bell, PhD'09 Marriage in the Bible: What Do the Texts Say? (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)   more