PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Dec. 11 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Highmark, a health insurance company, issued the following news release: * * * Highmark Inc. and Blue KC announce affiliation agreement * Blue KC selects Highmark to enhance member value and community health, strengthen provider partnerships and drive long-term growth Kansas City, Mo. (December 11, 2025) Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), the leading local not-for-profit health insurer in the Kansas City regio  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU Engineering students extend record in AIAA awards * LAWRENCE Two design teams from the University of Kansas are extending the School of Engineering's record in aerospace design, earning awards in prestigious competitions from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). KU teams finished second in the AIAA Graduate/Open Missile Systems Design Competition and in the Graduate Aircraft   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU scientist known for discoveries in precision medicine named to National Academy of Inventors * LAWRENCE For the third year in a row, the National Academy of Inventors has added a University of Kansas faculty member among its fellows. Steven Soper was among the 185 academic inventors named to the 2025 Class of NAI Fellows on Dec. 11. Election as an academy fellow is the highest professional distinction  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Dec. 11 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Loganbill named Ferguson College of Agriculture orange gown honoree * Media Contact: Sophia Fahleson | Digital Communications Specialist | 405-744-7063 | sophia.fahleson@okstate.edu The Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture has selected Cody Loganbill, an agribusiness major from Lawrence, Kansas, as its fall 2025 orange gown recipient. The orange gown honor recognizes one graduat  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 11 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * New 'History of Music in Czech Lands' takes innovative approach * LAWRENCE Martin Nedbal says the new book he helped to write and edit is not only the first English-language survey of music in the Czech Republic but the first to provide a modern analysis of the subject in the polyglot state. Nedbal, a professor in the University of Kansas School of Music, co-wrote and co-edited "A History of Music in the  more