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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — As the relationship between the United States and Iran becomes increasingly hostile, some students at the University of Kansas are living in uncertainty, an Iranian student told the Lawrence Journal-World recently. However, a KU political scientist thinks the tension will eventually subside without a physical conflict. But until then, these students may be in an uncomfortable situation. During the 2018-19 school year, the university enrolled 46 students from Iran. One of those students, who has been attending KU since 2...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A new television series focusing on how the U.S. Army dealt with the first outbreak of one of the most contagious and deadliest viruses on its soil features several University of Kansas and Kansas State University connections. The six-part National Geographic miniseries "The Hot Zone" dramatizes the real-life events of the first Ebola virus outbreak — the Reston virus, one of six types of Ebola strains — in America in 1989. Nancy and Jerry Jaax, who were serving in the Army as veterinarians at the time, were thrust into...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — When it comes to responding to reports of sexual assault, response teams on college campuses face a set of barriers that prevent their work from being as effective as similar programs run by cities and counties, according to a University of Kansas study. But this revelation is allowing the group of KU researchers who conducted the study to help some Midwest colleges and universities do a better job by creating individualized sexual assault response protocols, said Alesha Doan, a KU associate professor and member of the r...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas programs allowing high school students to start their post-secondary education early are an "innovative" example of how universities can help address the rising cost of tuition, said Dennis Mullin, the chair of the Kansas Board of Regents. For the last few years, KU's Edwards Campus, a satellite campus in Overland Park, has been offering a "Degree in Three" program to its local high school students. Last month, KU Edwards added USD 232 in De Soto to its Degree in Three, making it the seventh d...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — An antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that originated in India has been found in a remote part of the world by a group of researchers that includes a University of Kansas geology professor. Jennifer Roberts, chair of KU's Department of Geology, participated in a 2013 study of the soil in Svalbard, Norway, that found the superbug that originated in New Delhi, India. She told the Lawrence Journal-World that the detection of the superbug — a microorganism, or microbe, that is resistant to modern prescription medicine — in a rem...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — About three decades ago, a remarkable ecological comeback started in Lawrence, local eagle biologist Mike Watkins said. For decades, Kansas had not documented a nesting location for bald eagles within its borders. But in 1989, a fisherman reported seeing America's national bird in the Lawrence area at Clinton Lake. "I was skeptical," said Watkins, who served as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wildlife biologist at the time. "Sure enough, a pair of bald eagles built a nest in some timber that had been flooded (in the l...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Once again, Lawrence's most famous historic event makes an appearance in popular culture. William Quantrill's attack on Lawrence makes a brief appearance in the extremely popular video game "Red Dead Redemption 2," a western-themed, open-world game set just before the turn of the 20th century. The game's story follows a gang of bandits through a fictionalized version of the American west in the dying days of the outlaw era, the Lawrence Journal-World reported . In the game, players can find a letter from a man named W...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — James Marx lifted the sharp object with both arms behind his head before using the momentum of his body to throw it about 15 feet. The object, a light metal ax, made a "thwack" sound when it reached its destination, a wooden bullseye. "I've always had a fondness for dangerous things being thrown at wood," said Marx, noting his experience in archery. "This just seems like a good time." The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Marx and his father, Paul Marx, were some of the first ax throwers to try out the newest t...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP, Sept. 30, 2016) — Strapped into a modified toy car built by four Manhattan High School students, Avery laughed as his father Sean Pozarek helped him drive around his living room one afternoon. The car will allow Avery, who is developmentally delayed, to travel through his house at his own ability, according to The Manhattan Mercury (http://bit.ly/2d0riXP ). Inspired by Go Baby Go — a program that turns ordinary toy cars into personalized vehicles for children with mobility issues — MHS seniors Owen Li, Eric Higgins, Tony...
