University of Kansas

The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest in the U.S. state of Kansas. KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence. Founded March 21, 1865, the university was opened in 1866, under a charter granted by the Kansas State Legislature in 1864 following enabling legislation passed in 1863 under the Kansas State Constitution, adopted two years after the 1861 admission of the former Kansas Territory as the 34th state into the Union following a very famous bloody internal civil war known as "Bleeding Kansas" during the 1850s.

The university's Medical Center and University Hospital are located in Kansas City, Kansas. The Edwards Campus is in Overland Park, Kansas, in the Kansas City metropolitan area. There are also educational and research sites in Parsons and Topeka, and branches of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita and Salina. The university is one of the 62 members of the Association of American Universities.

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4 KU women’s basketball players enter portal

Lawrence Journal World 26 Mar 2025
A KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World that guards Zoe Canfield and Carla Osma and forwards McKenzie Smith and Freddie Wallace were all in the portal as of Tuesday afternoon ... KU is bringing in what is currently ESPN’s No.

KU reveals updates to Kansas football’s Anderson Family Football Complex this year

Salina Journal 26 Mar 2025
Check out everything Kansas football coach Lance Leipold had to say Thursday as the Jayhawks continued to make their way through spring ball ... According to a Jayhawks release that included a new walkthrough space, team room, and more.

Foster balancing football, track, mentorship, new playing weight during busy offseason

Lawrence Journal World 26 Mar 2025
... he’s also trying to become more of a leader for the Jayhawks in his final year of college football (as one of KU’s few returning starters) — and he looks physically different, too.

Why Roncalli's Logan Bell is following Matt Ulmer to Kansas: 'I didn't want to limit myself'

IndyStar 26 Mar 2025
The 5-11 outside hitter is the fourth player signed by Ulmer at KU and the first high school prospect, and ultimately chose the Jayhawks over Utah ... With regards to her future as a beach player, KU does ...

A Spartan’s never gone forever

Creston News Advertiser 26 Mar 2025
Little did she know the changes this would bring to her life ... After graduating from SWCC in May 1989, DeBruin continued her athletic career as a Jayhawk before returning to The Netherlands in 1991. While at KU, DeBruin studied to be a social worker.

Future KU Jayhawks guard Darryn Peterson celebrates title victory Sunday in Lawrence

Kansas City Star 25 Mar 2025
The 6-foot-5 point guard was named player of the game at Haskell ... .

KU baseball, softball lose Big 12 series on the road

Lawrence Journal World 24 Mar 2025
KU was able to respond with RBI doubles from Cripe and Campbell Bagshaw in the seventh for some apparent breathing room, and the Jayhawks even got the first two outs in the bottom of the inning.

Peterson, Prolific Prep win Grind Session title

Lawrence Journal World 24 Mar 2025
Playing before a crowd of local KU fans for the second night in a row, Peterson performed better than he had on Saturday night against DME Academy ... Also present at the game were current KU wing Rylan Griffen and former Jayhawk guard Tyshawn Taylor.

Bob Davis, legendary Kansas and Royals broadcaster, dead at 80

New York Post 23 Mar 2025
Bob Davis, who spent over three decades calling basketball and football games for the Kansas Jayhawks, died Thursday in Lawrence, Kan ... Self’s Jayhawks were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by Arkansas on Thursday ... He is a KU giant.”.

Kansas honors legacy of legendary ‘Voice of the Jayhawks,’ Bob Davis, after his death

cjonline 22 Mar 2025
LAWRENCE — So many are honoring the legacy of Bob Davis this week, after his death Thursday at 80 years old, as they reflect upon the more than 30 years he spent as the “Voice of the Jayhawks.” ... “Bob Davis was a fantastic announcer and loved KU.

What’s next for the KU men’s basketball roster?

Lawrence Journal World 22 Mar 2025
His classmate, Passmore, embraced the opportunity to come to KU and compete for minutes even after the Jayhawks added Griffen and Storr as transfers.

Late turnovers doom KU to first-round elimination in 79-72 loss to Arkansas

Lawrence Journal World 21 Mar 2025
The Razorbacks’ offense was a step faster than KU’s defense throughout the first half, and despite the Jayhawks’ successful switch to zone defense for most of the second, the No.

Adams’ Achilles injury brings grim end to his career, Jayhawks’ season

Lawrence Journal World 21 Mar 2025
And from the moment Adams — who for years served as the sparkplug for the Jayhawks — got hurt, KU wasn’t the same ... Adams and Harris aren’t the only Jayhawks concluding their time at KU.

Notebook: Former Jayhawk Pettiford’s run with High Point draws to close

Lawrence Journal World 21 Mar 2025
Senior guard Bobby Pettiford, who played a pair of seasons for KU, including on the Jayhawks’ national-title team in 2021-22, before transferring to East Carolina, established himself as a key ...

Kansas' preseason No. 1 curse continues under Bill Self with first-round exit in March Madness 2025

CBS Sports 21 Mar 2025
1 Jayhawks in fitting fashion. Arkansas' win snapped KU's 17-game winning streak in tourney openers and handed the Jayhawks a 13th loss on the season, their most since 1982-83 ... Self and KU in the 2012 NCAA championship.).
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