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Campus Protests Over War in Gaza Echo Anti-Apartheid Era

By | May 9, 2024 | 0
A large white tent is covered with banners reading things like "stop the genocide" "Ceasefire now" "Let Gaza Live". Around the tent sit students wearing keffiyehs.

Campus protests at the University of Missouri and University of Kansas over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza echo anti-apartheid protests decades ago.

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Kansas Farmer Brings Renewable Energy Future to Concordia

By | April 3, 2024 | 0
Bruce Graham, former head of the Renewable Energy Department at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas, stands in front of a wind turbine.

A Kansas farmer has built a renewable energy program at Cloud County Community College, embracing sustainability workforce training to confront climate change.

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Kansas City Can Finally Go Down The Rabbit Hole at a New Museum for Children’s Literature

By | March 8, 2024 | 0
A colorful merry-go-round with tigers in an exhibit still in progress based on “Sam and the Tigers,” the book by Julius Lester. Each exhibit includes bookshelves.

The Rabbit Hole, a new museum in North Kansas City’s Iron District, is dedicated to immersing kids and their parents in the world of children’s literature.

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Critics Say Public Universities are Spending Too Much Outside the Classroom

By | January 30, 2024 | 0
People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Spending on administrative expenses at U.S. public universities has outpaced spending on academic roles in recent years, raising questions about priorities.

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Help With Navigating a Complex Media Landscape

By | December 21, 2023 | 0
Students hold up a poster with a star in the middle and notes written all around it.

As the U.S. enters another election year awash with information, how can folks improve their media literacy to help decide what is true and who to follow?

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