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Kansas newspaper articles and editorials that mention KU are posted in PDF files as they become available. Each file includes clips published approximately two weeks previous to posting date. Click on icons below to download each PDF file. For past clip files no longer posted online, contact kunews@ku.edu. The clip files do not include obituaries, weddings, articles about athletics or any articles published in the Lawrence Journal-World.

For a complete listing of past clippings, please visit the News Clippings Archive.

Packet 1 - May 2

  • Regents want $47 million for college campus repairs - Arkansas City Traveler
  • Schools across Kansas review their security - Wichita Eagle (2 pages)
  • Law firm promotions - Kansas City Star
  • A pipeline to progress - Kansas City Star
  • TECH: Experts offer good advice - Kansas City Star (5 pages)
  • Four key areas in electronic marketing - Kansas City Star
  • Optimistic outlook - Kansas City Star (2 pages)
  • Security a concern at area universities - Kansas City Star
  • Governor seeks more for university maintenance - Newton Kansan (2 pages)
  • Regents want Sebelius to seek $48 million for campus repairs - Wichita Eagle
  • Universities, states weigh responses - Kansas City Star

Packet 3 - May 2

  • Rhea pleads to community, state to keep her attacker behind bars - Gyp Hill Premiere, Medicine Lodge, KS (3 pages)
  • Weather sends park opening activities indoors - Independence Daily Reporter
  • History of Santa Fe Trail presentation - Monitor-Journal, Little River, KS
  • Runner conquers muscle disease - Kansas City Star (3 pages)
  • Annual dyslexia conference - Kansas City Star
  • KU students raise money through Rock Chalk Revue - Shawnee County Ledger (2 pages)
  • Tragedy highlights need for cooperation - Colby Free Press
  • Ford chief at Lawrence - Emporia Gazette
  • Music to soothe the savage pain - Hays Daily News
  • Fall Honor Roll - Norton Telegram

Packet 5 - May 2

  • KU team places first at Kansas Collegiate Mathematics Compeition - Hoxie Sentinel
  • KU Honors two students - Hoxie Sentinel
  • Capturing a once-lost collegiate dream - Miami county Republic
  • Professor pledges $10 million - Parsons Sun
  • Wishall spends break working on social issues - Pittsburg Sun (2 pages)
  • Shephard, Wilson picked as top teachers - Gardner News
  • Richmond, Groover take part in Alternative Break - Newton Kansan
  • Research triangle backers now angle for votes - Kansas City Business Journal (3 pages)
  • Top Public Sector Employers - Kansas City Business Journal
  • Triangle has enormous potential - Kansas City Business Journal

Packet 7 - May 3

  • Business professor gives funds for new KU building - Newton Kansan

Packet 9 - May 9

  • Fort Hays Stamp Club - Western Kansas World
  • Kansas Honors Program - Phillips County Advocate (3 pages)
  • Regents seek $47.7M down payment on campus repairs - Basehor Sentinel
  • Alice Kuo captures Eudora’s natural beauty through art - Eudora News
  • Hesed receives award at KU - Tiler & Toiler. Larned, KS
  • Nguyen spends spring break volunteering to help Katrina victims - Liberal Light
  • Prom held this weekend - Nemaha County Journal-Leader
  • Sebelius signs tax cut measures into law - Dodge City Globe

Packet 11 - May 9

  • KU moves into the big leagues with new sports rights deal - Kansas City Business Journal
  • Arena gets founding partner - Kansas City Business Journal
  • Sebelius signs bill to cut taxes - Concorida Blade-Empire (2 pages)
  • Governor signs series of bills for $32 million in tax cuts - Council Grove Republican
  • Virginia Tech Banner - Garden City Telegram
  • Gaines couple donates $1million to cancer research - Augusta Daily Gazette (2 pages)
  • Sebelius signs Kansas tax cut measures into law - Newton Kansan (2 pages)
  • Lessons Start Now: Experts Focus on early years prepares a child for life - Wichita Eagle (4 pages)
  • Dole Award winner stresses role of humor - Garden City Telegram
  • Tax cuts to assist broad segment - Topeka Capital-Journal (3 pages)

Packet 13 - May 9

  • Regents see 47.7M down payment on campus repairs - Bonner Springs Chieftain (2 pages)
  • Alternative Spring Break - Vindicator Falls Vindicator
  • Dole Award recipient says political dialogue could use more humor - Manhattan Mercury
  • Hoarding problem gets state attention - Wichita Eagle (2 pages)
  • Funding slowdown hurting research - Garden City Telegram

Packet 15 - May 15

  • Travel sized - Topeka Capital-Journal (3 pages)

Packet 17 - May 16

  • University of Kansas students participated in the 58th annual Rock Chalk Revue - Leavenworth Times
  • Renowned composer to give concert - Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
  • Campuses struggle with repairs as legislators debate funding - Chanute Tribune (2 pages)
  • Funding slowdown hurting research at KU - Chanute Tribune
  • Students list on KU’s fall semester honor roll - Chanute Tribune
  • KU freshman to work at national spelling bee - Chanute Tribune
  • Bioresearch support bill among those signed - Holton Recorder (3 pages)
  • Baker says humor would help - Iola Register
  • KU students honor Va. Tech victims - Great Bend Tribune
  • Sebelius signs tax cut measures into law - Great Bend Tribune

Packet 19 - May 16

  • The Kansas City star, on Virginia Tech shootings: (4/17/07) - Topeka Metro News
  • Sixteen senior at the University of Kansas received awards at the 10th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium - Kansas City Kansan
  • Dole Award recipient says political dialogue could use more humor - Kansas City Kansan
  • Roberts: Eastern Wyandotte could be envy of the Midwest - Kansas City Kansan (2 pages)
  • Out of the box, into the triangle - Olathe News (2 pages)
  • Tax proposal leaves questions - Olathe News (2 pages)
  • KU names winners from 58th annual Rock Chalk Revue - Andover Journal-Advocate
  • Lawrence Journal-World on Virginia Tech - Arkansas City Traveler
  • Plan for college maintenance fails - Arkansas City Traveler
  • University of Kansas Cancer Center donation - Augusta Daily Gazette

Packet 21 - May 16

  • Holy health care! - Winfield Daily Courier (2 pages)
  • Hearst Journalism Awards competition - Wichita Eagle
  • Alternative Spring Breaks - Wichita Eagle
  • Senators take up $640 million plan to fix universities - Newton Kansan (2 pages)
  • Speaker gives history of red wheat, Mennonites - Harvey Co. Independent, Halstead (2 pages)
  • Miles rows on winning boat - Harvey Co Independent, Halstead
  • KU’s (mostly) Jewish sorority is thriving - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • Sports talk - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • College repairs plan fails - Pittsburg Morning Sun
  • Miller accepted to KU program - Pittsburg Morning Sun

Packet 23 - May 23

  • KU names School of Pharmacy honor roll - Derby Informer
  • Tran earns Chancellor’s student Award - Derby Informer
  • Journalism students also bound for state - Montgomery Co. Chronicle, Caney
  • Undergraduate Research Symposium awards - Wichita Eagle
  • Light post and a cell tower - Kansas City Star (2 pages)
  • Students carry on-air lessons beyond station’s control booth - Kansas City Star (3 pages)
  • Doctor faces charges - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Deferred maintenance is step in right direction - Pittsburg Morning Sun
  • Kansas, Emporia State react to threats - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Vancura chosen to carry banner at KU graduation - Osawatomie Graphic

Packet 25 - May 23

  • Dodge City grad leads KU Student Senate - Dodge City Daily Globe
  • Local optometric assistants attend the 1007 Kansas Optometric Association’s Convention - Dodge City Daily Globe
  • Outstanding at KU - Emporia Gazette
  • KCC hears comment on Westar request - Emporia Gazette (3 pages)
  • Pharmacy school grads - Great Bend Tribune
  • Funding slowdown hurting research at KU - Great Bend Tribune
  • Graduate teaching assistant awards - Hays Daily News
  • Area students are KU math winners - Hill City Times
  • Woman’s study shows leadership is crucial - Hill City Times
  • College news - Hoxie Sentinel
  • Mobile museum shows world’s largest things - Daily Union, Junction City

Packet 27 - May 30

  • Lawmakers near finale - Kansas City Star (2 pages)
  • ‘Gun-free,’ but with no guarantees - Kansas City Star (4 pages)

Packet 29 - May 31

  • Students to receive degrees from KU - Concordia Blade-Empire
  • Garmin co-founder to set up scholarships for 6 schools - Great Bend Tribune
  • KU student earns Newman University scholarship - Great Bend Tribune
  • Law to divest pension fund from Sudan signed - Great Bend Tribune
  • Donovan to graduate - Gyp Hill Premiere, Medicine Lodge
  • Garmin exec helps establish scholarships - Hutchinson News
  • Fell Foundation Scholarship winners announced - Tiller and Toiler, Larned (2 pages)
  • More than 4,000 candidates for degrees to graduate in May 20 ceremony - Tiller and Toiler, Larned
  • Drop in funding hurts KU research - Wichita Eagle
  • Retirement planning should consider allocating time, too - Kansas City Business Journal

Packet 31 - May 31

  • Wamego on annual wheat tour May 21 - Wamego Times
  • KU honorary initiates Blew - Wamego Times
  • KU PoliSci honors - Westmoreland Recorder
  • Universit repairs planned at last - The Chieftain, Bonner Springs (2 pages)
  • Roberts takes bioscience lead - DeSoto Explorer
  • University repairs planned at last - Shawnee Dispatch
  • Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority - Coffeyville Journal
  • CCC, ICC hold graduations Saturday - Coffeyville Journal
  • Posny picked as new education commissioner - Independence Daily Reporter
  • Students to graduate from KU - Independence Daily Reporter

Packet 33 - May 31

  • Heights announces tops in Class of 2007 - Southwest Daily Times, Liberal
  • Ward banner carrier for 2007 KU commencement ceremony - Erie Record
  • KU grad students offer help with riverfront project - Ft. Scott Tribune (3 pages)
  • No primary: Kansas to miss out on presidential frenzy - Ottawa Herald
  • No Kansas presidential primary - Parsons Sun
  • KU students present RiverFront findings - Pittsburg Morning Sun
  • KU graduation - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Fire’s origin debated at trial - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • Wheat State tour to cruise 1,200 miles - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • KU has more than 4,000 graduation candidates - Chanute Tribune Chanute

Packet 2 - May 2

  • Marymount grad talks film, culture - Salina Journal (2 pages)
  • Jackson to receive KU’s top award - Salina Journal
  • Governor seeks more money for deferred maintenance - Chanute Tribune
  • Response team trains for local rescues - Parsons Sun
  • KU students serve others at Alternative Spring Breaks - Sabetha Herald
  • Manning spends spring break as volunteer - Seneca Courier-Tribune
  • Universities mull security ramifications - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Ford executive ‘inspiring’ - Topeka Capital Journal (2 pages)
  • Panel of ex-governors to speak at Dole Institute - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Early music groups perform tonight - Topeka Capital Journal

Packet 4 - May 2

  • Legislators are meddling - Great Bend Tribune
  • KU business professor pledges $10 million - Dodge City Globe
  • Workers at meatpacking towns preparing for possible raids - Dodge City Globe (3 pages)
  • KU business professor pledges $10 million for new building - Fort Scott Tribune
  • ACT sprouts prep work for college-bound juniors - Hiawatha World (2 pages)
  • The Fulbright fold (stand alone photo) - Ottawa Herald
  • KU Fellowship Winner - Kansas City Kansan
  • Former Chief of Staff to give this year’s Dole Lecture - Newton Kansan
  • KU business professor pledges $10 million for new building - Great Bend Tribune
  • KU Professor pledges $10M for new building - Hays Daily News

Packet 6 - May 2

  • Kansas Miracle Presentation will be April 17 - Harvey Co. Independent
  • Triangle supporters conduct research - Johnson County Sun (2 pages)
  • Research triangle clears first hurdle; two to come - Johnson County Sun
  • Triangle plan still faces obstacles - Johnson County Sun
  • Doctor blogger: KU Prof eyes political impact - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • Plays lead role in skit selected for Rock Chalk Review - Holton Recorder
  • Assist with KU student orientation program - Holton Recorder
  • KU’s Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduated 58 - Anderson County Advocate
  • Steele on KU Fall Honor List - Scott County Record
  • KU Honors two students - Hoxie Sentinel
  • Kansas Miracle Presentation will be April 17 - Harvey County Independent

Packet 8 - May 9

  • Halls of Ivy - Hill City Times
  • ROTC cadets train on post - Fort Leavenworth Lamp
  • Regents seek $47.7M down payment on campus repairs - Shawnee Dispatch (2 pages)
  • Teachers descend on Tonganoxie for meeting - Tonganoxie Mirror (2 pages)
  • THS MHS students nominated for J-W’s Academic All-Star Team - Tonganoxie Mirror (3 pages)
  • EDITORIAL – Virginia Tech: Terrible lesson - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • Teenager to solo with symphony - Topeka Capital Journal
  • Rotary Club guides tour through county - Osawatomie Graphic (2 pages)
  • Virginia Tech tragedy reveals shortcomings - McPherson Sentinel
  • Kansas lawmakers increase push for biodefense lab - Kansas State Collegian

Packet 10 - May 9

  • EDITORIAL – Ford Motor Company CEO: Having the drive - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • KU fraternity receives award - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Senators oppose hospital directive - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • KUMed: Regents also want item vetoed - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Developing diversity - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • CJ recognized for immigration series - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Honorees - Neodesha Derrick
  • KU Service Learning - Oskaloosa Independent
  • Cook among those honored at KU event - Oskaloosa Independent
  • 2006-2007 Kansas Honor Scholars - Ottawa Herald
  • Graduates of Law Enforcement - Scandia Journal, Belleville, KS

Packet 12 - May 9

  • Artist’s Journey - DeSoto Explorer (2 pages)
  • Couple hopes to fill rescue niche - DeSoto Explorer (2 pages)
  • Award winning KU intern earns praise at DeSoto Multi Service Center - DeSoto Explorer (2 pages)
  • Sunflower Village sprung up like a mushroom to meet defense plant’s housing needs - DeSoto Explorer (2 pages)
  • Nusz, McIntosh spend spring break serving - Wyandotte West
  • Nusz. McIntosh spend spring break serving - Piper Press
  • Coalition presses to hold off legal restrictions on stem cell research - Independence Daily Reporter (2 pages)
  • Career Day at KHS includes College Fair - Kingman Leader-Courier (3 pages)
  • Jayhawks ink $65M marketing agreement with Kentucky-based Host Communications - Wichita Business Journal (2 pages)
  • Governor signs tax-cut measures into law - Wichita Eagle (2 pages)

Packet 14 - May 15

  • Healing will take time - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Legislature’s to-do list long - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Former senator blends humor, history - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Maintenance decision ahead - Kansas City Star
  • KU hospital provision vetoed - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • Jazz group awards scholarships to high school students - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Protect the children - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • University maintenance can be a real monster - Salina Journal (3 pages)
  • A look at universities’ maintenance backlogs - Manhattan Mercury
  • KU medical audits ordered - Topeka Capital-Journal

Packet 16 - May 16

  • Funding slowdown hurting research at KU - Great Bend Tribune
  • House repair plan falls apart - Hays Daily News
  • Senate considers $630 million university repair plan - Hays Daily News
  • Campuses struggle with repairs - Junction City Daily Union
  • This week in Congress: Former U.S. Senator Howard Baker Receives the 2007 Dole Leadership Award - Larned Tiller & Toiler (2 pages)
  • This week in Congress: Former U.S. Senator Howard Baker Receives the 2007 Dole Leadership Award - Leoti Standard (2 pages)
  • Governor signs bills - Leoti Standard
  • Senate will scrutinize maintenance plan for universities - Emporia Gazette
  • $1 million gift will boost fight against cancer - Eureka Herald
  • Children participate in KU reading program - Clay Center Dispatch

Packet 18 - May 16

  • Days of safety are gone - Great Bend Tribune
  • NCAA recognizes three KU programs, one at K-State - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Hugoton gas field study released - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Tonganoxie Days organizers prepare for this year’s festival - Tonganoxie Mirror
  • Cut here, add there; budget strides made - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • Hardman receives scholastic honor - Osborne Co. Farmer
  • Mathis earns clinical doctorate - White City Prairie Post
  • Senate passes repair bill - Salina Journal (2 pages)
  • Senators take up $640 million plan; modest one fails in House - Liberal Southwest Daily Times
  • Senate eyes repair plan - Manhattan Mercury (2 pages)

Packet 20 - May 16

  • Sebelius rejects bill giving KU Hospital veto on affiliation - Kansas City Business Journal
  • Senate passes $630 million repairs plan, but House balks - Dodge City Daily Globe
  • Senators take up $630 million plan - Junction City Daily Union
  • House repair plan fails, Senate plan emerges - Ft. Scott Tribune
  • Thrive shares goals - Iola Register (2 pages)
  • University repairs still in play - Iola Register
  • Senate OKs repair funds - Iola Register (2 pages)
  • House rejects college repair proposal - Parsons Sun
  • Senate passes $630 million repairs plan but House balks - Winfield Daily Courier
  • House passes $313 million repairs plan - Pittsburg Morning Sun (2 pages)

Packet 22 - May 23

  • Service groups can provide job alternatives for grads - Kansas State Collegian
  • Speaker raises a little dough for God’s Pantry - Norton Telegram (3 pages)
  • Chamber sponsors business seminar - Atchison Globe
  • Bingham earns master’s degree in educational leadership - Baxter Springs News
  • Learning about bicycling racing fascinating - Chanute Tribune
  • Students get career headstart - Eudora News
  • 2007 Galena High School commencement speaker - Galena Sentinel-Times
  • Receives KU’s Chancellor’s Award - Holton Recorder
  • Horton teams up with state to restore and protect Mission Lake - Horton Headlight (2 pages)
  • Ladd earns Chancellor’s Student Award at KU - Horton Headlight (2 pages)

Packet 24 - May 23

  • EHS student wins car in school drawing - Emporia Gazette (2 pages)
  • Rejoicing in students’ accomplishments - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Process starts over in apartment fire trial - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Lawmakers wary of CMS deal - Topeka Capital-Journal (2 pages)
  • KU camps give kids hands-on education - Topeka Capital-Journal
  • Growing up in Tree City changed Bonner native - The Chieftain, Bonner Springs (2 pages)
  • North honors scholarship recipients - Olathe News (2 pages)
  • Trustees exchange fire over college gun policy - Johnson County Sun, Overland Park (3 pages)
  • Sebelius signs Triangle bill, but says ‘critical steps’ await backers - Johnson County Sun, Overland Park (3 pages)
  • National Safe Kids Week - Harper Advocate

Packet 26 - May 23

  • $1 million gift will expand cancer drug trials - Council Grove Republican
  • Spending issues resolved by negotiators - Council Grove Republican
  • Remembering the Holocaust victims - Abilene Reflector-Chronicle
  • Former U.S. senator Howard Baker receives the 2007 Dole Leadership Award - Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (2 pages)

Packet 28 - May 31

  • Partners spread new method for mixing RFID and H2O - Kansas City Business Journal
  • Sorority gives scholarship - Independence Daily Reporter
  • Intellectual violence - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • Israeli band performs at KU - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • Zion, Oz connection? - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
  • Transcript: Senator Pat Roberts - Kansas City Kansan (4 pages)
  • A call to action? - Johnson County Sun, Overland Park
  • California Trail pupil wins competition, performs with orchestra - Johnson County Sun, Overland Park
  • Former Augustan receives KU Excellence Teaching Award - Augusta Daily Gazette
  • Local student receives Chancellor’s award - Derby Reporter

Packet 30 - May 31

  • Young girl waiting for prosthetic leg - Independence Daily Reporter(2 pages)
  • Chance Harmon is lone honoree at state journalism contest - Montgomery Co. Chronicle, Caney
  • KU alumni award area students scholarships - Newton Kansan
  • Finding, capturing a niche market - Kansas City Star
  • $10 million perk aims to help prove engineering is the profession to pursue - Kansas City Star (3 pages)
  • American Pharmacists Association Foundation announces 2007 Scholarship Recipients - Osborne Co. Farmer, Osborne
  • Peavey to be honored - Plainville Times
  • Garmin co-founder to set up scholarships for 6 schools - Southwest Daily Times, Liberal
  • Scholarships totaling more than $23,000 awarded at 2007 achievement banquet - Abilene Reflector-Chronicle (4 pages)
  • Board votes to hire Posny as education commissioner - Concordia Blade-Empire

Packet 32 - May 31

  • Ten area students to graduate from KU - Columbus Daily Advocate
  • Deiter, Simpson and Spangler to present free concert at Northridge Church - Fairview Enterprise
  • THS journalism students place at state - Kansas Chief, Wathena
  • County students earn KU awards - Miami Co. Republic, Paola
  • KU students to march down Mount Oread on May 20 - Miami Co. Republic, Paola
  • OHS journalism students place four at state - Onaga Herald
  • Talented trio of Deiter, Simpson and Spangler to present concert at Northridge Church - Sabetha Herald (2 pages)
  • Ku to offer new class: Personal Finance 101 - Mirror, Tonganoxie
  • Journalism students have winning entries - Vindicator, Valley Falls
  • Mortar Board initiates Blew - Wamego Times

Packet 34 - May 31

  • Salina school District to honor retirees - Salina Journal (2 pages)
  • State not in presidential primary - Hutchinson News
  • Types of Nursing Programs - Hutchinson News (2 pages)
  • Student news - Goodland Star News
  • Kansas voters will miss out on presidential primary frenzy - Garden City Telegram
  • ‘Gun-free,’ but with no guarantees - Clay Center Dispatch (2 pages)