TOPEKA, Kansas, May 29 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today announced six Kansas communities have secured nearly $5 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program. Combined with more than $1 million in matching funds from the Kanas Infrastructure Hub and Build Kansas Fund toward two of the projects and local matching   more

FORT DODGE, Kansas, May 29 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 27, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today joined leaders from the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office (KCVAO) to dedicate the expansion of the columbarium wall at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery at Fort Dodge. The ribbon cutting took place during the cemetery's annual Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. "Whether they served in combat or during peacetime, our veterans represent the very best of Am  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, May 29 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: The Kansas Legislature recently awarded Kansas State University a $25 million matching award for the university's Agriculture Innovation Initiative. In January, the state Legislature challenged the university with a one-to-one matching opportunity: If K-State raised $25 million in private donations for the initiative, then the state would match that amount with a $25 million award. Earlier this year, K-Stat  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A new $11.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a multidisciplinary biomedical center at the University of Kansas to research big data's potential to improve women's health. The award is a component of the NIH Institutional Development Award Program and will be KU's fifth Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) since the program's inception in the 1990s. "This is   more

WICHITA, Kansas, May 29 -- Textron Aviation, a subsidiary of Textron, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Textron Aviation today announced that the 400th Cessna Citation Latitude business jet has rolled out of production at the company's factory in Wichita, Kansas, and is expected to be delivered later this year. Employees recognized the milestone with a special celebration at the company's headquarters in Wichita. The Cessna Citation Latitude midsize business jet is designed an  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project received the Medallion Award, the highest award bestowed by the Kansas Preservation Alliance, at the 2024 Kansas State Preservation Conference on May 17 in Newton. The project, led by local artists Karl Ramberg and Laura Ramberg and University of Kansas architecture faculty members Keith Van de Riet and Amy Van de Riet, began in 2017 and combined traditional stonecraft with   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 2024 Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region's PK-12 educators as a hybrid professional development event. This year's conference, Tomorrow Is Here: Education in an AI World, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 14 in the BEST Building at KU's Edwards Campus. Leaders in education will discuss  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 29 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: At first blush, Spain seems like a solid nation. But as headlines about the Catalan independence movement and its exiled leader Carles Puigdemont show, the threat of dissolution is ever present. And, as such, all sides try to exploit the country's literary legacy for their own benefit. "If you want to understand the chaos of Spain, pay more attention to how they're using their classics, because that gives you a sen  more