Regents get update on NBAF budget battle
Kansas Board of Regents reviewed the empty 46 acre NBAF site near Kansas State University amid a funding stalemate in Washington. The 650 million National Bio and Agro Defense Facility aims to replace Plum Island lab with a 600000 square foot facility by 2018 to study diseases threatening food supply and public health including Nipah Hendra African swine fever and foot and mouth disease. Kansas hopes NBAF anchors an animal health corridor from Kansas State through KU.
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N.Y
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Kansas University
Seniors Tackle Sex Education At Kaw Valley Meeting
The Kaw Valley Older Women's League held a session on sex education focusing on older adults. Speakers gave practical guidance and encouraged open discussion among participants. Kansas University defensive coordinator Dave Campo expressed enthusiasm about returning to college to share NFL insights and coaching experience.
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Kaw Valley
Older Women's League
Kansas University
Dave Campo
NFL
Rodman Seen as Gov Brownback’s Hatchet Man
Kansas Senator Anthony Hensley criticizes Governor Brownback’s appointment of Dale Rodman to the Kansas Bioscience Authority. He accuses Rodman of having a biased stance while Rodman led oversight of a recent audit into the KBA’s management and investments.
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Mr. Rodman
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Sam Brownback
Agriculture
Dale Rodman
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Rodman
Douglas County grows slowly yet adds residents
New U S Census figures show Douglas County population at 112 211 as of July 1 2011, up 1 385 since 2010 and a 1 2 percent 15 month gain, slower than past decades but outpacing Kansas state growth 0 6 percent. Douglas remains the fifth most populous county in Kansas, adding 1 385 people for the 15 months, behind Johnson Sedgwick and Riley.
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Census Bureau
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Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte
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Leavenworth
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Riley
Manhattan
Leavenworth County
KU Medical Center trims eighty jobs in efficiency drive
Kansas University Medical Center on the Kansas City campus cut eighty staff positions as part of the Changing for Excellence review aided by the Huron Consulting Group. The layoffs span the center, not targeting any single area, with no impact on tenured faculty. Similar reviews continue at KU Lawrence, with three Lawrence supervisor layoffs and a plan to merge facilities with student housing operations.
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Lawrence
KUMC
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Barbara Atkinson
KU School of Medicine
Gavin Young
KU Hospital
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