KU Med project funds pledged for new teaching building
KU officials announce a new medical teaching facility funded by 25 million state bonds 15 million from KU Medical Center and private gifts bringing total private support to 37.3 million led by Hall Family Foundation. The project features simulation spaces and eight to ten person team rooms replacing lecture halls with a modern curriculum to train graduates to competency.
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KU Medical Center
Hall Family Foundation
Kansas City
Medicine
Nursing
Health Professions
Zamierowski
Marilyn Zamierowski
Overland
Simari
KU to Address Liberal Arts Challenges Through Enterprise Mode
Dean theme outlines five major US research university challenges. Jones argues declining state support and flat federal funding require an enterprise mode focusing on ROI for revenue sources. He proposes tuition growth, expanded programs, and more endowed professorships to boost enrollment and research, while noting candidate talks for KU leadership and upcoming visits by finalists.
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Jones
Rice
University of Houston
Michigan State University
University of Notre Dame
South America
University of Michigan
CLAS
Danny Anderson
Trinity University
San Antonio
Walter Hawthorne
Kansas Union
Douglas County Opens Public Works Zoning Center Complex
Douglas County Public Works and Zoning and Codes unveil their new $14.5 million facilities at 3755 East 25th Street. An open house from 3 to 6 p.m. invites residents to tour the main building, operations shops, chemical plant and fleet maintenance areas.
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Douglas County
Public Works and Zoning and Codes
E. 25Th St
Keith Browning
Browning
Kansas weighs $41 million child care grant in policy clash
Kansas faces a potential conflict between state welfare restrictions under the HOPE Act and federal Child Care and Development Block Grant rules. DCF officials expect state plan extensions to March 2016 as federal guidelines finalize, with stakeholder input sought from child care groups.
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Kansas
Congress
Cotsoradis
Sandra Kimmons
DCF
KAC
Kimmons
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Robert Simari
Sam Brownback
KU School of Medicine
Jeff Colyer
Doug Girod
Bernadette Gray-Little
Taries
Colyer
Helix
CO Architects
McCown Gordon
Dean
County Public Works
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