Thu, 04/15/2021
LAWRENCE Four students at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public policy, native health care or the environment.
KU’s nominees:
Anna Krause, a junior in ecology, evolution & organismal biology and English
Lydia Yuengling, a junior majoring in architecture
Kaci Zarek, a junior majoring in ecology & evolutionary biology
The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship is a federal scholarship that honors the legacies of Morris Udall and Stewart Udall, two former Arizona lawmakers whose careers had an effect on American Indian self-governance, health care and the stewardship of public lands and natural resources.
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Board of Regents President and CEO Blake Flanders attended a Student Senate meeting Wednesday, allowing for questions pertaining to a set of policies that allow universities to deal with the financial emergency resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flanders, who has been president of the Regents since July 2015, opened the meeting explaining what the Board of Regents does and the different initiatives of the Regents in the past few years.
âThe board is a nine member board, theyâre appointed by the governor and they have four year terms,â Flanders said. âThe Board of Regentsâ policy governs the six state universities.â
On a November afternoon, Lawrence farmer Pantaleon Florez III is preparing his crops for winter. Itâs nearing the end of an unseasonably warm late harvest season, filled with 60-degree temperatures and higher.
Though this yearâs mild fall has extended the season to grow food, Florez said he worries about a volatile climate that could lead to more tornadoes and stronger temperature oscillation.Â
âWhen you get a 90-degree day that drops to a 35-degree day, that can kill off crops just like that,â Florez said and snapped his fingers. âYou can lose tons and tons of food that way.â