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The Kansas Supreme Court ruled today that the man convicted of murdering Ali Kemp , a 19-year-old University of Kansas student from Johnson County, in a public swimming pool pump room in 2002 could not also be guilty of attempted rape without violating the "double jeopardy" protection of the Fifth Amendment.

Following an online media report that the University of Kansas was reviewing the performance of Athletic Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said today that no such review was underway."The notion that the university is conducting a review of Lew Perkins is false and completely unfounded," Gray-Little said in a statement.

The University of Kansas will name a life sciences building in Kansas City, Kan., after former University Chancellor Robert Hemenway.

The University of Kansas will host an event next week to benefit a school in China for Tibetans that helps them preserve their culture.

The Kansas Board of Regents Thursday approved naming the KU Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center in Kansas City, Kan.

With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists and to the public.

A film by a University of Kansas faculty member won three top awards at the 34th annual American Indian Film Festival held Nov.

Calling Sam Brownbacks election as Kansas next governor premature, Kansas Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a candidate of their own: Tom Wiggans, a retired Olathe pharmaceutical executive.Wiggans, 57, is a political newcomer largely unknown in the state he hopes to lead.

The University of Kansas will have about 900 free doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine to students between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Nov.

Lee and Kristin Eldridge launch a new promotional products company, Snap Promotions.

As the shortage of primary care doctors in the United States continues to grow, the industry looks for practitioners to fill the gap.

International Student and Scholar Services at the University of Kansas is looking for host families to help international students experience Thanksgiving.

The University of Kansas Public Safety Office is investigating the robbery, battery and intimidation of a witness that occurred just after midnight Friday.

Each year, tens of thousands of children diagnosed with autism, from mild to severe, enter adulthood and leave the safe confines of schools and their services behind.Every day, their parents, such as Jennifer Smith-Currier of Gardner, worry what will become of them.Its like, where is the journey going? said Smith-Currier, whose children Corinne, ...

Six graduate students at the University of Kansas have received Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships to study African languages during the 2009-10 academic year.

Chip Taylor, director of Monarch Watch and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, says three of his monarch caterpillars will leave Monday on the space shuttle Atlantis to eventually dock with the International Space Station.

The National Institutes of Health have awarded an almost $7 Million contract to the University of Kansas to look for ways to improve vaccines.

When Lilli Lackey started college, talk of a growing teacher shortage gave her confidence that a job would be waiting for her when she got out.

Chip Taylor is used to people giving him strange looks. As director of Monarch Watch and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas, Taylor has placed radio tags on butterflies and tracked them across pastures and plains.

Sailing along: The Kansas City area has a good tailwind in developing world class life science assets.Missing the boat: Almost alone among major U.S. cities, Kansas City still lacks a major research university.