LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 1 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * KU debaters are top-ranked team in the country * LAWRENCE The University of Kansas debate team of Rose Larson, Milwaukee, and Luna Schultz, Houston, ended the fall semester as the top-ranked team in the country, according to the 2025-26 College Policy Debate Rankings. The ratings are based on a mathematical algorithm that calculates rankings based on accumulated head-to-head results for all tournaments in more PR

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa posted the following news release on Dec. 1, 2025: * * * Men Linked to the Disappearance of an 18-Year-Old Nebraska Woman Found Guilty of Drug, Gun, and Obstruction-Related Charges Lawson told witness "If you talk, it's your funeral" * Two men with lengthy criminal histories were convicted by a jury on November 25, 2025, after a 11-day trial in federal court in Sioux City. Floyd Clifford Coates, more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 1 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * NIH grant supports KU study of DNA-protein cross-links * LAWRENCE Identifying toxic DNA-protein cross-links (DPCs) and the cellular pathways to repair them are the goals of research underway by University of Kansas assistant professor of medicinal chemistry Luke Erber and his lab team. The research is being funded by a $1.8 million grant recently announced by the National Institute of General Medical Scienc more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Dec. 1 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * School of Pharmacy researcher publishes work on social isolation, drug abuse * LAWRENCE Since the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Kansas researcher Zijun Wang has studied social isolation and how it affects mental health and substance abuse disorders. Her research article, titled "Prelimbic cortex to ventral tegmental area projection regulates early social isolation stress-potentiated heroin seeking in mic more PR