University of Kansas Medical Center News

University of Kansas officials says the school is responding to a drop in state aid by freezing or eliminating positions, offering few classes and reducing staff.

The University of Kansas Eye Center added a new optical shop on July 1. Operated by the department of ophthalmology from the University of Kansas Medical Center, the optical shop will provide patients with the opportunity to browse more than 500 frames.

There's a new place to get free physical therapy assistance in the Kansas City metro.

An Arcadia man was killed in a three-vehicle accident Thursday evening about five miles south of Fort Scott on U.S. Highway 69.

Jim and Jeanne Rucker, Hays, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jill Renee Rucker, to Jonathan Nathan Dilly, son of Breckenridge and Louise Dilly, Manhattan.

With a full workload set to go this fall, summer gives the new Student Senate leaders an opportunity to meet new University administrators, recruit incoming freshmen and lay the groundwork to carry out their promises.

The Foundation for Physical Therapy, Alexandria, Va, has awarded $151,000 to the winners of the 2009 New Investigator Fellowship Training Initiative .

The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan is scheduled to open a new six-story addition in 2011 that will house most of the doctors serving the hospital and the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The University of Kansas Hospital is scheduled to open a new six-story addition in 2011 that will house most of the doctors serving the hospital and the University of Kansas Medical Center.Organizers say the $73 million project will help patients because most clinics are now scattered across the campus, and it's sometimes hard to find a specific ...

The University of Kansas Hospital expects to begin construction next month of a $73 million medical office building, a move long awaited by the area's largest physician practice.

More than $87,000 was raised this month at the Alexa TMs Lemonade Stand Foundationa TMs regional event.

ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on April 30, 2009 Toxicological Sciences 2009 110 :47-60; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfp094 and Curtis D. Klaassen*,1 * Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed at Department of ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- A northwestern Missouri man has recovered after growing a tumor the size of a football.

The University of Kansas community is mourning along with the family of former Athletic Director Bob Frederick.

Bob Frederick, who took criticism for hiring an obscure assistant named Roy Williams as Kansas basketball coach and later helped create the Big 12 Conference, died Friday night following a bicycling accident.

Larry Pike wasn't in pain, but his body was looking increasingly strange. In April 2008, comparing his current appearance with a photo of him taken at Christmas just a few months earlier emphasized the change.

The area's largest lemonade stand raised thousands of dollars in the fight against childhood cancer over the weekend.

On Monday, June 8, from 6:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. you can drop off working, new or used bicycles, tricylces and other outdoor play equipment at the University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Pediatrics .

New frontiers for Kelsey’s lawThe parents of murder victim Kelsey Smith say they will help other states pass laws requiring cell phone companies to provide locating information to police in emergencies.A new law in Kansas is named after Smith, the daughter of Greg and Missey Smith.At a news conference Thursday at the Johnson County ...

Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of The University of Kansas Medical Center, was appointed Thursday by the Kansas Board of Regents to serve as KU's interim chancellor, effective July 1. "Ia ve had the pleasure of working with Dr.