Congress and the administration make a variety of decisions on issues pertaining to the University of Kansas. Check here for updates on the current status of these issues and learn how they help shape the future of the university.

Congress and the administration make a variety of decisions on issues pertaining to the University of Kansas. Check here for updates on the current status of these issues and learn how they help shape the future of the university.

Health care in the spotlight, but other work continues

With the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of a comprehensive health care bill, all attention has pivoted over to the U.S. Senate, where the focus on health care is taking attention away from the annual appropriations process and other issues of interest to higher education.

Telling the KU story in Washington, DC - A Case Study

As the flagship research university for Kansas, KU's education, research and service mission that's executed across the various campuses should be shared with stakeholders in Washington, DC.

Chancellor Gray-Little goes to Washington

Last week, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little traveled to Washington, DC for meetings with national leaders, and to get acquainted with the nearly 5,000 alumni living in and near our nation’s capital.

Office of Management and Budget planning FY 2011 research spending

Several weeks ago, the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy released a joint memo to all federal research agencies directing them to begin preparing their FY 2011 budgets

NIST seeks nominees for advisory boards

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking nominees to serve on its prestigious federal advisory boards. The boards are the private/public interface between NIST's mission and the private sector.

Interim Chancellor Atkinson provides update on KU stimulus funding

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act makes significant investments in education and research, and already important KU research projects have received funding. See KU's stimulus research opportunities or view general information about the ARRA.

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee looks at NIH budget

The University of Kansas is an active member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and through its Council on Government Affairs, KU provides its support to higher education initiatives in Washington, D.C. As Congress prepares budgets for federal agencies, various subcommittees are holding hearings on budget priorities, such as the National Institutes of Health.

President's 2010 budget contains new opportunities for research funding

The details of President Barack Obama's first budget were issued this week and will serve as a guide for the annual budget process involving Congress and the White House.

Congress passes FY2010 budget resolution with changes to financial aid

With Congressional approval of the FY2010 budget, the House and Senate committees with authority over higher education and federal student aid have been given instructions to conduct a massive rewrite of federal student financial aid.

Senator Alexander: Research universities critical to nation's future
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has a unique set of qualifications to provide this thoughtful speech on the importance of research universities to the nation.

Archive of 2008 updates