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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 a...

PROVO — After meeting since last July and following a deluge of thousands of personal and electronic communications with stakeholders, including the university's minority alumni base, the nine-member committee tasked with improving racial equality at Brigham Young University and in the surrounding community has presented its initial findings to President Kevin J. Worthen and school officials. The report, outlined in a 63-page document available at race.byu.edu, includes 26 recommendations for improving race relations both on and off campus, including the addition and changes to classes base...