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Ancient Americans used Jayhawk-type icons

Books by John Hoopes detail, contextualize museum collection

The definition of "academic workload" was one of the issues presented at Thursday's University of Kansas Faculty Senate meeting.

What is college like in a COVID-19 world? Hamsters, pajamas, uncertainty … and hope By Jesse Newell And Sam Mcdowell, The Kansas City Star © Dreamstime/Kansas City Star/TNS The University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — John Hoopes began teaching his first online courses in a most unique way. With a pet introduction. Hoopes, a University of Kansas professor for 30 years, started one of his Tuesday sessions by showing off “Sugar” — his purebred Samoyed — while leading a video conference call from his Lawrence basement. Remotely from their bedrooms,...

Editor's note: This story is a part of a series for general conference week. SALT LAKE CITY — John Hoopes, 74, has always enjoyed playing the organ ever since he was a young boy. So when he was called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Italy, he loved spending his preparation days playing historic organs in cathedrals and churches there. "In Italy, there's a pipe organ on every, every quarter of a mile as a church with a pipe organ," Hoopes said. Years later, he and his wife were called to serve another mission in Italy where Hoopes was able to once ag...