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Look closely at any mobile service provider’s map of nationwide 5G coverage, and you’ll notice huge swaths of the country — rural areas — don’t have 5G service. 

When Gregs Thomopulos came to the University of Kansas from Nigeria in 1962, his biggest worry was not wasting the opportunity. “Coming from abroad, I was very focused on having gotten to this university. I didn’t want to blow it,” he said.

A team of student engineers from the University of Kansas took second place in a prestigious international aerospace competition, continuing KU’s long history of success at the event.

A pioneer in workforce development in the field of civil engineering will give this year’s J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Engineering.

Suzanne Shontz, professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, has been selected to serve as the school’s associate dean for research.

Amanda Hertel, a 2022 University of Kansas graduate in chemical engineering from Shawnee, is the recipient of the 1897 Fellowship by the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi — the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

Lawrence, Kansas is growing tech jobs faster than any other city in America, according to data from a prominent national think tank.

Creating more secure and resilient communities, harnessing the power of big data to discover disease-fighting drugs, unlocking the secrets of genomes for the benefit of life on our planet, and transforming understanding of and support for intellectual and developmental disabilities.