Kansas Communities

Beginning in mid-June and continuing until early July, residents of west-central Kansas may see a low-flying helicopter towing a large hexagonal frame. This unusual arrangement is part of a project to map groundwater conditions in the Ogallala aquifer in Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 1.

The Sentinel GreenReport Plus, created at the University of Kansas with support from the KansasView and AmericaView programs, is a web-based app with free satellite monitoring and analysis of vegetation and crops for Kansas and the nation.

Sixty-five University of Kansas School of Law students provided more than 2,500 hours of free legal services during the 2024-2025 academic year.

ThrYve has supported hundreds of students through the program out of the KU Center for Community Health & Development and is based on decades of research on reducing youth violence. “Our best indicators of success are our young people,” Jomella Watson-Thompson, ThrYve director, said.

KU researchers are working to address literacy challenges and needs in Kansas schools by visiting teachers and families across the state this spring as part of the Blueprint for Literacy.

The School of Social Welfare will host a panel presentation and networking opportunity April 23 that will celebrate the launch of the school’s new Center for the Advancement of Healthcare for Everyone (CAHE).

The Big Event at KU spring event drew 966 student, faculty and staff volunteers April 5 to serve 130 job sites around Lawrence. The Jayhawks created an estimated economic impact of $129,405 for the surrounding community.

The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will welcome a slate of national leaders and feature student-led issue programs, an original exhibition and the family-favorite annual Easter Egg Roll.

Despite belief or skepticism on the topic, Kansas and Missouri farmers avoid talking about climate change with neighbors, community members and even family for a variety of reasons, including avoiding arguments or violence or fear of damage to their livelihood, research from the University of Kansas has found.

The Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) at the University of Kansas has awarded the 2024 AAI Art & Humanities Grant to Sarah Jen, associate professor in the School of Social Welfare, and Liz Langdon, a lecturer in the Department of Visual Art, for their project, “Untold Stories of Aging in Action — Revealed and Traveled.” The project’s aim is to create and document the influence of an art-based intervention among communities of older adults and intergenerational audiences.