Tagged: University of Kansas Medical Center

Government
4:31 pm
Thu April 25, 2013

Governor Calls For Continued Medical Center Funding

Credit Elana Gordon / KCUR
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (r) speaking with Doug Girod (l) and other KU Medical Center officials Thursday afternoon about the importance of continued state funding to the medical center. The state House's budget proposal would cut about $11 million from the center.

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has been on an all-out tour of state universities this week, calling on lawmakers to extend a sales tax and maintain funding for higher education in the coming budget.

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Health
4:13 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Governor Signs Bill Establishing KU Med Stem Cell Center

Kansas governor Sam Brownback has signed a bill that will establish a stem cell research center at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

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Health
11:53 am
Thu July 12, 2012

KU To Announce Prestigious Cancer Center Designation

Credit Elana Gordon / KCUR
KU's application to be a nationally designated cancer center was on display at an event last fall, celebrating the application's completion.

Leaders from the University of Kansas, politicians and health officials, including U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, will gather at the University of Kansas Medical Center this afternoon to formally announce KU Cancer Center becoming a National Cancer Institute designation.

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