Good morning, Lawrence.

University of Kansas linguists found Kansas speech is more varied than people think and that Kansans and listeners from outside the state perceive a Kansas accent differently, identifying features like the pin pen merger and vowel shifts; researchers are continuing the study and invite Kansans (age 8 and up) to participate.

The Lawrence school board on Monday approved a $24,500 contract with RSP and Associates to produce enrollment projections for each district building over the next five to 10 years (plus an optional $2,500 for maintenance of an online address locator).

The analysis will inform planning for staffing, transportation, food services, and facilities.

The Lawrence-Douglas County MPO and Lawrence Transit are asking residents to take a short online survey through Nov.

11 to help update the Public Participation Plan that will guide how transportation and transit planning shares information and collects public input.

KU researcher Steve Soper received a $4 million NSF grant to develop a credit card sized chip that will decode proteins to individual amino acids to help detect and monitor diseases, partnering with Louisiana labs and planning local chip manufacturing and school outreach.