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KU team leads special journal edition on including people with disabilities in research
A KU team has led the publication of a special issue of the journal Inclusion, calling for opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be paid, equitable members of research teams. The journal includes firsthand accounts from researchers with disabilities.
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Wed, 04/17/2024
Researcher reclaims 16th century Moroccan woman leader from obscurity
KU author Amal El Haimeur uncovered information on Morocco's "pirate queen" for a new scholarly article titled “Sayyida al-Hurra: A Forgotten North African Queen and Military Leader,” published in the first edition of the new scholarly journal Africana Annual, based at KU’s Department of African & African-American Studies.
Wed, 04/17/2024
School of Business to recognize 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient
The School of Business will honor executive Jason “Jay” Meschke with its 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. He will be recognized for his dedication to business excellence, community service and commitment to KU on April 18 during a private event.
Wed, 04/17/2024
People underestimate AI capabilities due to ‘exponential growth bias,’ study finds
In a new paper, Nathan Meikle, a KU assistant professor of business, examines the human biases that impede assessment of AI’s potential threats to humanity. His experiments find that people are prone to underestimate AI capabilities due to exponential growth bias and that they reject the aversive implications of rapid technological progress even in cases in which they themselves predict the growth rate.
Wed, 04/17/2024
KU Counseling and Psychological Services receives prestigious accreditation
KU Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has been accredited by the International Accreditation of Counseling Services (IACS), the premier leader in setting the benchmark for the full range of professional counseling services on college and university campuses worldwide.
Tue, 04/16/2024
Second candidate for vice chancellor for research to present April 19
Marc Mendonca will be the second candidate for the vice chancellor for research position to share his vision and strategies for the future of research and discovery at the University of Kansas.
Tue, 04/16/2024
New book gathers insights, methods from rising generation of Indigenous archaeologists
A new book co-edited by a University of Kansas scholar, titled “Indigenizing Archaeology: Putting Theory into Practice," collects experiences and know-how of younger Indigenous archaeologists.
Tue, 04/16/2024
Scholar will give talk on book connecting cannabis industry to settler colonialism
Yurok/Hupa/Oneida scholar Kaitlin Reed will speak about research that contributed to her book “Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California.” The free public event will take place at 7 p.m. April 17.
Mon, 04/15/2024
SEC could patch enforcement mechanism, regardless of Supreme Court ruling, analysis shows
In a new study, Alexander Platt analyzes the Supreme Court case of SEC v. Jarkesy and argues regardless of the high court's decision, the agency will not have its enforcement powers stripped and could patch its approach.
Mon, 04/15/2024
Hall Center announces 2023 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Awards
Charles Forrest Jones won the fiction award for “The Illusion of Simple,” a mystery novel set in a western Kansas county in the 1980s. Ben Chappell received the nonfiction award for his book “Mexican American Fastpitch: Identity at Play in Vernacular Sport.”
Fri, 04/12/2024
First candidate for vice chancellor for research to present April 15
Shelley Hooks will be the first candidate for the vice chancellor for research position to visit the University of Kansas Lawrence campus and give a public presentation detailing her vision and strategies for the future of research and discovery at KU.
Fri, 04/12/2024
Icorium Engineering Company earns top-5 finish at 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition
Icorium Engineering Company, a sustainable engineering startup and spin-out company from KU, recently placed fifth overall and won more than $180,000 in investments and nondilutive cash and in-kind prizes at the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University in Houston.
Fri, 04/12/2024
Southeast Kansas pharmacist to be recognized with KU Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award
Brian Caswell, a 1987 graduate of the KU School of Pharmacy and a Baxter Springs pharmacist and pharmacy owner, will be recognized April 12 as the school’s 2024 Distinguished Service Award recipient.
Fri, 04/12/2024
Extensive project, new book reveal monument to inflation in Roman times
Philip Stinson, associate professor of classics at the University of Kansas, has detailed a 50-year project translating Emperor Diocletian’s edict of maximum prices to “curb the rampant greed of retailers.” Stinson helped provide an architectural reconstruction of the full decree, which lists the prices allowed for a comprehensive array of goods and services.
Fri, 04/12/2024
KU Law wraps up transactional law competition season with another first-place win
On March 30-31, two KU Law students competed in the William & Mary Colonial Cup Transactional Law Competition. Third-year law student Matthew Firnhaber and second-year law student Amanda Brauninger beat out teams from across the country, taking home the award for “best draft.” This win marks the 3rd first-place finish at a transactional law competition in as many months.
Fri, 04/12/2024
Geologic map for Lincoln County now available
The Kansas Geological Survey-produced map shows the type and age of rock layers found at or near the surface in the north-central Kansas county. The map identifies deposits of rocks and other materials of economic importance for building roads and construction projects.
Thu, 04/11/2024
Journalism professor explores how helping students embrace data offers new approach to writing instruction
A KU professor who teaches data storytelling is author of a chapter in the new book “Better Practices: Exploring the Teaching of Writing in Online and Hybrid Spaces” on how reflection and embracing the idea that data is all around us can be a new approach to teaching writing.
Thu, 04/11/2024
KU students excel in math competitions
Jayhawks have tested their mathematical prowess at local, state and national events, including the KU Math Prize Competition, Kansas Collegiate Math Competition and William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.
Thu, 04/11/2024
KU Professional Selling Program/King's Hawaiian Sales Competition sees record growth
A record 52 students from 13 teams across the U.S. competed in the fourth annual KU Professional Selling Program/King’s Hawaiian Sales Competition on April 5–6 at Capitol Federal Hall.
Thu, 04/11/2024
Hybrid research symposium planned for Undergraduate Research Week
LAWRENCE — The Center for Undergraduate Research is hosting online and in-person research presentations April 15-19 to celebrate Undergraduate Research Week. The 27th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium provides students a venue to share the results of their research and creative projects.
Wed, 04/10/2024
Deforestation harms biodiversity of the Amazon’s perfume-loving orchid bees
A survey of orchid bees in the Brazilian Amazon state of Rondônia, carried out in the 1990s, is shedding new light the impact of deforestation on the scent-collecting pollinators, which some view as bellwethers of biodiversity in the neotropics.
Wed, 04/10/2024
Junior Teresa Wright nominated for Beinecke Scholarship Program
KU has nominated a junior from Lawrence for the Beinecke Scholarship Program, which provides $30,000 to selected students for graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Teresa Wright is majoring in visual art education and minoring in the history of art.
Wed, 04/10/2024
Essayist, poet, MacArthur Fellow Hanif Abdurraqib will give talk in Lawrence
Writer Hanif Abdurraqib will visit Lawrence as part of his current book tour for a talk at 7 p.m. April 16 at Liberty Hall. He will read from his latest book, “There’s Always This Year” (Random House, 2024).
Tue, 04/09/2024
Former UN official Elliott Harris to give the 2024 KU Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture
Elliott Harris, who previously served as the United Nations’ assistant secretary-general for economic development and chief economist, will present the 2024 Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture on April 19 at the University of Kansas.
Tue, 04/09/2024
Spencer Museum to host event with the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., cousin of Emmett Till
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas will host a public event with the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., cousin and childhood best friend of Emmett Till, in conjunction with the traveling exhibition “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley: Let the World See.” The event will take place at 6 p.m. April 24 at the Spencer Museum. Seating is limited; free tickets are required.
Tue, 04/09/2024
Civil rights scholar Sherrilyn Ifill to speak at KU
Civil rights advocate Sherrilyn Ifill will present the Emily Taylor and Marilyn Stokstad Women’s Leadership Lecture on April 19. Registration for the event is full, but the event will be livestreamed.
Tue, 04/09/2024
KU leading project to bring coaching to teachers of math and science in special education
KU researchers are leading a project that brings video-assisted coaching techniques to math and science teachers in special education classes across the country.
Tue, 04/09/2024
KU Debate finishes second at National Debate Tournament
KU Debate Team members Graham Revare, junior from Shawnee, and William Soper, senior from Bucyrus, took second place in the country at the 78th National Debate Tournament, held from April 4 to 9 at Emory University in Atlanta.
Mon, 04/08/2024
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 24th annual symposium
Research on heat shock stress in colorectal cancer, wetland restoration practices’ impact on soil, neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease and other topics will be among the work presented at the 24th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Student Research Symposium. The event will take place April 12 at Haskell.
Mon, 04/08/2024
Kansas Population Center seminar series to feature speaker on economic barriers to contraception
The Kansas Population Center will showcase new research from the Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research and Evaluation Study at an upcoming virtual event at the University of Kansas. Principal investigator Martha Bailey will present “M-CARES: Evidence from the First Two Years” at 1 p.m. April 15.
Mon, 04/08/2024
KU Aerospace Engineering now offers 2 master’s degrees online
The Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas is now offering master’s of science and master’s of engineering degrees through fully online courses. KU developed these online offerings to meet a growing need in industry for aerospace engineers.