KU news archive
Thu, 08/03/2023 — Only in the past 20 years have scientists recognized a condition known as Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). First documented in a small group of men who had grandchildren with Fragile X syndrome, it has more recently been...
Thu, 08/03/2023 — Excavations by a University of Kansas paleontologist working in a treasure trove of fossils called the “Spence Shale Lagerstätte” have revealed an ancient sea worm unknown to science until now.
When she found the fossil, Rhiannon LaVine, a...
Wed, 08/02/2023 — The University of Kansas will host its 111th Homecoming Oct. 23-28, culminating in the KU football game against Oklahoma on Oct. 28 in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Rah Rah Jayhawk,” a nod...
Mon, 07/31/2023 — For women who are incarcerated and lack access to the internet and other technologies, it can be difficult to navigate an increasingly online world when transitioning back to society. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Kansas has...
Mon, 07/31/2023 — The search committee for the next University Press of Kansas director has selected three candidates to participate in pre-recorded video presentations. The candidates were asked to address this topic: “Casting a vision for the future of the...
Mon, 07/31/2023 — The Achievement & Assessment Institute is marking its 10th year as a designated research institute at the University of Kansas. AAI will celebrate the milestone with two events in August and activities throughout the second half of the year.
Fri, 07/28/2023 — Even though she said it’s “hardly revolutionary” to rescue old music from an archive, oboist Margaret Marco is still excited to bring out a new recording of French baroque period compositions, some of which have been unheard for 300 years.
Thu, 07/27/2023 — The plight of defectors fleeing their hostile homelands captured the attention of the press, the public and even Hollywood during the Cold War. Yet according to a new book, the individuals at the center of these clashes were frequently...
Wed, 07/26/2023 — University of Kansas researchers in early childhood development have been awarded a three-year, $300,000 grant to help improve language and communication skills in underserved communities, including dual language learners, those in racial...
Tue, 07/25/2023 — Playing cards might not be considered a traditional school activity, but the Deck of Spaces has educators thinking about how they can make the most of schools, classrooms and the spaces in which students learn. The deck, developed as a...
Tue, 07/25/2023 — More than 6,800 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the spring 2023 semester.
The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and...
Tue, 07/25/2023 — A venomous plant is invading the University of Kansas Natural History Museum in August, and the public is invited to help discover an antivenom before it takes over the world. A biological mystery is at the heart of a new, immersive escape room...
Tue, 07/25/2023 — LAWRENCE – Here is some free, evidence-based parenting advice: Try at all costs not to discipline or otherwise treat your children differently, lest they grow up to resent it and each other.
That is the main finding from a new study by two scholars in the University of Kansas Department of Communication Studies.
Using the retrospective reports of 325 college-age adults, the study found that parental differential treatment toward offspring and family cohesion work together to affect siblings’ relationship quality. Specifically, the overall family climate of emotional connectedness helps promote better sibling relationships.
With extreme levels of parental
Mon, 07/24/2023 — In business, colocation occurs when firms locate together in the same geographic space.
“In the process of internationalization, firms sometimes colocate with other firms in the same host countries,” said Minyoung Kim, the Frank T. Stockton...
Mon, 07/24/2023 — One of the nation’s leading experts on the commemoration of the 1955 case that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement is available to comment on the latest and most enduring memorial effort – the dedication Tuesday of a national monument that...
Fri, 07/21/2023 — As a new space race heats up, two researchers from Kansas Geological Survey and their colleagues have proposed a new scientific subfield: planetary geoarchaeology, the study of how cultural and natural processes on Earth’s moon, on Mars, and...
Thu, 07/20/2023 — The world has changed radically since 2016. The COVID-19 pandemic, Trump presidency, dissolution of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan and continued Iran nuclear showdown are among several happenings that...
Wed, 07/19/2023 — This summer 29 international fellows with the Hubert H. Humphrey Pre-Academic Program are spending eight weeks at the University of Kansas preparing for professional development experiences across the country.
The program will culminate with...
Wed, 07/19/2023 — A University of Kansas Lawrence campus flyover by four T-38 Talons from the 435th Fighter Training Squadron out of Randolph Air Force Base in Texas is among the Landmark Celebration festivities marking 20 years of the Robert J. Dole Institute of...
Tue, 07/18/2023 — In American schools of the 1950s and ‘60s, students were taught to dive under their desks, crouch with their knees near their chests and to cover their heads with their hands. These “duck and cover” drills were intended to teach children...
