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Researchers have secured two grants to help make PBS Newshour Classroom materials more accessible in teaching students with disabilities and to use AI to help teachers expand an existing writing instruction program, also with a focus on students with disabilities.
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KU researchers leading projects to make Library of Congress educational materials more accessible, use AI to aid writing instruction
Researchers have secured two grants to help make PBS Newshour Classroom materials more accessible in teaching students with disabilities and to use AI to help teachers expand an existing writing instruction program, also with a focus on students with disabilities.
Crowdsourcing proves more accurate than retail-buying experts at predicting fashion demand
In a new paper, Murali Mantrala, the Ned Fleming Professor of Marketing at the University of Kansas, finds that crowdsourced forecasts from ordinary customers are more accurate than those of expert fashion buyers. The research also determines an ideal crowd size and composition for predicting demand for fashion items in retail buying decisions.
Study: ChatGPT needs expert supervision to help parents with children’s healthcare information
New research from the University of Kansas Life Span Institute highlights a key vulnerability to misinformation generated by artificial intelligence and a potential model to combat it.
KU researchers build interactive atlas that gathers Kansas wind energy regulations, information for all 105 counties
The Kansas Energy Transition Atlas is a GIS-powered website that gathers wind energy regulations for all of the state's 105 counties and allows users to find information including laws guiding development and the number of turbines and transmission lines in a county. Users can print their own detailed maps.
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In a new paper, Murali Mantrala, the Ned Fleming Professor of Marketing at the University of Kansas, finds that crowdsourced forecasts from ordinary customers are more accurate than those of expert fashion buyers. The research also determines an ideal crowd size and composition for predicting demand for fashion items in retail buying decisions.
Kansas Communities
The Kansas Energy Transition Atlas is a GIS-powered website that gathers wind energy regulations for all of the state's 105 counties and allows users to find information including laws guiding development and the number of turbines and transmission lines in a county. Users can print their own detailed maps.
Economic Development
Panasonic Energy and the University of Kansas today announced that they have signed an agreement aimed at promoting the development of next-generation technologies and the cultivation of specialist expertise in the field of lithium-ion batteries.
Student experience and achievement
A current University of Kansas graduate student, two seniors and a recent graduate have been endorsed for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom with the support of KU's Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships.
Campus news
On Oct. 24, the Institute for Policy & Social Research will convene the 2024 Kansas Economic Policy Conference: Powering the Future of Kansas. Every year, the conference brings together community and industry leaders, policymakers, and scholars to discuss an issue of urgent importance to the state.
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KU researchers leading projects to make Library of Congress educational materials more accessible, use AI to aid writing instruction
Researchers have secured two grants to help make PBS Newshour Classroom materials more accessible in teaching students with disabilities and to use AI to help teachers expand an existing writing instruction program, also with a focus on students with disabilities.
Crowdsourcing proves more accurate than retail-buying experts at predicting fashion demand
In a new paper, Murali Mantrala, the Ned Fleming Professor of Marketing at the University of Kansas, finds that crowdsourced forecasts from ordinary customers are more accurate than those of expert fashion buyers. The research also determines an ideal crowd size and composition for predicting demand for fashion items in retail buying decisions.
KU professor producing films documenting Indigenous work to reclaim traditions
Rebekka Schlichting, KU assistant professor of the practice in journalism & mass communications, is producing two documentary films that chronicle Indigenous work to reclaim traditions and boost Natives working in film industry.
KU researchers partner with state to build capacity to employ Kansans with disabilities
A project that is a partnership between the state of Kansas and researchers at the KU Life Span Institute, initiated one year ago, is exploring ways to increase the capacity in the state to employ people with disabilities in jobs that meet higher thresholds for wages and other factors, with potential to improve opportunities and quality of life.
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