KU news archive
Mon, 04/24/2023 — A new book from a University of Kansas professor shares unique stories of social justice, activism and diversity in American journalism history and incorporates multimedia to bring history to life for younger generations.
“Social Justice,...
Mon, 04/24/2023 — The Racial Equity Collaborative will host a community forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Forum guests will discuss the confusion of neglect and poverty, the progress of kinship care in the state of Kansas...
Mon, 04/24/2023 — This week the Spencer Museum of Art will host Chicago-based artists Miller & Shellabarger (Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger) for a series of public events on April 28-29 that explore performance art, queerness and the dynamic of performing...
Mon, 04/24/2023 — LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law awarded the first annual Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Kat Girod, a third-year law student from Prairie Village, earlier this month at a ceremony held in the Wheat Law Library, where Hopkins’s prolific publications are available for checkout.
“Receiving the Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence is an immense honor,” Girod said. “I never had the privilege to meet Professor Hopkins, but after meeting his family and colleagues, I know he was an admirable man. As an educator, he cared deeply for his students and supported them in establishing their careers.”
Hopkins wrote more than 40 books on
Fri, 04/21/2023 — The University Career Center has announced that the 2022-2023 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) is Victoria Garcia Unzueta, of Dodge City, who works for the University of Kansas Department of English in the History of Black Writing (HBW)...
Thu, 04/20/2023 — Sarah Lamdan, a University of Kansas alumna, author and law professor at the City University of New York, will return to the Lawrence campus to discuss her research and book on data collection practices and their implication on privacy. Lamdan...
Wed, 04/19/2023 — The University of Kansas School of Business will honor Jay Howard with its 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Howard will receive the award for his dedication to business excellence, community service and commitment to KU on April 20 during a...
Wed, 04/19/2023 — Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4.
Sam Gilliland, Greg Grimm and Tom Mulinazzi will...
Wed, 04/19/2023 — The Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas has announced that this year’s Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are undergraduate student John Lubianetsky for his essay....
Tue, 04/18/2023 — A longtime civic leader and higher education supporter is being honored with a new award to be given annually by the University of Kansas.
Fred Logan, a widely respected attorney and Kansas community and government leader, has been named the...
Tue, 04/18/2023 — Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant all make it easy for users to turn on lights, track grocery lists, automate climate controls and handle other relatively mindless home tasks that take up time and attention.
Now, a group of...
Tue, 04/18/2023 — The Spencer Museum of Art and Charlotte Street have announced the 2023 cycle of Rocket Grants, with the call for artists opening online May 15. An information session will be held April 21 at the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas for...
Mon, 04/17/2023 — People might not often think of work done in the home as part of the larger economy. But a University of Kansas professor is leading a new project to collect data on the care economy to quantify the often underrecognized work of providing care...
Mon, 04/17/2023 — Three University of Kansas students received honors during the 20th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka on March 22. Kalin Baca, Samantha Ghali and Griffin Welfer were each recognized for their outstanding research and...
Mon, 04/17/2023 — LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court teams have concluded the season with another national title. Ally Monson and Amanda McElfresh, third-year law students, won the Federal Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., in late March.
Preparation for the competition began in fall 2022, according to Elizabeth Cateforis, the winning duo’s coach and clinical professor of law.
“Over the course of this year, [Ally and Amanda] developed remarkable advocacy skills that wowed everyone who saw them argue in this competition,” Cateforis said. “I could not be more proud of them. I look forward to defending
Mon, 04/17/2023 — Three assistant professors from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have each received prestigious national awards granted to early-career faculty whose research shows promise.
Mohammad Alian, assistant professor of electrical...
Mon, 04/17/2023 — KU faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate the opening of the newest KU Innovation Park facility from 4 to 6 p.m. April 20.
Located at 2033 Becker Drive, the “Phase III expansion facility” encompasses 66,000 square feet of...
Mon, 04/17/2023 — Mental health and climate scholars will discuss approaches to addressing ecological grief and transforming emotions into a force for collaboration at a virtual event at the University of Kansas. Hosted by The Commons and the Institute for Policy...
Thu, 04/13/2023 — Stewards of parks and wild lands would do well to understand the term “typography as image” and to employ it in practice, according to the results of a new study of how trailside signs influence users’ behavior.
The design strategy...
Thu, 04/13/2023 — LAWRENCE – Brazilian journalist Leonardo Sakamoto will visit the University of Kansas this month to discuss the connection of modern slavery to climate change and global consumption.
Sakamoto will give a lecture at a hybrid event, “Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in Brazil: Climate Change and Global Production Networks,” at 3 p.m. April 17 in The Forum at Marvin Hall. Participants can also register to attend virtually on Zoom.
The following day, Sakamoto will participate in the panel discussion Brazilian Politics Today: A Conversation with Leonardo Sakamoto, from noon to 1:30 p.m. April 18 in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union.
Sakamoto is the president
