KU news archive
Fri, 03/10/2023 — The University of Kansas debate team of freshmen John Marshall, of Lawrence, and Jiyoon Park, of Topeka, have qualified for the National Debate Tournament, which will take place March 30-April 4 in Chantilly, Virginia.
Marshall and Park were...
Fri, 03/10/2023 — The University of Kansas is planning two events this spring to honor retiring Jayhawk employees.
The Office of the Chancellor, the Office of the Provost and KU Endowment will host an annual Faculty and Academic Staff Retirement Luncheon at noon...
Fri, 03/10/2023 — The University of Kansas is once again a Military Friendly Tier 1 Research Institution, according to the 2023-2024 “Military Friendly Schools” survey. KU is one of just 250 schools to earn the Gold Award designation for leading practices,...
Fri, 03/10/2023 — Kent Spreckelmeyer, professor of architecture at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, was honored with a 2023 Icons of Education award by Ingram’s Magazine.
The magazine, which covers business, industry and economic...
Fri, 03/10/2023 — The University of Kansas team of brothers Jimin Park, senior from Topeka, and Jiyoon Park, freshman from Topeka, took fifth place at the American Debate Association Championship Tournament hosted by Georgetown University. Four KU teams competed...
Thu, 03/09/2023 — For decades, the University of Kansas First Nations Student Association (FNSA) has hosted the Annual KU FNSA Powwow. The event celebrates the diversity of Native American cultures in the community through dancing, singing and honoring the...
Thu, 03/09/2023 — Ljudmila Bilkić’s Intermediate German II class redefines traditional norms. In her classroom, upbeat Spotify tunes provide a prelude to the “Foto des Tages.” The photo of the day — a manatee napping on its back — is a nod to...
Wed, 03/08/2023 — Noting the growing demand for skilled employees in tech-sector jobs in the Kansas City metropolitan area and beyond, the University of Kansas School of Professional Studies is launching a new bachelor’s degree in applied cybersecurity,...
Wed, 03/08/2023 — A professor of engineering and a member of the senior research leadership team at the University of Kansas is being honored for leading research that fuses biology, materials science and engineering into repairing tissue functions, addressing...
Wed, 03/08/2023 — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced that it has retained Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) to complete space planning, programming, and concept design for the multidisciplinary design school.
After a decade of...
Tue, 03/07/2023 — Few costs have ballooned more than those of earning a college education. As such, the methods students pursue to fund college have also expanded.
A new study explores the association between the use of multiple funding sources and how that...
Tue, 03/07/2023 — Angela Murray, director of University of Kansas Achievement & Assessment Institute’s Center for Montessori Research (CMR), is an anthology editor of the upcoming Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education, a comprehensive guide to...
Tue, 03/07/2023 — A new study from the University of Kansas shows that while journalists do use new technologies to better understand their audiences and what they would like to read, K-12 education reporters and editors still largely rely on gut feelings as...
Mon, 03/06/2023 — The University of Kansas will conduct an all-systems test of its emergency alert systems for the Lawrence campus at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 7. The test will include the Lawrence campus emergency public address system, tornado sirens, text message...
Mon, 03/06/2023 — Perhaps the democratizing effect of social media has reduced the make-or-break influence of legacy media theatre critics in the 21st century. And perhaps it has led to many banal observations in the name of criticism.
But Paul Laird, University...
Fri, 03/03/2023 — Legal Services for Students, an office at the University of Kansas that offers legal assistance, advice and education to students on wide variety of issues, will offer free tax filing assistance this spring through a Volunteer Income Tax...
Thu, 03/02/2023 — There is a tendency among both researchers and service providers to focus on the negatives when it comes to LGBTQ+ relationships: the unique challenges and stresses individuals face from society, families, peers and others. But a new University...
Thu, 03/02/2023 — The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity has announced that its Pregnant & Parenting Resource Pantry Premiere will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 6 in Suite 1040 of the Burge Union.
The Pregnant & Parenting Resource...
Wed, 03/01/2023 —
LAWRENCE – The partnership between University of Kansas School of Music faculty member Roberta Gumbel and New York-based composer Susan Kander continues to blossom. The latest evidence of that will be the first workshop production of their new chamber opera, “Carry My Own Suitcase,” March 3-4 in the Robert Baustian Theatre in Murphy Hall.
It is the story of Roger, an autistic young man, and his family, including Billy, Roger’s older brother/guardian, and how each of them struggles for independence.
Gumbel, associate professor of voice & opera, first worked with Kander as librettist on another chamber opera piece, “dwb (driving while black),” which was also
Wed, 03/01/2023 — Undergraduate researchers from the University of Kansas Lawrence and Medical Center campuses will present their research projects March 1 as part of Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.
KU undergraduate students will join their...
