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America’s crack epidemic examined in new book
When David Farber lived in Philadelphia, he met a crack dealer who sold the drug to a mostly homeless clientele outside the professor’s apartment. ...
Sesame Workshop senior vice president will talk about new book at Oct. 4 event
When Rosemarie Truglio was growing up in Hoboken, New Jersey, “Romper Room” was the closest thing to educational programming on television. Like other children across the country, she waited for the host of that "live kindergarten" program to hold up her magic mirror and call out the names of children...
Service learning transforms future teachers to advocates for English language learners, professor writes
The number of students who speak English as a second or an additional language is on the rise in the United States. Yet not all new teachers moving into their first classrooms have worked with diverse student populations. University of Kansas educators have found that when pre-service teachers get to...
KPR announces new classical music director
Kansas Public Radio has a new director of classical music. ...
KU enrollment falls slightly as university achieves all-time highs in key measures of student success
After five consecutive years of growth, enrollment at the University of Kansas fell slightly this year, according to annual data released today by the Kansas Board of Regents. ...
New book explores how ordinary people make decisions when confronted with uncertainty
For decades, statisticians, economists, philosophers and mathematicians have studied how to make decisions in the face of uncertainty, and typically their analyses have focused on how to use probability theory from mathematics to harness this vexing problem. ...
KU professor writes brief for Supreme Court arguing Title VII protects against transgender discrimination
In one of the first cases of its upcoming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a transgender woman who was fired from her job and determine if Title VII protects against discrimination against transgender individuals. A University of Kansas law professor has co-written an amicus brief,...
Spanish & Portuguese department celebrating 100 years
The Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Kansas will commemorate its 100-year anniversary this fall with the theme “One Hundred Years of Hispanism in Kansas and Beyond.” The celebration includes a two-day symposium and an exhibition visualizing its long, distinguished history. ...
Modern ceramicist works with earth, wind and fire
At first, it might seem unlikely for two University of Kansas Department of Visual Art colleagues to show their work together. ...
Flags, rags and signs: The art of Mary Anne Jordan
On her website, Mary Anne Jordan places her hand-dyed, quilted and stitched fiber artwork into three categories: Flags, Rags and Signs. For the show opening Oct. 4 at the James May Gallery in Algoma, Wisconsin, the University of Kansas professor of visual art will exhibit artwork created in recent years...
Annual fall tour of KU medicinal garden set for Oct. 5
The public is invited to the fall semiannual tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. ...
KPR wraps up fall membership drive with more than $281K in pledges
Kansas Public Radio ended a successful fall membership drive with 1,750 listener pledges. ...
Trump's rhetoric forms 'affective bond' to white working class
With his angry attacks on opponents, warnings about dangerous “others” and strongman bluster, President Donald Trump has revealed a weakness in the American political system – if not the American character — that a smarter, savvier leader in tougher times might harness to even more devastating effect. ...
'Women Making (and Breaking) the Law' is next suffrage series lecture
Women who were trailblazers in shaping the nation's laws will be the focus of a lecture by Genelle Belmas, University of Kansas associate professor of journalism. ...
KLETC announces 257th law enforcement training graduating class
Fifty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Sept. 20. Sheriff Randy Henderson, of the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Former KU athlete will present annual Tiberti engineering lecture
Mike Orth, a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Engineering — and a former quarterback for the KU football team — will return to campus in October to deliver the ninth annual Tiberti Family Lecture. ...
Sharice Davids to headline Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration activities
an appearance by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, a film festival, research and scholarship panel discussions, an art exhibition and more. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces 2019 Alumni Awards
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the recipients of the 2019 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards. This year’s honorees for the Distinguished Alumni Award are designer Jamie Koval and architect Rick Embers. The Young Architect/Designer Award has been given to architect Kate Renner. ...
New Kansas Statistical Abstract offers insights on state population, life expectancy rates and more
Sixty-eight of 105 counties in Kansas peaked in population before the Dust Bowl. The most recent Kansas Statistical Abstract includes this and other interesting facts about Kansas. ...
Poet Sherwin Bitsui to read, discuss ecopoetry of American Southwest
The Department of English at the University of Kansas will host a poetry reading and discussion with lauded poet Sherwin Bitsui for the annual Gunn Lecture. ...
Students offer free flu vaccines to those in need
The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is once again teaming up with the United Way of the Plains in Wichita to provide free flu vaccines to those in need. ...
Spread of ‘pseudolaw’ scammers and victims thwarts court system
We’ve entered the golden age of legal nonsense. ...
Sarah Deer to lecture on 'Centering the Voices of Native Women'
A nationally recognized legal advocate for ending violence against Native American women will present “Sovereignty of the Soul: Centering the Voices of Native Women” next week as part of the Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series. ...
Applications for Phi Beta Delta Honor Society due Oct. 1
Faculty, staff and students with significant international experiences and contributions to international education are invited to apply to the University of Kansas chapter of Phi Beta Delta. Membership applications are due Tuesday, Oct. 1. ...
Emporia couple commit $1M in support of KU School of Medicine-Wichita
University of Kansas alumnus Scott Smiley and Julie Smiley want to be a part of educating doctors who will care for generations of patients. To fulfill that goal, the Emporia couple’s gift commitment of $1 million to the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita will support the school’s internal medicine...
Research suggests there’s a better way to teach physics to university students
Courses in introductory physics are required for nearly all university STEM degree programs not only because physics is considered foundational to those disciplines, but also because it provides students practical experience in applied mathematics. The latter is especially true for calculus-based physics courses, which typically provide students their first exposure...
KU Engineers Without Borders assists 2 Bolivian villages
A team of engineering students from the University of Kansas went to Bolivia this summer to build clean bathroom facilities for two villages. ...
Globalization and racism drive book receiving humanities honor
Elizabeth “Betsy” Esch grew up with a horizon of factories in view. ...
Roadkill, reliquaries and more inspire artistic urns
If you want a Kansas City Royals-branded casket or a Marine Corps urn, you can buy one online. But if you want a one-of-a-kind funerary urn or a reliquary shaped like a marigold flower, then Gina Westergard, University of Kansas associate professor of visual art, is the person to see. ...
Study shows facial features track with intonation of words
words, speakers' eyebrows follow the sounds their throat is making. ...