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Researcher begins trial on how LGBTQ individuals experience SMART Recovery substance use program
LAWRENCE — Sexual and gender minority individuals experience alcohol and substance use disorders at rates much higher than their peers, yet little is known about how treatment and recovery programs work for them. A University of Kansas researcher is leading a study to better understand how members of the LGBTQ...
'Policing Sex' explores state's hidden history of imprisoning women for having venereal disease
LAWRENCE — Between 1918 and 1942, the majority of those sentenced to the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women were there not because they committed murder or robbery. They were there for having sex — sometimes merely for sex with their husbands. ...
KU Department of Theatre & Dance names 2021 award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance recognized 65 students as recipients of its year-end awards and scholarships, totaling over $175,000 in financial support. ...
KU Engineering students re-imagine bumper scooter to create new opportunities for toddler with disabilities
Five KU staff, faculty members take on additional diversity, equity responsibilities
LAWRENCE – Five individuals at the University of Kansas are taking on enhanced roles in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, either as a promotion or an expansion of their current responsibilities:...
Housing expert says key policy changes needed to keep housing affordable, prevent mass evictions
LAWRENCE — With real estate prices soaring across the United States and a wave of evictions soon possible due to the end of pandemic protections, a University of Kansas housing expert says three key changes are needed to housing policy to ensure housing remains affordable and available to low-income Americans. ...
Study shows constructed wetlands are best protection for agricultural runoff into waterways
LAWRENCE — A new paper from a lead author based at the University of Kansas finds wetlands constructed along waterways are the most cost-effective way to reduce nitrate and sediment loads in large streams and rivers. Rather than focusing on individual farms, the research suggests conservation efforts using wetlands should...
Collaborative 'Stories for All' project aims to share marginalized voices and histories through digital media
Award-winning author to give Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture
LAWRENCE — Ibram X. Kendi will be the Self Graduate Fellowship’s featured symposium speaker this fall in an event rescheduled from March 2020. Kendi is a New York Times bestselling author, professor of history and international relations, and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. ...
KC law firm establishes scholarship for underrepresented students at KU Law
LAWRENCE — Stueve Siegel Hanson, a Kansas City, Missouri-based law firm, has given a $1 million gift to establish a scholarship for Black students at the University of Kansas School of Law. ...
KU adds early childhood graduate certificate program to its early childhood, special education graduate offerings
KU School of Engineering associate professor wins prestigious fellowship for bridge lifespan research
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas School of Engineering professor has received a prestigious national fellowship award for his research into new techniques to build steel decks for highway bridges. ...
Undergraduate researchers document Douglas County wildlife in first nationwide mammal survey
Study: Hundreds of lives saved in Kansas counties that adopted mask mandates
LAWRENCE — Despite facing cultural and political pushback, the evidence remains clear: Face masks made a difference in Kansas. ...
Two KU students earn Astronaut Scholarships
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas students entering their final year of undergraduate study have earned scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. ...
KU hosting photography workshop in Hays
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design will host a free, one-day photography workshop for high school students at the Hays Arts Center on July 10. ...
KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa announces 2020, 2021 initiates
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society recently inducted 153 new members in a joint ceremony for 2020 and 2021. ...
KU alumnus appointed as adviser for US Department of Energy
LAWRENCE — Tony Reames, a 2013 graduate of the doctoral program at the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration, has been appointed by President Joe Biden's administration to serve as a senior adviser in the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity in the Department of Energy. ...
Lifelong & Professional Education Vice Provost Sharon Graham to retire
LAWRENCE — Longtime University of Kansas leader Sharon Graham will retire in August 2021. Graham started with KU in 1986 and currently serves as the vice provost of Lifelong & Professional Education (LPE). ...
Tulsa's jazz-style evolution on flood control shows importance of collaboration, empathy, study says
NEH awards Dole Institute, partners funds to build online portal for congressional archives
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, in partnership with West Virginia University Libraries and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education, will develop an online portal through which researchers can access a vast collection of congressional documents. ...
Expert predicts Nigeria’s Twitter ban will fail
LAWRENCE – The government of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is likely to back down soon from its Twitter ban but will continue to look for measures to exert control over online political and social discourses, despite not being sufficiently adjusted to the requisite sophisticated computational thinking to attempt this control,...