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Professional playwrights, students collaborate in KU Theatre’s season finale
LAWRENCE — Through a series of 20 short scenes and songs, "Changemakers" shares stories inspired by community leaders, activists and front line workers who have fought for change. This collaborative work, written by commissioned playwrights working alongside students, makes its world premiere Thursday, April 29, as the University Theatre’s season...
Two students receive KU Field Station Student Research Awards for 2021
LAWRENCE — Like all research activity, field studies have required adaptation during the past year. University of Kansas student researchers have welcomed the chance to work outdoors but have made adjustments with social distancing, driving separate vehicles and implementing other changes. One of the ways the Kansas Biological Survey provides...
KU Design wins Best School, multiple individual honors at national design competition
LAWRENCE — Department of Design students represented the University of Kansas at the 2021 National Student Show design competition and brought home the Best School Award, along with multiple individual honors. The winners were announced during a virtual ceremony in early April. ...
Kristin Bowman-James named among American Academy of Arts & Sciences 2021 class
LAWRENCE — A chemist is the most recent University of Kansas faculty member to be named to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. ...
KU scholar selected as 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas scholar Beth Bailey was named today as one of 26 researchers in the 2021 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. With a $200,000 stipend, it is one of the most generous awards of its kind for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Honorees include established...
Author foresaw danger of Trump’s rhetoric
LAWRENCE – Given that he finished his new book on the former president’s rhetoric last summer, long before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Robin Rowland seems prescient warning of the threat of authoritarianism arising from the nationalist populism of Donald Trump. ...
Graduate student in mathematics receives Bernstein Award
LAWRENCE — Wesley Perkins, doctoral candidate in mathematics, has received the 2021 Bernstein Award for Future Faculty from the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at the University of Kansas. The award recognizes KU graduate students who have approached their teaching as an inquiry into learning. The monetary award honors a...
Charles Kahn, first dean of the School of Architecture & Urban Design, dies at 95
LAWRENCE — Charles H. Kahn, the first dean of the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Urban Design (now School of Architecture & Design), died at the age of 95 on April 8, 2021, at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ...
Criminal justice staff must view reforms as legitimate for them to be sustained, study shows
Math professor receives Best Paper Award from Ecological Society of America
LAWRENCE — Erik Van Vleck, professor of mathematics, along with his co-authors, was awarded the 2021 Robert P. McIntosh Award as the best nominated paper in vegetation ecology in the previous two years by the vegetation section of the Ecological Society of America. ...
Kansas Public Radio’s Campaign for Excellence raises over $360,000
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s spring membership drive, the Campaign for Excellence, raised over $360,000. ...
Center announces 2021 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards given to recognize undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at KU. ...
Alabama school segregation increases due to economic, historical trends, study finds
LAWRENCE — The landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education declared school segregation illegal in the United States. While desegregation efforts followed in subsequent decades since the 1954 case, schools and communities found ways to resist them. A new study from the University of Kansas found that for...
2021 Gene A Budig Lecture set for April 27
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences welcomes Suzanne Robinson, associate professor in the Department of Special Education, as the 2021 Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award recipient and featured lecturer. ...
Winners announced for KU Math Prize Competition
LAWRENCE – The 38th Annual KU Math Prize Competition, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, was held virtually April 2. Open to all KU undergraduates, the written exam for each level covered six questions to be completed in three hours. Cash awards were given in two levels. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces interim associate dean of administration
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced that Andrea Herstowski, associate professor of design, has been named interim associate dean of administration effective April 19. ...
KU announces the 2021 Student Employee of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center has announced the 2020-2021 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) as Logan Bell, of Lenexa, who works for the University of Kansas Office of First-Year Experience, now the Office of Orientation and Transfer Programs (OTP). Throughout his KU career, Bell, who is majoring in...
Michael Engel to deliver Inaugural Distinguished Professor Lecture
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas expert on the evolutionary history and diversity of insects will present his distinguished professor Inaugural Lecture, “400 Million Years on Six Legs: Evolution of the Insects,” on Thursday, April 29. ...
KU Edwards Campus joins Evergy’s Renewables Direct program, supporting wind energy expansion
KU Pharmacy students again rank among best in licensure exams
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy posted the second-highest pass rate in the nation on the 2020 Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJE). The school’s 2020 graduating class had a 99% first-time pass rate, compared to a national pass rate of 85% among all ACPE accredited programs. ...
KU announces new 2021-2025 Self Graduate Fellows
Radhia Abdirahman named a Newman Civic Fellow
LAWRENCE — From across the country, college and university presidents of Campus Compact member institutions have nominated promising student leaders as Newman Civic Fellows. Through service, research and advocacy, these fellows have demonstrated an investment in their community and are working to better understand themselves, the root causes of social...
Research shows creative students sensed global catastrophe coming, had increased anxiety
Two students selected for Beckman Scholars Program
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students Claire Dopp and Sarah Noga have been selected to participate in the 2021 Beckman Scholars Program. ...
Chauvin verdict not 'cure-all that protects from police violence,' race expert says
LAWRENCE — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of three counts of murder and manslaughter April 20 in the death of George Floyd. The widely anticipated verdict was reached just under a year after Floyd died after being pinned underneath Chauvin’s knee, which sparked protests across the country. ...
Montana Fire Services Training School leads demonstrated ability training event at Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute for training officers statewide
LAWRENCE — Firefighting is an inherently dangerous job. Firefighters must be well-trained for safe operations, but they also must be well-trained to deliver exceptional service to customers – those calling 911 and anyone in need of help. ...