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KPR’s Cinema a Go Go will celebrate 10th anniversary June 14
Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will celebrate an important milestone with moon-landing mayhem at an upcoming event at Liberty Hall. ...
Program marks 20 years of service to KC-area veterans
For 20 years, the University of Kansas TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program has served veterans in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Outgoing director Julia O'Dell can still recall what she told staffers at their first meeting in 1999. ...
Professor explores the historical effects of ‘Fat’ stereotyping
Disgust or contempt. ...
School of Business to kick off 3rd annual Summer Venture in Business
The University of Kansas School of Business will host its third annual Summer Venture in Business program June 2-4 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Tariff threat to Mexico potential abuse of presidential powers, imprudent in face of trade war, professor says
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would impose tariffs on all goods entering the United States on Mexico to motivate the country to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigration. ...
Special event planned for grand opening of Prairie Block
A free and family-friendly event this week will celebrate the fascinating world of the Sunflower State's native prairie ecosystem and local trails. ...
Book aims to rethink how school-age mothers are taught, engaged with education
Any teacher can attest that reaching students is easier and their lessons more effective when they can relate to classroom subject matter. Yet for school-age mothers and other “at-risk” students, curriculum most often utilizes a deficit model, or fixing what students are deemed to be lacking. A University of Kansas...
KU Law's moot court program ranks 14th in nation
The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 14th in the nation, according to rankings published recently by the University of Houston Law Center. ...
Designer helps spread gospel of tenkara fishing
Sport fishing – think Bass Pro Shops, et al. — is a $100-plus-billion-a-year industry. So the size of the opportunity is one reason why a University of Kansas professor is working with a Colorado-based company to disrupt the industry and popularize a simplified style of fly fishing imported from Japan. ...
KU to test public address emergency alert system May 29
The University of Kansas will conduct a campuswide test of its public address emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, May 29. This test will feature voice alerts through the system. ...
KPR will host 3rd annual Ice Cream Social
To thank its listeners for being a supporter of local news, music and events, Kansas Public Radio will host an ice cream social from 5 to 7 p.m. June 20 at the Union Pacific Depot in north Lawrence. ...
Exiles’ stories helped solidify Australian identity
It’s fashionable in Australia to admit to having convict ancestry. But it wasn’t always that way. Neither the descendants of the 18th- and 19th-century prisoners who were punished by forcible transportation to the South Pacific colony, nor of the Brits who decreed it, were proud of it. ...
Former secretary of transportation will lead Public Management Center
Deb Miller has begun her tenure as the new director of the Public Management Center, based at the University of Kansas. Miller served as the Kansas secretary of transportation from 2003 to 2011, and her appointment spanned the terms of three Kansas governors. She was the longest-serving secretary of transportation...
Supernovae zapped Earth 2.6M years ago — researchers wonder if they prompted human ancestors to walk upright
Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets and snap iPhone selfies? ...
Professor’s debut book tracks down China's 'Missing Girls'
When University of Kansas professor John James Kennedy began working in rural China, he would get introduced to villagers with multiple children – despite the country’s strict one-child policy. ...
KU Phi Kappa Phi announces 2019 fellowship recipient
was selected to receive the James Blackiston Memorial Graduate Fellowship. The award provides Farrow, from Cave Creek, Arizona, with $1,500 for graduate study for her final year toward a master's degree in architecture. Farrow also is the chapter’s nominee for a national Phi Kappa Phi fellowship. ...
School of Education announces anticipated name change, effective fall 2020
The School of Education at the University of Kansas is changing its name, effective fall 2020. Approved by the Council of Chief Academic Officers and the Kansas Board of Regents on April 17, the new name will be School of Education and Human Sciences. ...
Doctoral researcher examines American and European 'lifestyle migrants' in Costa Rica
With miles of beaches on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, a lower cost of living and a stable political climate, Costa Rica has enticed tens of thousands of American and European expatriates to put down roots, buy homes and start businesses in that country. ...
Law school honors 2019 graduates for scholarship, leadership and service
The University of Kansas School of Law honored Class of 2019 graduates at a hooding ceremony May 18. During the ceremony, nine students received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
Kansas Athletics launches groundbreaking new model for student-athlete care
Kansas Athletics is launching a new model of student-athlete care believed to be the first of its kind among major collegiate athletics programs. ...
Emperor’s art catalog gives window into ancient China
After the Golden Horde swarmed over the Great Wall of China and dethroned the Northern Song Dynasty in 1127, deposed Emperor Huizong became known as a dilettante who collected over 6,000 paintings and worked on his own art while ignoring the country’s defense. But a new book by a University...
Study shows adults with disabilities have challenges with insurance, despite improvements to ACA
Expansion of the Affordable Care Act in 2014 improved access to insurance and represented gains in health care for adults with disabilities. But while those gains were documented, what wasn’t known was what challenges still existed in accessing care for that population. A new study from the University of Kansas...
KU Edwards Campus adds American Sign Language bachelor’s degrees
— A unique collaboration between the University of Kansas Edwards Campus (KUEC) and Johnson County Community College (JCCC) will create one of the few bachelor’s degree programs in the United States and the only one located in the Kansas City area for American Sign Language. KU will offer new bachelor’s...
Belgian Ambassador Dirk Wouters to visit Dole Institute
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will welcome Dirk Wouters, ambassador of Belgium to the United States, for a public program this summer. ...
Engaging All Students & Teachers conference set for June 7
The School of Education at the University of Kansas will host the 12th annual Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators June 7. This year’s conference, “Engaging all Students and Teachers,” will focus on the needs for today’s PK-12 teachers, schools, districts and other education service...
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony applauds groundbreaking researchers
More than 230 graduate students at the University of Kansas were awarded doctorates at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 18 in the Lied Center. University marshals presided over the ceremony, joined by Interim Dean Audrey Lamb, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez, school deans at the...
New pipelines help Latin American films emerge
Would-be filmmakers in Latin America face enormous odds compared to Europeans, much less North Americans. But democratization in technology and regional politics frees today’s Latin American filmmakers to tell more intensely personal stories that are finding receptive audiences globally. ...
KLETC announces 255th law enforcement training graduating class
Fifty-nine new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on May 10. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Kansas Repertory Theatre will stage a production of 'Chasing Gods'
A Kansas Repertory Theatre collaboration with a New York City theatre company will allow a new play to be shaped by local audiences before debuting off-Broadway. ...
KU professor writes publications connecting spirituality, social work internationally
Spirituality and religion are central facets in the lives of millions, yet when people are dealing with problems or difficult times in life, social workers are not always versed in how those aspects can help guide their recovery. Edward Canda, professor of social welfare and coordinator of the KU Spiritual...