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LaunchKU fills funding gaps for projects across KU
Virtually every corner of the University of Kansas benefits from donor contributions, from digging up dinosaur bones to planting gardens, and the crowdfunding platform LaunchKU has helped groups across the university accomplish those tasks and more. ...
Two KU juniors named as Goldwater Scholars
As friends who are both officers of the Chemistry Club and fellow chemistry majors at the University of Kansas, it was fitting that Eleanor Stewart-Jones and Tyler Nguyen would get the news together. ...
Fund managers’ political bias can cost investors, study shows
In addition to their tendencies to be biased toward companies located very close to them, a new paper by University of Kansas researchers finds mutual fund managers tend to favor the stocks of companies whose executives share their political leanings. ...
KU to honor faculty, academic staff retirees May 23
The University of Kansas will honor retiring faculty and academic staff members with a lunch at noon May 23 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Chancellor Douglas A. Girod and Interim Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez will recognize the employees during the lunch. ...
KU earns national recognition for 1st-generation student experience
A national higher education organization has recognized the University of Kansas for the university’s commitment to first-generation students. ...
KU expands leadership studies offerings with 2 new online certificates
The University of Kansas has expanded its leadership studies offerings with two new online certificates through the Institute for Leadership Studies (ILS). Beginning in spring 2019, the ILS, which currently houses a leadership studies minor and leadership engagement certificate as well as several other programs and initiatives, began offering an...
2019 Rocket Grants award $60K to 11 artist projects, 4 in Lawrence
The 2019 Rocket Grants have awarded a total of $60,000 for 11 artist projects in the Lawrence and Kansas City area. Rocket Grants, a partnership of Charlotte Street Foundation and the University of Kansas Spencer Museum of Art, support innovative, artist-driven projects outside of established arts venues. ...
‘Funnyhouse of a Negro’ gets under character’s skin
More than one white politician has landed in hot water this year after old photographs of them dressed in blackface surfaced. Clearly, racial stereotypes are still a touchy subject. So is it OK for minorities to dress in whiteface? What if it’s meant to represent an inner conflict among people...
Communes carry on in individualistic America
Despite the dissolution of back-to-nature hippie havens and murderous tragedies like Jonestown and the Branch Davidians, communes are alive and well in the 21st century, according to the author of a new book that completes his trilogy on the subject. ...
University announces March 2019 Employees of the Month
The University of Kansas has announced the March 2019 Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
Business professor examines why firms don't use human capital data
Many businesses say their most valued assets are their people. But just about anyone who’s had a job can tell you that’s not always the case. A University of Kansas business professor has co-written a white paper examining one reason that businesses are reluctant to use human capital, or workforce...
Chancellor to celebrate rededication of Victory Eagle sculpture on Memorial Drive
A sculpture commemorating the veterans and casualties of World War I is getting a new home on the University of Kansas campus. ...
Research explores behavior of quarks and gluons at Large Hadron Collider
A team of high-energy nuclear experimental particle physicists from the University of Kansas has earned a two-year, $400,000 Department of Energy (DoE) grant to investigate strong interactions between quarks and gluons — building materials for the protons and neutrons that make up an atomic nucleus. ...
Chancellor announces faculty awarded promotion and tenure for fall 2019
a shared statement of congratulations with Interim Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez, who chairs the University Committee on Promotion and Tenure on the Lawrence campus, and Dr. Robert Simari, executive vice chancellor at KU Medical Center. ...
Board of Class Officers gift to honor Bernadette Gray-Little
The Board of Class Officers has announced a class gift that will honor former Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little. ...
Composer tries to capture 'the music of the words'
Several years ago, when he was supposed to be composing a work on commission, University of Kansas Professor of Music Composition Forrest Pierce came full stop. ...
Information for news media covering 2019 commencement
The University of Kansas invites media to cover the university’s 147th Commencement on Sunday, May 19, beginning at 10:30 a.m. ...
New book outlines how conservatives successfully made states more powerful in resisting federal governments
During the Obama administration, conservative states pushed back heavily against the president and his policies, challenging federal power with success previously unseen. Conservative governments and state-level office holders were so successful their playbook is now being used by liberal states to resist the Trump administration agenda. A University of Kansas...
Injunction against Trump abortion rule highlights precarious state of women's rights, professor says
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration policy that would prevent any organization that refers patients for abortion services from receiving Title X funds. The Washington state judge’s ruling temporarily stops regulations from taking place that would also prohibit funds for covering services such as contraception and STD screenings...
KU selects 2018-2019 Student Employee of the Year
The University Career Center has announced the 2018-2019 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY). This year’s award was presented to Abigail Byrd of the Institute for Policy & Social Research on April 16. The SEOTY award recognizes student employees who embody service excellence, dedication and whose academic achievements remain stellar. ...
School of Engineering will honor 2 alumni with Distinguished Engineering Service Award
A man who pioneered aircraft industry awareness for the importance of structural maintenance and fatigue and safety risk assessment, and another who has guided one of the most prominent and successful construction firms in the Kansas City area are the winners of the 2019 Distinguished Engineering Service Award. ...
Second pharmacy dean candidate to present April 30
Jann is one of three candidates invited to continue in the search process. He will offer a public presentation at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, in Room 1020 of Pharmacy Building on the Lawrence campus. Each candidate has been asked to present on the topic “Advancing the Stature and Impact...
KU Libraries faculty member named American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works Fellow
The University of Kansas Libraries have announced that Whitney Baker, head of conservation services, has been named an American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) Fellow. The honor recognizes her distinguished contributions to the field of conservation. ...
KPR wraps up spring membership drive with $336K in pledges
Kansas Public Radio ended its spring membership drive with $336,000 in listener pledges. ...
KU announces new 2019-2023 Self Graduate Fellows
Retired nurse leaves $4.2 million gift for nursing scholarships
A retired nurse who grew up in the small town of Whitewater, Kansas, left a $4.2 million gift from her estate to create scholarships for generations of nursing students at KU Medical Center. ...
Columnist Jay Michaelson will discuss religious liberty, civil rights May 6
The Daily Beast legal affairs columnist Jay Michaelson will present “Religious Liberty and/or Civil Rights” at 7 p.m. May 6 in the Jayhawk Room at the Kansas Union. ...
Study examines how tribes have used treaty rights to successfully halt energy development on indigenous lands
The protests at Standing Rock in opposition to the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline brought international attention to energy development on tribal lands. But work from as long as 200 years ago has recently proven to be effective in helping tribes stop energy infrastructure development on sovereign native land. ...
Over 300 students to present projects at Undergraduate Research Symposium
The 22nd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27. More than 300 University of Kansas undergraduates from departments across campus will share their research and creative projects at this annual event, which will take place in the Kansas Union and the Commons at Spooner...