News
KU researchers highlight how $80.6 billion in federal spending supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities nationwide
More news
Public invited to annual Inclusive Recreation Extravaganza
KU Recreation Services and community organizations will co-host the second annual Inclusive Recreation Extravaganza from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. ...
Four students nominated for Udall Scholarships
Four students at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public policy, Native health care or the environment. ...
Walking-audit tool kit promotes civic empowerment in KC
The storefront Dotte Agency was established in 2015 to bring the power of architecture and design to bear on some of the problems, mainly around health, that confront underserved communities in Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. ...
Beyond Discourse symposium examining human trafficking research
An interdisciplinary symposium examining human trafficking research is coming to the University of Kansas Lawrence campus April 4 and 5. Beyond Discourse: Critical and Empirical Approaches to Human Trafficking is sponsored by the Institute for Policy & Social Research. ...
Spanish Civil War photography in focus for this year's Woodyard Lecture
The 2019 George and Eleanor Woodyard Lecture is taking a look at Spanish Civil War photography. ...
Scholars revive Langston Hughes Review
Writer and social activist Langston Hughes lived from 1901 to 1967. The Langston Hughes Society published the semiannual scholarly journal The Langston Hughes Review from 1982 to 2011. So why is it being revived now, under the editorship of Tony Bolden, University of Kansas associate professor of African & African-American...
Graduate Student Appreciation Week is April 1-5
The University of Kansas will recognize and celebrate graduate students during national Graduate Student Appreciation Week, April 1-5, and throughout the month of April. ...
Stunning discovery offers glimpse of minutes following ‘dinosaur-killer’ Chicxulub impact
A study to be published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers a scientific first: a detailed snapshot of the terrible moments right after the Chicxulub impact — the most cataclysmic event known to have befallen life on Earth. ...
Workshop series designed to boost health of Native American children
Native American parents of young children are invited to a workshop Tuesday, April 2, in Mayetta to help foster the health and development of Native American children from local tribal communities. The program is part of a partnership between University of Kansas researchers and area urban and rural Native American...
Stuart Day named KU Edwards Campus associate vice chancellor
— University of Kansas Edwards Campus (KUEC) Vice Chancellor David Cook has announced the appointment of Stuart Day, KU professor of Spanish, as KUEC’s new associate vice chancellor. ...
'Positive Behavior Support' begins transforming human services in Johnson County
Researchers from the University of Kansas have teamed up with corrections and social service agencies in the state’s most populous county to improve outcomes and make life better for area residents. ...
KU announces recipients of Keeler Intra-University Professorships for 2019-2020
Five University of Kansas professors have been selected to pursue special projects designed to develop their scholarship in a field while also fostering collaboration at KU during the 2019-2020 academic year. ...
McClatchy Google partnership 'exciting opportunity,' yet benefits need to be proven, journalism expert says
McClatchy and Google have announced they will partner to launch a new mode of digital news outlets in underserved communities across the country. The newspaper and technology companies said they plan to experiment with pop-up digital technologies and find “new sustainable business models.”...
KU recognized for excellence in community college transfer pathways
The University of Kansas has been recognized for excellence in community college transfer by a national honor society. ...
Kansas debate team reaches Final Four and wins top speaker at National Championship Tournament
The team of senior Jacob Hegna, Overland Park, and sophomore Nate Martin, Lansing, advanced to the Final Four at the 73rd National Debate Tournament held March 21-25 at the University of Minnesota. It marks the 17th time KU Debate has placed a team in the Final Four since the NDT...
Law school to honor 3 distinguished alumni with award
Three University of Kansas School of Law alumni will receive the law school’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, this year. ...
'Sycorax' combines witchcraft, stagecraft
As director of the forthcoming University Theatre production of the new play “Sycorax,” Associate Professor of Theatre Jane Barnette will get to indulge in her fascination for – and ongoing research into – how witches are depicted on stage. ...
Two KU professors elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Two University of Kansas professors have been named fellows in an organization of the nation’s top medical and biological engineering researchers. ...
Department of African & African-American Studies announces new minor
The University of Kansas Department of African & African-American Studies and the KU School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures announce creation of a new minor track. Beginning in August 2019, students can earn a minor in African & African Diasporic Languages. ...
Study explores why 'progressive teetotalers' may emerge from college engineering programs
First-year engineering students who gravitate toward progressive ideas, including about gender equity in the workplace, tend to drink less alcohol, according to a study by a University of Kansas researcher. The findings could inform efforts to recruit underrepresented students to engineering as well as work to reduce problem drinking...
Presentation will explore Kansas murals
Explore the artists, meanings and stories behind the state’s rich collection of public murals with Kansas artist Dave Loewenstein at a talk next month at Lawrence Public Library. ...
Herman Cain to deliver 50th Anniversary Vickers Memorial Lecture
Herman Cain will deliver the 50th Anniversary J.A. Vickers Sr. and Robert F. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. April 10 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
KU Law team claims national championship at Indian law moot court competition
A University of Kansas School of Law team was crowned as the national champion of this year’s National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition. ...
OIRP and Business Intelligence Center to join forces as new entity
Over the past five decades, the University of Kansas has benefited from the work of the Office of Institutional Research & Planning and, more recently, through the Business Intelligence Center. As KU evolves to meet new challenges in higher education, there are significant opportunities to rethink how the university benefits...
KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi inducts new members
More than 140 University of Kansas students were initiated into the KU chapter of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi at the end of the fall 2018 semester. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective honor society for students from all academic disciplines. Membership is by...
KU Jazz Ensemble I to perform in Monterey Jazz’s Next Generation Jazz Festival
The University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Dan Gailey, was selected as one of six collegiate big bands internationally to perform in the 49th annual Next Generation Jazz Festival this April. ...
Kansas Biological Survey scientists study how soil microbiome affects prairie health
The influence of the gut microbiome on human health? That’s become mainstream news. But zoom out on this idea now and consider the land we live on. Scientists believe there’s a strong parallel with the community of soil microorganisms — known as the soil microbiome — and its influence on...
Internationally renowned neuroscientist, anthropologist to give lecture at KU
Helen Fisher, a pioneer in the biology of human personalities and neurochemistry of leadership, will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture next month at the University of Kansas. ...
Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities opens call for proposals for fall conference at KU
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (A2RU) invites proposals for its national conference Nov. 7-9 at the University of Kansas. The submission deadline for proposals is April 5. ...
KU names new director to lead Hall Center for the Humanities
Richard Godbeer, founding director of the Humanities Research Center and professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named the next director of the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. He will start his new role July 1. ...