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International legal scholar to compare constitutions at KU lecture
How can constitutions serve as foundations for further developments in human rights and policy? Legal scholar Roberto Toniatti will explore that question on a global scale when he delivers the Robert C. Casad Comparative Law Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Emily Taylor Center director to retire
will retire from the university June 30. As director of the Emily Taylor Center since 1998, she has developed and presented innovative and significant programs. ...
'Meet the Spencers: A Marriage of Arts and Sciences' exhibition to open at Kenneth Spencer Research Library
The University of Kansas Libraries will open a new exhibition in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library this spring. “Meet the Spencers: A Marriage of Arts and Sciences” features a personal look at Kenneth A. and Helen F. Spencer, avid supporters of KU and KU Libraries. ...
Economists employ game theory to predict outcomes when incentives are used to steer behavior
When institutions, organizations or individuals establish incentives to encourage behavior toward a particular outcome, the results can often be complex and lead to unintended consequences. Mathematical models of strategic game theory help to predict outcomes in these situations, as shown by Tarun Sabarwal, the De-Min & Chin-Sha Wu Associate Professor...
USD 232 joins JCCC in KU’s Degree in 3 Program
— High school students in USD 232 (De Soto) have a new, accelerated path to a bachelor’s degree. On Jan. 24, USD 232 Superintendent Frank Harwood, Johnson County Community College President Joe Sopcich and KU Edwards Campus Vice Chancellor David Cook signed a new Degree in 3 partnership agreement, enabling...
'Brown Girls' screenings planned in conjunction with poets' visit
As part of its collaborative speaker series, The Commons at the University of Kansas and the Raven Book Store will bring Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo to speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Liberty Hall. ...
Submit a nomination for Student Employee of the Year
The University Career Center is now accepting nominations for Student Employee of the Year. Nominations are open until Feb. 8. The award was established to recognize student employees who embody service excellence, dedication and stellar academic achievement. Any supervisor may nominate up to three students for the award. ...
$1M gift from alumni establishes chemical engineering research lab
A $1 million gift from University of Kansas alumni Richard and Elizabeth Hoover of Northport, Michigan, will establish a chemical engineering research lab at KU’s School of Engineering. ...
Donations sought for professional clothing closet
The University Career Center is collecting professional attire to stock The P.H.O.G. (The Professional House of Garments), the professional clothing closet at the University of Kansas. The P.H.O.G. provides students access to free professional and business casual attire appropriate for career fairs, interviews and the workplace. Inventory includes suits, blazers,...
Changing hearts through plant thinking
Megan Kaminski grew up in an East Coast city, so she knows what some there think of the Midwest: flyover country. ...
One Day. One KU. returns for 24 hours of giving to support KU
After a successful first year in 2018, the 24-hour giving campaign One Day. One KU. returns Wednesday, Feb. 20, to support the University of Kansas. ...
Student Affairs, RISE KU provide menstrual products for students
The Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Rise KU, a student advocacy group, announce the launch of Period, a program that makes free menstrual products available in 50 restrooms in 21 buildings across the Lawrence campus. ...
Writer, activist Jose Antonio Vargas to discuss immigrants' rights
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas will deliver a timely talk on the rights of immigrants with his presentation this week at Liberty Hall. ...
Number of women running for president extraordinary, though coverage problematic, professor says
Kamala Harris, a Democratic U.S. senator from California, announced Monday she is running for president in 2020, making her the fourth woman to announce she will seek a major party nomination in the upcoming election. ...
Carly Fiorina, Major Garrett among Dole Institute spring presenters
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has unveiled its full schedule of programming for the spring 2019 semester. The slate is led by April events with Major Garrett, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, and Carly Fiorina, former HP chief executive and presidential hopeful. ...
National Park Service signs inspire a new typeface
Nearly a quarter-million people volunteer each year to work for the National Park Service. That’s a lot of trash pickup and trail blazing. ...
Article examines racially skewed school discipline, proposes initial solutions
In 2015, a black female high school student in South Carolina was slammed to the floor and dragged out of a classroom by a white sheriff’s deputy in a case that made national headlines. Since then, police shootings of unarmed black Americans and incidents of law enforcement being called on...
KU community remembers social welfare faculty member Andrew Zinn
The University of Kansas community is remembering Andrew Zinn, associate professor of social welfare, who died Dec. 28. He was 54. ...
Patty Gentrup named interim director of Public Management Center
The University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration has named Patty Gentrup as interim director of the Public Management Center (PMC). Laura Howard resigned from the position last week when Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appointed her to serve as interim director of two key state social services cabinets,...
KPR’s 'Retro Cocktail Hour' will bring warm weather vibes with a concert by the Tiki Torches
Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will shake away the winter blues with a Kansas Tiki Week performance by the Tiki Torches at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Maceli’s in downtown Lawrence. Doors open at 7 p.m. ...
University Press of Kansas launches new publishing options
Faculty and researchers at the University of Kansas will find new services to help put their work into the hands of others. The University Press of Kansas (UPK) has earned a reputation for publishing distinguished scholarship, and now it is launching a new supplementary publishing services program intended to assist...
Recent KU engineering graduate wins international recognition for dissertation
A recent University of Kansas graduate has won international recognition for his dissertation proposing innovative advances to radar technology. ...
'Statistics anxiety' is real, and new research suggests targeted ways to handle it
Have you ever been stressed out by the idea of doing math or statistics problems? You’re not alone. ...
Study finds students learning Cherokee writing developed previously unknown, 'idiosyncratic' style
Cherokee is spoken as a first language by fewer than 5,000 people, yet in recent years it has experienced a remarkable revival as a second language. But what happens when entire generations may have learned to speak the language but not read or write it? Research from the University of...
US News & World Report highlights KU online programs in 2019 rankings
The University of Kansas has three programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released today. ...
Potential USA Today publishing company buyout would continue trend of seeking profit over viability, professor says
The publishing company that produces USA Today, one of the country’s largest newspapers, has received a buyout bid of $1.36 billion from MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media. Gannett Co. has been targeted by the company, which has a history of taking over newspapers and cutting costs and...
Natural History Museum announces spring programming
New programs for families and University of Kansas students are in the lineup for winter and spring at the KU Natural History Museum, including International Museum Selfie Day on Wednesday, Jan. 16. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the museum will have selfie stations in Dyche Hall for visitors to...
Romantic-era music linked to real-life romantic entanglement
There’s a juicy psychological, even romantic, angle underlying his mathematical analysis of an important Johannes Brahms composition in the new book co-written and edited by Scott Murphy, University of Kansas professor of music theory. ...
Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street Foundation launch 10th year of Rocket Grants program
The call for proposals for the 10th round of Rocket Grants — a program that supports innovative, artist-driven projects outside of established art venues within the Kansas City area — opens today. Artists are encouraged to attend an informational session at the Spencer Museum of Art from noon to 1:30...
Prestigious NEH grant to support project on Soviet defections
A University of Kansas historian has received a prestigious $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to complete his book project on the history of defection from the Soviet Union and what it can tell us about the nature of Cold War borders. ...