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Winter family accelerates $1.7M gift to law, athletics
LAWRENCE — For University of Kansas alumni Nancy and Wint Winter Sr., the only thing as satisfying as giving was seeing the good a gift could do. ...
Taking mud volcano’s trigger debate above ground
LAWRENCE – In a new paper published in Marine and Petroleum Geology, a University of Kansas researcher disputes almost everything about a 2018 special edition of the same journal that all but absolves an energy-exploration company of responsibility for triggering an environmental disaster. ...
KU Edwards Campus partnering with KC metro employers, community colleges, high schools for outreach events
OVERLAND PARK – The University of Kansas Edwards Campus will host two events the week of Nov. 11, bringing together students, employers and community members to provide career and education pathways related to workforce-ready careers. Both events provide unique hands-on, practical experience and networking opportunities for students looking to further...
World-renowned neurologist to speak about relationship between immune cells, Alzheimer’s
LAWRENCE — World-renowned neurologist Dr. David Holtzman will talk about how targeting immune cells may be a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease at the 16th Takeru Higuchi Memorial Lectures at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy on Thursday, Nov. 14. ...
United Way fund drive continues with campus events, payroll deduction and call for volunteers
LAWRENCE — There is still time to support the United Way of Douglas County 2019 Lawrence campus fund drive, which concludes Nov. 27. ...
KU ranked as No. 9 best public school in the country for veterans
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas ranks ninth nationally among public universities and first in Kansas in the Best for Vets: Colleges 2020 survey. ...
Engineering department to offer certificate in cybersecurity
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Engineering is launching a four-course cybersecurity certificate program that will provide undergraduate students with the expertise to fortify digital networks in workplaces, schools and at home. ...
Local Battle of the Bulge veterans share firsthand experience of the battle won 75 years ago
OVERLAND PARK — U.S. Army World War II veterans Kenneth Tebow and John Martin provide rare insight into the Battle of the Bulge on its 75th anniversary. The men shared about their road to the battle, their personal stories, life after the war and reflections on Veterans Day during Mark...
'Connecting Through Poetry and Prose' presentation on Nov. 12
LAWRENCE — KU Libraries will host a Gallery Lecture Series presentation by Ignacio Carvajal, poet and assistant professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Kansas. The presentation, titled “Connecting Through Poetry and Prose,” is the second lecture in the fall Gallery Lecture Series lineup and...
Tech leader to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week event
LAWRENCE — As part of a worldwide celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week, KU alumnus and technology innovator Brian McClendon will speak at the University of Kansas School of Business at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21. ...
'Black Love': A scholarly story
LAWRENCE – Eighty years after his landmark book “The Negro Family in the United States” portrayed his people devastated by slavery, Jim Crow and the Great Depression, the work of sociologist E. Franklin Frazier is still influencing scholarship on the black family. ...
University Dance Company Fall Concert showcases feminine strength
LAWRENCE — The University Dance Company’s Fall Concert explores themes of feminine strength, cultural identity, and gun culture in six original and innovative works choreographed by University of Kansas Department of Theatre & Dance faculty and guest artists. Projections, spoken word and dance styles ranging from ballet to modern contemporary...
Adaptive Use Musical Instrument provides 'cosmic' showcase
LAWRENCE — It’s hard to know what to call the AUMI (Adaptive Use Musical Instrument). Should it be described as an instrument, device, software or project? ...
KLETC announces 258th law enforcement training graduating class
YODER — Twenty-two new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Nov. 1. Sheriff Jeff Richards, of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Professor lends expertise to search for new approaches to pain management
LAWRENCE — When the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services asked Distinguished Professor Barbara Timmermann to serve on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) advisory council, she was eager to share the expertise in medicinal chemistry she has developed throughout her career. As the University of Kansas School of...
Report shows how KC schools have maintained segregation through geographic, economic means
LAWRENCE — In 1954, the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education ended legal school segregation. Six decades later, many cities and school districts have found new ways to keep poor and minority students out of the most successful schools, hoard resources and maintain economic advantages. The...
Dole Institute receives Humanities Kansas grant for exhibition
TOPEKA – Humanities Kansas recently awarded $10,000 to the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas in support of “Voices from Congressman Dole’s Kansas, 1960-1968” exhibition and public programs. Audrey Coleman serves as project director. ...
KU to form varsity esports team and join NACE
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the formation of a varsity level esports team. Starting in January 2020, KU will compete in League of Legends. The Jayhawk Esports Team will be composed of current KU students, many of whom have been already competing at a high esports level...
KU debaters win Harvard tournament
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas debaters Azja Butler, Lansing sophomore, and Kenny Delph, Little Rock, Arkansas, senior, took first place at a tournament hosted by Harvard University from Nov. 2-4. The pair won 10 debates over three days to emerge victorious over a field of 84 teams. They defeated a...
Barbara Bichelmeyer announced as fourth provost candidate
LAWRENCE — Barbara Bichelmeyer is the fourth of four finalists for the position of provost and executive vice chancellor of the Lawrence campus at the University of Kansas. ...
New study offers data-driven definition of unhealthy yet pervasive ‘hyper-palatable’ foods
LAWRENCE — A popular U.S. brand of potato chips once promoted itself with the slogan “betcha can’t eat just one!”...
Political affiliation influences hiring practices during interview process, study finds
LAWRENCE — People might suspect that being either a Democrat or Republican could affect their ability to get hired. But a University of Kansas professor has helped prove it. ...
Visual culture scholar kicks off national research conference at KU with free lecture Nov. 7
LAWRENCE — Visual culture scholar Nicholas Mirzoeff of New York University will give a free public lecture about race and social justice at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the University of Kansas in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Mirzoeff’s lecture, “Whiteness: What is to be Done?,” serves as...
Military flyover scheduled before Saturday's football game
LAWRENCE — One KC-135R military refueling aircraft is scheduled to fly over the University of Kansas at the Nov. 2 home football game. ...
Dave Cook announced as third provost finalist
LAWRENCE — Dave Cook is the third of four finalists for the position of provost and executive vice chancellor of the Lawrence campus at the University of Kansas. ...
School of Education to host the 2019 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education Lecture
LAWRENCE — The School of Education announces Jennifer Kurth, associate professor in the Department of Special Education, as the recipient of the 2019 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award and featured lecturer. ...
Post-suffrage struggle for equality is topic of lecture Nov. 4
LAWRENCE – The 19th Amendment was just the beginning of women’s struggle to gain equality, and African American women didn’t even gain the right to vote until the 1960s. The 100 years post-ratification is the topic next week of a suffrage lecture, “It Didn’t End with the Vote.”...