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Dole Institute to honor James Baker with Dole Leadership Prize
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced that it will honor former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker with the 2018 Dole Leadership Prize. ...
Gift creates award to benefit Hispanic women in engineering at KU
A gift from the E. Eugene Carter Foundation establishes an annual opportunity award fund to benefit female Hispanic students in the School of Engineering at the University of Kansas. ...
Study shows purpose for being online drives whether people will avoid ads
As you read this, you’re likely online for one of two reasons: to get information, or to kill time, so you happened to come across this article. Whichever it was likely influenced whether you would have paid attention to the ads, were they on your screen. A University of Kansas...
Book traces reversal of Republican legacy on environmental issues
It likely will surprise many people today that the Republican Party decades ago took pride in crafting and passing significant environmental legislation, such as creating the Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air Act, according to a University of Kansas historian. ...
Monarch Watch will host screening, discussion of 'The Guardians'
Monarch Watch, based at the University of Kansas, will host a screening of the 2018 documentary "The Guardians," followed by a discussion with Orley "Chip Taylor," professor emeritus and director of Monarch Watch. ...
KU to honor Rob Riggle with Distinguished Alumni award
Rob Riggle, one of the most recognizable Jayhawk alumni, will be honored this year with the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas. He will visit Lawrence in November to accept the award. ...
Campus budget conversation set for Oct. 17
Members of the Lawrence campus community at the University of Kansas are invited to take part in the next Campus Budget Conversation on Oct. 17. ...
Low-cost, all-digital Spanish-learning program is born
The new, all-digital Spanish language-learning program Contraseña (Password) co-created by Amy Rossomondo, University of Kansas associate professor of Spanish & Portuguese, is deeply informed by research in applied linguistics and the ethos of the open-access movement. ...
Management scholar can discuss new corporate board members becoming CEOs
When General Electric last week fired CEO John Flannery after 14 months, its elevation of new board member Larry Culp to the top management post raised some eyebrows among those who follow business leadership trends. ...
Largest study of its kind gauges community efforts to combat childhood obesity, a key risk factor for later chronic disease
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five US school-age children and young people ages 6 to 19 years suffers from obesity, a tripling of such numbers since the 1970s. For individual children, genetics, eating and exercise all play a role in weight status — but...
Office will observe inaugural Ombuds Day with Q&A on Twitter
The American Bar Association has declared Oct. 11 as Ombuds Day, and to mark the occasion the University of Kansas Ombuds Office will hold an “Ask the KU Ombuds” event all day on Twitter. ...
Artist brings ephemeral 'Red Dirt Rug' installation to KU
Creating contemplative work that combines repetitive process and collected materials, Rena Detrixhe produces meticulous, large-scale objects and installations. She’s woven carpets from dust, transformed seeds into lace and suspended a fleeting moment of rain droplets into a solid cast form to explore the relationship between humans and nature. ...
Inaugural speaker for engineering lecture series will discuss robotics in pediatric health care
Will robots someday socially engage with kids with special needs? A pioneer in the field of robotics will discuss the possibilities when she kicks off a new lecture series in October at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Kansas Economic Policy Conference to focus on future of tax policy
The state of Kansas has received national attention in recent years following its 2012 tax cuts, which were eventually reversed. State lawmakers for several years have also grappled with a Kansas Supreme Court decision that has declared unconstitutional funding levels for K-12 education, and on the local level, the number...
'Surprising’ chemical complexity of Saturn’s rings is changing the planet’s upper atmosphere
Political humorist Mark Russel once joked, “The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.”...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How secure are you?
Nearly 7 million digital records are stolen every day, according to IT security firm Gemalto. That’s almost 300,000 per hour, or 83 every second. That means this month, hackers will steal roughly 217 million records. Is your information safe? ...
Henderson Engineers executive to deliver J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture
Julie Pierce, a 1994 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Engineering, will return to campus in October to lecture on “Engineering Your Future With Passion and Purpose.”...
Langston Hughes Visiting Professor Lecture to explore role of community in design solutions
Firsthand experience with neighborhoods can create designs that lead to healthier communities. That’s the principle to be discussed during the fall 2018 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor Lecture. ...
KU international centers awarded $6.3M in grants
Employers on the lookout for job candidates with the intercultural awareness to work in an increasingly globalized world can look to Kansas to find students prepared with linguistic and cultural knowledge necessary to succeed. With recent awards totaling $6.3 million from the Department of Education, KU will continue to play...
KU's SWIFT Education Center lands $17M grant to train principals, boost school achievement
The SWIFT Education Center, part of the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas, has received a $17.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Innovation and Improvement for a five-year project titled “Equity Leadership in High Need Schools: Building High Quality Effective Instructional Leaders to...
KU to participate in sexual assault climate survey
The University of Kansas will join 32 other universities participating in a national campus climate survey on sexual assault and misconduct. ...
Gift to Dole Institute launches Edward F. Reilly Lecture
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announced this week a gift from Edward F. Reilly Jr., to establish and endow the Edward F. Reilly Lecture. The inaugural lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the institute. ...
Department’s 2018 Dr. Bob Run 5K Event set for Oct. 6
The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas invites walkers and runners to participate in the ninth annual Dr. Bob Run 5K Event, supporting student scholarships. The 2018 Dr. Bob Run event will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Rim Rock Farm,...
KU to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day with public events
program observing Indigenous Peoples’ Day is “Restoration over Retribution: Peacemaking as a Path Forward,” set for noon-1 p.m. in the Big 12 Room at the Kansas Union. ...
Final candidate for vice chancellor for research to present Friday
the last of four candidates for the position who will make public presentations during their respective campus visits. His presentation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Lied Center Pavilion. A half-hour reception will follow. ...
Professors establish new professional society focused on catalysis
Faculty members from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have joined forces with academics and corporations across the region to form a new professional society, the Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS). ...
Kansas River water quality talk at KU Field Station on Oct. 7
Annual fall tour of KU medicinal garden set for Oct. 6
The public is invited to the fall semiannual tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6. ...
University community mourns death of business professor emeritus Bill Beedles
The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of Bill Beedles, professor emeritus of finance from the School of Business. Beedles died Sept. 24. He was 70. ...
Witches will frolic at 'Haunting Humanities'
Back in the baby boom years, when the annual network television showing of the classic 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” was a big deal, young Jane Barnette’s favorite bits were those featuring the Wicked Witch of the West. ...