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Community invited to new series 'Education & Act: Civic Engagement in 2020'
LAWRENCE — Beginning in spring 2020, University of Kansas organizations will bring the campus and Lawrence communities an opportunity to learn more about voting and democracy ahead of the 2020 presidential election. ...
Colleagues remember Vernon Chamberlin, professor emeritus of Spanish
LAWRENCE — Vernon Chamberlin, a University of Kansas professor emeritus who served the university for 34 years died Jan. 25 at his home. He was 95. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium lectures
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series lineup. ...
Here’s how you can track a radar plane soaring over South Dakota to gauge snow depths and predict streamflow
LAWRENCE — Engineers from the University of Kansas School of Engineering and the Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) right now are flying a specially equipped Cessna 172 over the Black Hills of South Dakota. It’s a new effort to use airborne radar to measure snow depths...
Conservation award recognizes KU researcher’s contribution to state water issues
LAWRENCE — You’d be on solid ground calling Jerry deNoyelles a champion for the environment, particularly for clean water in Kansas. Over 45 years of research, teaching and work with state agencies, he was among the first to draw serious attention to the condition of the state’s reservoirs. Today the...
Lecture to explore messages of anti-suffrage movement
LAWRENCE — It is often overlooked that while women marched, protested and fight for their suffrage, organized female anti-suffrage groups actively sought to halt the advancement of their own rights. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center graduates 261st Basic Training Class
LAWRENCE — Twenty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Jan. 24. Reno County Sheriff Darrian Campbell was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
KU announces 2020 Mentoring Circle for Disability Inclusion
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced participants selected for the 2020 Mentoring Circles for Disability Inclusion (MCDI) program. The MCDI program seeks to strengthen the university by broadening participants’ perspectives on disability inclusion; providing knowledge, technical assistance and expertise on disability inclusion; and providing opportunities for participants to...
Alumni gift establishes center for diversity and inclusion at KU Law
LAWRENCE — A new center for excellence at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to foster diversity within the law school community. The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion, launched in late fall 2019, will encourage community engagement while helping students adjust to the demands of...
Short stories prove pathway to teaching French
LAWRENCE – Allan Pasco has taught French at the University of Kansas for more than 30 years, and he has learned that the short story is ever more relevant to today’s time-crunched students – and to their professors. ...
Bad science is bubbling up at KPR’s Cinema a Go-Go
LAWRENCE — Mad scientists, crawling hands and disembodied heads take over the next Cinema a Go-Go, hosted by Kansas Public Radio, Feb. 7 at Liberty Hall. ...
State abortion policies use surveillance and social control to obstruct women, study finds
LAWRENCE — Abortion remains among the most polarizing topics in America. Despite the perceived notion of legality, actual access has become increasingly restrictive due to various control mechanisms, according to a new research study. ...
KU researcher lands grant to study how LGBTQ individuals experience 12-step programs
LAWRENCE — LGBTQ individuals have been shown to have higher rates of alcohol and substance use problems than heterosexual or cisgender individuals. Twelve-step programs are the dominant model of addressing those concerns, yet very little data exist on how LGBTQ individuals experience the programs. A University of Kansas researcher has...
The Commons announces spring Red Hot Research dates
LAWRENCE — Red Hot Research returns this spring with six events for University of Kansas researchers. Red Hot Research is a regular Friday event, built of five short presentations from across the university to open the door for new ways of understanding work through discussion across perspectives. ...
Students, staff invited to brown bag lunches to discuss 2020 Kansas legislative session
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is invited to a series of brown bag lunches to discuss the 2020 Kansas legislative session. ...
Dole Institute announces spring 2020 programming
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its programming lineup for the spring 2020 semester. Guests include award-winning scholars, a New York Times bestselling author, leading political strategists, global experts on spycraft in the 21st century and the Belgian ambassador to...
'Rightfully Yours: KU Campus and Community Scholars Consider U.S. Voting Rights' exhibition to open Feb. 6 in Haricombe Gallery
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries will open a new exhibition in the Haricombe Gallery this February. “Rightfully Yours: KU Campus and Community Scholars Consider U.S. Voting Rights” is developed in conjunction with KU’s centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment. ...
Trade politics expert available to discuss U.S.-China relations
LAWRENCE — President Trump and Vice Premier Liu He of China met last week to sign a “phase one” trade deal. ...
KU student wins NIJ fellowship to study how police engage with victims of violent crime
LAWRENCE — Patricia Sattler served as the statewide victim assistance coordinator for the Nebraska Department of Justice for the last eight years of a 16-year practice career, so she’s seen firsthand how it can be difficult for law enforcement officers and victims of violent crimes to communicate and work...
Chaos theory may explain instability in US economy
LAWRENCE — Jeff Goldblum’s character in “Jurassic Park” famously popularized the concept of chaos theory as it relates to science. But one University of Kansas professor is applying that theory to the economy. ...
HUD program not effective as planned at helping minority families move from poverty, study shows
LAWRENCE — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has long operated programs designed to help low-income individuals and families find housing in “high-opportunity” neighborhoods where they would have access to good schools, employment and less exposure to crime. However, a new analysis by a University of Kansas professor...
Study finds journalists hold strongly to professional identity, even when forced to leave field
LAWRENCE — When meeting someone for the first time, people often ask, “What do you do for a living?” The question implies what work one performs is one of the most essential aspects of a person’s identity. But how would one answer if forced to leave their chosen field? A...
Workshop to help faculty use applied improvisation to improve public speaking
LAWRENCE – To help faculty members gain skills to convey their research and discoveries to the public, the Life Span Institute at the University of Kansas is offering a two-day workshop hosted by experts who blend techniques for public speaking with improvisational theater. ...
Nominate a student worker for Student Employee of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center has opened nominations for Student Employee of the Year. 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, and the nominations are due Feb. 7. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces new photography minor
LAWRENCE — The photography program at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has developed a new photography minor available to all students. ...