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KU launches new Bachelor of Science in Nutrition to meet growing demand for food and health expertise
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Sesame Workshop senior vice president will talk about new book at Oct. 4 event
LAWRENCE — When Rosemarie Truglio was growing up in Hoboken, New Jersey, “Romper Room” was the closest thing to educational programming on television. Like other children across the country, she waited for the host of that "live kindergarten" program to hold up her magic mirror and call out the names...
KU professor writes brief for Supreme Court arguing Title VII protects against transgender discrimination
Spanish & Portuguese department celebrating 100 years
LAWRENCE — The Department of Spanish & Portuguese at the University of Kansas will commemorate its 100-year anniversary this fall with the theme “One Hundred Years of Hispanism in Kansas and Beyond.” The celebration includes a two-day symposium and an exhibition visualizing its long, distinguished history. ...
Modern ceramicist works with earth, wind and fire
LAWRENCE – At first, it might seem unlikely for two University of Kansas Department of Visual Art colleagues to show their work together. ...
Flags, rags and signs: The art of Mary Anne Jordan
LAWRENCE – On her website, Mary Anne Jordan places her hand-dyed, quilted and stitched fiber artwork into three categories: Flags, Rags and Signs. For the show opening Oct. 4 at the James May Gallery in Algoma, Wisconsin, the University of Kansas professor of visual art will exhibit artwork created in...
KPR wraps up fall membership drive with more than $281K in pledges
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio ended a successful fall membership drive with 1,750 listener pledges. ...
Trump's rhetoric forms 'affective bond' to white working class
LAWRENCE – With his attacks on opponents and warnings about dangerous “others,” President Donald Trump has revealed a weakness in the American political system – if not the American character — that a smarter, savvier leader in tougher times might harness to even more devastating effect. ...
'Women Making (and Breaking) the Law' is next suffrage series lecture
LAWRENCE — Women who were trailblazers in shaping the nation's laws will be the focus of a lecture by Genelle Belmas, University of Kansas associate professor of journalism. ...
KLETC announces 257th law enforcement training graduating class
YODER — Fifty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Sept. 20. Sheriff Randy Henderson, of the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Former KU athlete will present annual Tiberti engineering lecture
LAWRENCE — Mike Orth, a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Engineering — and a former quarterback for the KU football team — will return to campus in October to deliver the ninth annual Tiberti Family Lecture. ...
Sharice Davids to headline Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration activities
LAWRENCE — The Office of Diversity and Equity at the University of Kansas is helping the university and Lawrence communities mark the approach of Indigenous Peoples’ Day with several events. ...
New Kansas Statistical Abstract offers insights on state population, life expectancy rates and more
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School of Architecture & Design announces 2019 Alumni Awards
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the recipients of the 2019 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards. This year’s honorees for the Distinguished Alumni Award are designer Jamie Koval and architect Rick Embers. The Young Architect/Designer Award has been given to architect Kate...
Poet Sherwin Bitsui to read, discuss ecopoetry of American Southwest
LAWRENCE — The Department of English at the University of Kansas will host a poetry reading and discussion with lauded poet Sherwin Bitsui for the annual Gunn Lecture. ...
Applications for Phi Beta Delta Honor Society due Oct. 1
LAWRENCE — Faculty, staff and students with significant international experiences and contributions to international education are invited to apply to the University of Kansas chapter of Phi Beta Delta. Membership applications are due Tuesday, Oct. 1. ...
Students offer free flu vaccines to those in need
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is once again teaming up with the United Way of the Plains in Wichita to provide free flu vaccines to those in need. ...
Emporia couple commit $1M in support of KU School of Medicine-Wichita
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas alumnus Scott Smiley and Julie Smiley want to be a part of educating doctors who will care for generations of patients. To fulfill that goal, the Emporia couple’s gift commitment of $1 million to the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita will support the school’s...
KU Engineers Without Borders assists 2 Bolivian villages
LAWRENCE — A team of engineering students from the University of Kansas went to Bolivia this summer to build clean bathroom facilities for two villages. ...
Globalization and racism drive book receiving humanities honor
LAWRENCE — Elizabeth “Betsy” Esch grew up with a horizon of factories in view. ...
Roadkill, reliquaries and more inspire artistic urns
LAWRENCE – If you want a Kansas City Royals-branded casket or a Marine Corps urn, you can buy one online. But if you want a one-of-a-kind funerary urn or a reliquary shaped like a marigold flower, then Gina Westergard, University of Kansas associate professor of visual art, is the person...
Music therapy aims to develop emotion regulation in preschoolers
LAWRENCE – Telling an adult, much less a preschooler, to calm down is easier said than done. But it is a skill that can be learned. ...
Study shows facial features track with intonation of words
In other words, speakers' eyebrows follow the sounds their throat is making. ...
KU Theatre's 'The Christians' explores belief and conflict with a congregation
LAWRENCE — A pastor’s sermon shakes the foundation of his megachurch in “The Christians,” playing weekends Sept. 27 through Oct. 6 in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre at Murphy Hall. The play opens the season for KU’s University Theatre and features musical direction by guest artist Kelley Hunt, an internationally touring recording...
Cool Science comes to Kansas with $3M NSF grant
LAWRENCE — Since 2012, the Cool Science program has featured children’s artwork in public spaces in Massachusetts. Now youths in Kansas and Missouri will have the same opportunity. ...
Law school chooses 12 students to serve as Dean’s Fellows, mentor incoming law students
Dole Institute to welcome US Rep. Sharice Davids for lecture
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids for the 2019 Elizabeth Dole Women in Leadership Lecture. The program will be at 4 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Dole Institute. ...