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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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KU Libraries announce 2019 Research Sprints participants
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries have announced the 2019 Research Sprints participants: Sara Gregg, associate professor of history and environmental studies, and Melissa Peterson, lecturer for the Applied English Center. As a result of having their projects chosen through a competitive selection process, Gregg and Peterson each spent...
Sociology department announces spring student awards 2019
LAWRENCE — Students in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas received $67,000 in awards and scholarship for outstanding academic achievement as part of the department’s spring awards. ...
Addiction treatment program for community members to expand
LAWRENCE — A free University of Kansas program that helps community members with addictions is set to expand through a local grant and support from Douglas County. ...
Play asks: How can we tolerate intolerance?
LAWRENCE – Can we tolerate intolerance? If so, how? And why should we? ...
Historic scroll severed by warfare reunited through professor’s quest
LAWRENCE — Paul Mirecki found himself in the middle of an Indiana Jones-style quest involving looted antiquities. ...
Audio-Reader wins multiple awards at international conference
LAWRENCE — Kansas Audio-Reader was recently honored with six awards in excellence at the 2019 International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS). This year’s conference, held in Phoenix, recognized Audio-Reader in six categories:...
SCOTUS ruling will stymie use of census for political immigration influence for now, professor says
LAWRENCE — The Supreme Court announced Thursday a ruling that prevents the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, at least temporarily. In a partially unanimous ruling, with splits among justices in various sections of the case, the court upheld a ruling from the Southern District...
Engineering education outreach program benefits Kansas teachers
LAWRENCE — High school teachers from across Kansas are gathered at the University of Kansas for six weeks this summer to participate in research and learn skills they’ll take back to their classrooms this fall. ...
Once a war refugee and now an evolutionary biologist, doctoral student models future habitats for flagship bird species in West Africa
LAWRENCE — Growing up in Liberia during that country’s brutal 14-year civil war, Benedictus Freeman and his family fled into the rainforest, where they survived for years eating bush meat and foraging. The rainforest provided Freeman sustenance and protection — but more than that, the experience ignited a passion in...
Sara Baer will lead Kansas Biological Survey
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of Research has announced that Sara Baer has accepted the position of director of the Kansas Biological Survey, a KU designated research center with dual status as a state agency. Baer has been professor and chair of the Department of Plant Biology at...
Entrenched stereotypes keeping women from military front lines, professors' new book says
LAWRENCE — For more than a century, it was culturally unacceptable for women to join men in the front lines of combat in the U.S. military. Even though the policy banning women from combat roles has been rescinded, their integration into the front line and special operations has been slow...
LGBTQ historian available to discuss Stonewall Riots anniversary
LAWRENCE — On June 28, 1969, a police raid at the Stonewall Inn prompted members of New York City’s gay community to engage in violent demonstrations that became known as the Stonewall Riots. This Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the momentous event. ...
Public opinion on wrongful convictions swayed by entertainment series, study finds
LAWRENCE — Americans are hooked on the Netflix series “When They See Us,” which reconstructs the true story of five Harlem teens falsely accused of a brutal crime. ...
KU insurance certificate program announces 15 industry partners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business has established industry partnerships with 15 insurance companies for its newest certificate program. The companies have committed $660,000 in total to date to support the Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management program. ...
KU professor plays key role in clarifying international arbitration law for judges, lawyers
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas law professor has played a key role in recent efforts to clarify U.S. law governing international arbitration. Christopher Drahozal, the John M. Rounds Professor of Law at KU, served as an associate reporter for the Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and...
Annual summer tour of KU medicinal garden set for June 21
LAWRENCE — The public is invited to the summer semiannual tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 21. The tour is scheduled for evening on the summer solstice. ...
Pharmacy professor to lead KU’s Higuchi Biosciences Center
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Office of Research has announced that John Stobaugh will serve as interim director of the Higuchi Biosciences Center starting July 1. Stobaugh is a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry and associate dean of research & graduate affairs in the School of Pharmacy. He also serves...
Professor proves complete reliability of software remains impossible
LAWRENCE — If your car has an electronic parking brake, you’re asking for trouble. ...
13 students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer
LAWRENCE — This summer, 13 University of Kansas students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards, which come with $1,000 scholarships as recipients work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Two KU seniors earn Astronaut Scholarships
LAWRENCE — The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation named two University of Kansas students as Astronaut Scholars for the 2019-20 school year. Both of the recipients also earned Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships this year. ...
Audio-Reader accepting donations of vinyl records, CDs and more for annual benefit sale
LAWRENCE — Anyone with vinyl records, CDs, gently used audio equipment or musical instruments gathering dust in their homes is encouraged to consider donating them to the KU Audio-Reader Network, a local nonprofit that serves the blind, visually impaired and print-disabled. ...