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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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
Study shows facial features track with intonation of words
In other words, speakers' eyebrows follow the sounds their throat is making. ...
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. ...
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. ...
Spencer Museum’s Backyard Bash on Sept. 22 will celebrate art, nature, community
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art invites the University of Kansas and Lawrence communities to kick back with friends and neighbors in the biggest backyard on KU’s campus — historic Marvin Grove — for an artful celebration of nature. The Backyard Bash is a free community event that will...
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. ...
Law school chooses 12 students to serve as Dean’s Fellows, mentor incoming law students
Women’s suffrage expert available to discuss 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment in context of 2020 election
LAWRENCE — As states across the nation celebrate the 100th anniversary of their ratification of the 19th Amendment, a journalism historian and women’s suffrage expert says the issues women faced in their struggle to secure the right to vote still resonate. ...
Study finds people with autism show atypical brain activity when coordinating visual and motor information
Early Spanish feminist urged equity through works she wrote for stage, professor says
Researchers find youths knowledgeable about politics, call for better early political education
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Artist whose work explores adoption to speak at Spencer Museum for 'Foundling' exhibition
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art’s new exhibition “Foundling” features 100 portraits of children who were adopted by American parents from overseas painted by artist Megan Rye. Rye will give a gallery talk at the Spencer Museum at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, about issues facing adoptees and adoptive...
Media advisory: Follow @KUnews for story ideas and KU expert source suggestions
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas News Service is on Twitter at @KUnews. Follow @KUnews for story ideas about research that breaks new ground, relates to events in the news or would make for an interesting feature. ...
KU Engineering launches new Satellite Design and Development Lab
LAWRENCE — A new laboratory opening this fall at the University of Kansas School of Engineering will provide a state-of-the-art environment for aerospace engineering students to design and build launch-worthy satellites. ...