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Undergraduate students to present research projects
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host its second annual Fall Undergraduate Research Poster Session next week, featuring the work of 57 KU students. The public is invited to the event, sponsored by KU’s Center for Undergraduate Research, from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 10 in the Kansas Union...
Audio-Reader celebrates accessible theatre experiences with Audio Description Open House
LAWRENCE — Audio-Reader Network, an audio information service for blind, visually impaired and print-disabled individuals, is hosting an Audio Description Open House, where attendees can learn more about Audio-Reader's work, meet volunteers and patrons, and enjoy refreshments before attending the audio-described performance of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" in the Lied...
KU announces Bernie Kish as the featured presenter for the 2019 James Naismith Lecture
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences has selected Bernie Kish, lecturer in sport management and Robinson Center facilities director, as keynote speaker for this year’s James Naismith Lecture. ...
Four named recipients of Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
LAWRENCE — Four faculty members at two Kansas universities have been named recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence. ...
KLETC announces law enforcement training graduates
YODER — Twenty-two new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Nov. 22. Police Chief Jeffrey Hooper with the Hutchinson Police Department was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
College honors employees with Staff Excellence Award
LAWRENCE — Two staff members in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas received the first Staff Excellence Awards from the College. ...
Research center planned to help companies protect the Internet of Things more effectively
LAWRENCE — More and more, the internet connects to devices in our homes, our offices and even to critical infrastructure that supports the American way of life. ...
Jayhawk Esports announces signing day with members of inaugural varsity team
LAWRENCE — Six University of Kansas students who have been selected for the inaugural varsity Jayhawk Esports team will come together for the first time and sign their official contracts at an event this week. ...
KU Endowment retains real estate advisers
LAWRENCE — KU Endowment has retained an advisory firm to evaluate future development options for several KU Endowment-owned sites adjacent to the University of Kansas Lawrence campus, including the recreation fields known as the Shenk Sports Complex at the corner of Iowa Street and Clinton Parkway. ...
KU Alumni Association sets dates for Homecoming 2020
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will celebrate its 108th Homecoming Sept. 26-Oct. 3, culminating in the KU football game against Iowa State Oct. 3 in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. ...
Study explores and compares how humans, animals innovate
LAWRENCE — A gorilla putting a stick in a termite mound to get a meal, a house cat learning how to open a door and a pensioner inventing a product for safe walking that goes on to earn millions in sales may not seem similar on the surface, but they...
Polish resistance fighter shares history of combating fascism, saving Jews in World War II
LAWRENCE — At 93 years old, Jarosław “Jarek” Piekałkiewicz understands he is likely the last Polish resistance fighter to ever write a book about his experience fighting the Nazis in World War II. ...
Education crisis is a chance for transformational change, KU scholars say
LAWRENCE — At a time when education faces heavy criticism, a new book by a University of Kansas professor and students aims to take schools from a "yes, but" mindset to a "yes, and" approach to transform the system. ...
Proposed France tariffs show willingness to act 'aggressively, unilaterally' against friend or foe, law expert says
LAWRENCE — The United States is threatening 100% tariffs on French merchandise worth about $2.4 billion, President Donald Trump announced, in response to a dispute over how France taxes large tech companies. The tax, which would affect revenues of companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, is disputed by the...
KU Libraries announce 2019 Shulenburger Award for Innovation and Advocacy in Scholarly Communication
Linguistics faculty member named as KU's latest AAAS Fellow
LAWRENCE — Allard Jongman, a professor of linguistics at the University of Kansas, is among the latest group of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows announced today. ...
University announces 2020 Global Scholars
LAWRENCE — The Global Scholars Program has selected 15 University of Kansas sophomores as 2020 Global Scholars. ...
KU French Club receives French government award
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of French, Francophone & Italian Studies and the School of Languages, Literatures & Culture have announced that the KU French Club took a second-place France on Campus Award. ...
'The Wolves' offers vivid picture of teen soccer players' lives
LAWRENCE — University Theatre will present “The Wolves,” a 2017 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and work that has been highly produced in theatres nationwide since it closed off-Broadway in 2018. Catch the University of Kansas production Dec. 5-12 in the William Inge Memorial Theatre at Murphy Hall. ...
Senior will study in Ireland after becoming KU’s second George J. Mitchell Scholar
LAWRENCE — After he finishes his work at the University of Kansas this year, senior Alex Murray will be headed to Ireland to pursue a graduate degree after receiving word on Saturday that he had won the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. ...
Renowned philosopher embraced, misunderstood by extremist hate groups
LAWRENCE — Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher, composer, poet and cultural critic. ...
University honors September, October Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the September and October 2019 Employees of the Month. ...
Professor bringing important Ukrainian novel to Western audiences
LAWRENCE – As the locus of the current impeachment drama, Ukraine is in all the headlines these days. A University of Kansas professor hopes that makes the ground more fertile for his native country’s most celebrated recent novel, which he is translating into English and otherwise working to popularize in...
‘Dream team’ to study ice loss on critical Greenland glacier to better forecast rising oceans
Federal grants energize BTBC at KU’s economic development efforts for northeast Kansas
New book traces 'World of Trouble' early American couple faced for neutrality in American Revolution
LAWRENCE — The major events and players of the American Revolution are well-documented in history books. Yet the people who lived through that tumultuous period in American history are often assumed to have been patriots who fought to defy British policies and establish a new nation. A University of Kansas...