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KU recognized for excellence in community college transfer pathways
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has been recognized for excellence in community college transfer by a national honor society. ...
Law school to honor 3 distinguished alumni with award
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas School of Law alumni will receive the law school’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, this year. ...
Kansas debate team reaches Final Four and wins top speaker at National Championship Tournament
Two KU professors elected to American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas professors have been named fellows in an organization of the nation’s top medical and biological engineering researchers. ...
Study explores why 'progressive teetotalers' may emerge from college engineering programs
Herman Cain to deliver 50th Anniversary Vickers Memorial Lecture
LAWRENCE — Herman Cain will deliver the 50th Anniversary J.A. Vickers Sr. and Robert F. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. April 10 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Department of African & African-American Studies announces new minor
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of African & African-American Studies and the KU School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures announce creation of a new minor track. Beginning in August 2019, students can earn a minor in African & African Diasporic Languages. ...
KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi inducts new members
LAWRENCE — More than 140 University of Kansas students were initiated into the KU chapter of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi at the end of the fall 2018 semester. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective honor society for students from all academic disciplines. Membership...
KU Jazz Ensemble I to perform in Monterey Jazz’s Next Generation Jazz Festival
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Jazz Ensemble I, directed by Dan Gailey, was selected as one of six collegiate big bands internationally to perform in the 49th annual Next Generation Jazz Festival this April. ...
OIRP and Business Intelligence Center to join forces as new entity
LAWRENCE — Over the past five decades, the University of Kansas has benefited from the work of the Office of Institutional Research & Planning and, more recently, through the Business Intelligence Center. As KU evolves to meet new challenges in higher education, there are significant opportunities to rethink how the...
Kansas Biological Survey scientists study how soil microbiome affects prairie health
KU Law team claims national championship at Indian law moot court competition
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas School of Law team was crowned as the national champion of this year’s National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition. ...
Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities opens call for proposals for fall conference at KU
LAWRENCE — The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (A2RU) invites proposals for its national conference Nov. 7-9 at the University of Kansas. The submission deadline for proposals is April 5. ...
Internationally renowned neuroscientist, anthropologist to give lecture at KU
LAWRENCE — Helen Fisher, a pioneer in the biology of human personalities and neurochemistry of leadership, will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium Lecture next month at the University of Kansas. ...
Studies: Overweight kids have more fatty tissue in muscles than peers, at risk of health problems
LAWRENCE — Juvenile obesity is known to cause a range of health problems, and University of Kansas researchers have documented another concern. Overweight children ages 7-10 show more fat in their muscle than healthy weight peers, which could lead to issues such as loss of muscle function, diabetes and disability. ...
Regional premiere at KU: Feminism, witches and a Shakespeare-inspired story
LAWRENCE — Any time a play debuts in the Midwest, it’s an unusual and intriguing event for theatre-goers. The University Theatre’s season offers a similar opportunity March 29 when it brings “Sycorax” to the stage for its regional premiere. And if you don’t think new theatrical works coming to Lawrence...
Three KU engineering professors receive awards for early career success
LAWRENCE — Three assistant professors at the University of Kansas School of Engineering each received a prestigious grant designed to support junior STEM faculty members establish a lifetime of leadership in their respective field. ...
Project aims to cut noise from supersonic military jets with innovative 'swirl' technology
LAWRENCE — It’s cliché to describe something very noisy as “louder than a jet engine.” But supersonic jet engines, like those powering fighters flown by the U.S. military, are so much louder than regular jet engines that scientists have a special term for their sound — “broadband shock-associated noise.”...
UC-Berkeley math professor will give lecture
LAWRENCE — The Department of Mathematics has announced the speaker for its spring Distinguished Lecture Series, set for later this month. ...
KU nominates 4 students for the Goldwater Scholarship
LAWRENCE — Four University of Kansas students who have been actively involved in undergraduate research during their university careers are competing for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, regarded as the premier undergraduate award to encourage excellence in science, engineering and mathematics. ...
KU Libraries announce Textbook Heroes initiative
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries, in collaboration with the Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, are pleased to announce Textbook Heroes, a new initiative spotlighting KU faculty, staff, instructors and students who advocate for textbook affordability. Textbook Heroes are identified among those who have adapted, adopted, created...
Scholar probes secrets of sacred North Korean mountains
LAWRENCE – The conclusion of a second Trump-Kim summit with no North Korean opening to the West puts an even greater premium on the research that Maya Stiller, University of Kansas assistant professor of the history of art, has been able to do inside the hermit kingdom, and about which...
Paleontologist, chemist honored with KU research achievement awards
LAWRENCE – A paleontologist chronicling the prehistoric origin of bird flight and a chemist creating new technologies for personalized cancer treatment are the recipients of the inaugural KU Research Achievement Awards. ...
Annual Shutz Lecture to consider 'Science of Better'
LAWRENCE — Suman Mallik, associate professor of operations and supply chain management at the University of Kansas, will deliver the annual Shutz Lecture at 3:30 p.m. March 28 in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. All are welcome to attend, and a reception will follow. ...
Shimomura won’t go gentle into that good night
LAWRENCE – On the cusp of 80, Roger Shimomura is taking Dylan Thomas to heart, raging against the dying of the light with "American Muse," one of his largest and most politically pointed shows ever. The show opens April 5 at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
KU developing new, more insightful method of evaluating teaching than traditional student forms
LAWRENCE — The form is nearly as ubiquitous as the syllabus or the final exam. ...
KLETC announces 254th law enforcement training graduating class
YODER — Fifty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on March 8. Independence Police Chief Jerry Harrison was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...