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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...
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. ...
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. ...
Former Lawrence police chief will lead Law Enforcement Leadership Academy
LAWRENCE — Former Lawrence Police Chief Tarik Khatib has joined the University of Kansas Public Management Center as the manager of the Law Enforcement Leadership Academy (LELA) program. He will oversee the PMC programs tailored to law enforcement professionals in partnership with the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson. ...
KU community mourns death of Dr. Douglas Dechairo
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas is mourning the death of Dr. Douglas Dechairo, director of Watkins Health Services, who died May 26 at the age of 78. ...
Kansas rocks! Online tool from Geological Survey invites deeper exploration of state’s highways and byways
Astrophysicist announces her discovery of 'cold quasars' that could rewrite understanding of how galaxies die
High Point University dean selected to lead KU School of Pharmacy
LAWRENCE — The founding dean for the High Point University School of Pharmacy will be the next dean of pharmacy at the University of Kansas. ...
The past is never dead: Revisiting Black Power
LAWRENCE – Fifty years on, the time is right for a reappraisal of the Black Power movement in America. ...
Two new species of 'tweezer-beaked hopping rats' discovered in Philippines
LAWRENCE — Just about everybody loves peanut butter. We put it on sandwiches and in candy. We use it to trick our dogs into taking their heartworm pills. When we have to, we bait mouse traps with it. ...
First Soviet hijacking triggers insights into Cold War boundaries
LAWRENCE — There was a time when hijacking a plane was considered heroic. Glamorous, even. ...
Spencer Research Library announces Derrick E. White as the 2019 Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researchers Travel Award winner
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries announce the recipient of the fourth annual Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researchers Travel Award winner is Derrick E. White. ...
KU students receive national recognition for radar research
LAWRENCE — Papers by two University of Kansas engineering students ranked among the top entries in a worldwide competition hosted this spring by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ...
Study finds proximity to employment not as important as previously thought in federal housing programs
LAWRENCE — For decades, the federal government has used housing vouchers as part of a strategy to help low-income Americans obtain affordable housing as a way out of poverty. Part of that strategy was to help individuals and families settle closer to employment opportunities, but new research shows that proximity...
School of Engineering announces new department chair
LAWRENCE — Erik Perrins, professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, will assume the role of department chair July 1. ...
Rare fossils provide more detailed picture of biodiversity during Middle Ordovician
LAWRENCE — A clutch of marine fossil specimens unearthed in northern Portugal that lived between 470 and 459 million years ago is filling a gap in understanding evolution during the Middle Ordovician period. ...
KU announces Lawrence faculty sabbaticals for 2019-2020
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved sabbatical leave for the following 52 faculty members at the University of Kansas Lawrence campus:...
Military historian available to discuss D-Day anniversary
LAWRENCE — On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The event became known worldwide as D-Day, a turning point in World War II. This Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. ...
KU names next director of Emily Taylor Center
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has selected the director of Amherst College’s Multicultural Resource Center to be the next director of the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
KPR’s Cinema a Go Go will celebrate 10th anniversary June 14
LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will celebrate an important milestone with moon-landing mayhem at an upcoming event at Liberty Hall. ...
Program marks 20 years of service to KC-area veterans
LAWRENCE — For 20 years, the University of Kansas TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program has served veterans in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Outgoing director Julia O'Dell can still recall what she told staffers at their first meeting in 1999. ...
Professor explores the historical effects of ‘Fat’ stereotyping
LAWRENCE — Disgust or contempt. ...