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School of Social Welfare launches Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare has announced a new Center for Community Engagement & Collaboration (CCEC). Housed jointly within the school’s Office of Research and its instructional programs, the center’s two divisions will focus on initiatives that broaden and deepen the social welfare school's connections...
Legal expert will discuss Title IX for Jana Mackey lecture series
LAWRENCE — The 11th annual Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series returns next month with renowned legal expert and activist Fatima Goss Graves. ...
Alumnus to present inaugural KU Addiction Center Lecture
LAWRENCE — The Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment will launch its spring seminar series with a talk by University of Kansas alumnus Stephen Higgins at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. ...
Sorrows and joys of Roma women told through dance
LAWRENCE — A veteran flamenco dancer and innovator in the international performing arts scene, Belén Maya examines race, identity, migration, domestic abuse and cultural traditions through her original theatre dance work, “Romnia.” “Romnia” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14-15 at the Sherbon Black Box Theatre in Robinson Center...
Celebrated author Walter Mosley to speak in Humanities Lecture Series
LAWRENCE — Walter Mosley, novelist and social commentator, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Kansas Memorial Union Ballroom. “Political Optimism in the Age of Trump” is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will take place after the lecture. ...
KU School of Music strengthens ties with Chinese music institutions
LAWRENCE — With membership in a global music education organization and a new partnership with Shanghai Normal University, the University of Kansas School of Music continues to strengthen its relationships with Chinese music institutions. ...
Sally Buzbee, AP executive editor, to receive 2019 William Allen White National Citation
LAWRENCE — Sally Buzbee, executive editor of The Associated Press news agency, has been selected to receive the 2019 William Allen White Foundation National Citation. The award, which recognizes individuals for outstanding journalistic service, comes from a vote of the trustees of the William Allen White Foundation, which is named...
International division undertakes comprehensive strategic realignment, changes name
LAWRENCE — The Office of International Programs has changed its name to KU International Affairs. The new moniker reflects refocused efforts and new services at the University of Kansas that better advance global exchange and interaction. ...
Research into lithium-oxygen batteries could boost performance of electronics, cars
LAWRENCE — Sick of having to plug in your phone every night? Help might be on the way. ...
Economists employ game theory to predict outcomes when incentives are used to steer behavior
International legal scholar to compare constitutions at KU lecture
LAWRENCE — How can constitutions serve as foundations for further developments in human rights and policy? Legal scholar Roberto Toniatti will explore that question on a global scale when he delivers the Robert C. Casad Comparative Law Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
'Meet the Spencers: A Marriage of Arts and Sciences' exhibition to open at Kenneth Spencer Research Library
Readers: This story reflects updated RSVP and event dates due to inclement weather days in February. ...
Emily Taylor Center director to retire
LAWRENCE — The longtime director of the Emily Taylor Resource Center for Women & Gender Equity at the University of Kansas will retire at the end of the fiscal year. ...
Submit a nomination for Student Employee of the Year
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center is now accepting nominations for Student Employee of the Year. Nominations are open until Feb. 8. The award was established to recognize student employees who embody service excellence, dedication and stellar academic achievement. Any supervisor may nominate up to three students for the award. ...
'Brown Girls' screenings planned in conjunction with poets' visit
LAWRENCE — As part of its collaborative speaker series, The Commons at the University of Kansas and the Raven Book Store will bring Fatimah Asghar and Safia Elhillo to speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at Liberty Hall. ...
One Day. One KU. returns for 24 hours of giving to support KU
LAWRENCE — After a successful first year in 2018, the 24-hour giving campaign One Day. One KU. returns Wednesday, Feb. 20, to support the University of Kansas. ...
Donations sought for professional clothing closet
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center is collecting professional attire to stock The P.H.O.G. (The Professional House of Garments), the professional clothing closet at the University of Kansas. The P.H.O.G. provides students access to free professional and business casual attire appropriate for career fairs, interviews and the workplace. Inventory includes...
Student Affairs, RISE KU provide menstrual products for students
LAWRENCE — The Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Rise KU, a student advocacy group, announce the launch of Period, a program that makes free menstrual products available in 50 restrooms in 21 buildings across the Lawrence campus. ...
Carly Fiorina, Major Garrett among Dole Institute spring presenters
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has unveiled its full schedule of programming for the spring 2019 semester. The slate is led by April events with Major Garrett, chief Washington correspondent for CBS News, and Carly Fiorina, former HP chief executive and...
Writer, activist Jose Antonio Vargas to discuss immigrants' rights
LAWRENCE — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas will deliver a timely talk on the rights of immigrants with his presentation this week at Liberty Hall. ...
Number of women running for president extraordinary, though coverage problematic, professor says
LAWRENCE — Kamala Harris, a Democratic U.S. senator from California, announced Monday she is running for president in 2020, making her the fourth woman to announce she will seek a major party nomination in the upcoming election. ...
Article examines racially skewed school discipline, proposes initial solutions
LAWRENCE — In 2015, a black female high school student in South Carolina was slammed to the floor and dragged out of a classroom by a white sheriff’s deputy in a case that made national headlines. Since then, police shootings of unarmed black Americans and incidents of law enforcement being...
KU community remembers social welfare faculty member Andrew Zinn
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Andrew Zinn, associate professor of social welfare, who died Dec. 28. He was 54. ...
KPR’s 'Retro Cocktail Hour' will bring warm weather vibes with a concert by the Tiki Torches
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will shake away the winter blues with a Kansas Tiki Week performance by the Tiki Torches at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Maceli’s in downtown Lawrence. Doors open at 7 p.m. ...
University Press of Kansas launches new publishing options
LAWRENCE — Faculty and researchers at the University of Kansas will find new services to help put their work into the hands of others. The University Press of Kansas (UPK) has earned a reputation for publishing distinguished scholarship, and now it is launching a new supplementary publishing services program intended...