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Patty Gentrup named interim director of Public Management Center
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration has named Patty Gentrup as interim director of the Public Management Center (PMC). Laura Howard resigned from the position last week when Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appointed her to serve as interim director of two key state social...
Recent KU engineering graduate wins international recognition for dissertation
LAWRENCE — A recent University of Kansas graduate has won international recognition for his dissertation proposing innovative advances to radar technology. ...
Study finds students learning Cherokee writing developed previously unknown, 'idiosyncratic' style
LAWRENCE — Cherokee is spoken as a first language by fewer than 5,000 people, yet in recent years it has experienced a remarkable revival as a second language. But what happens when entire generations may have learned to speak the language but not read or write it? Research from the...
US News & World Report highlights KU online programs in 2019 rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has three programs ranked among the nation’s best in the 2019 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs,” released today. ...
Potential USA Today publishing company buyout would continue trend of seeking profit over viability, professor says
LAWRENCE — The publishing company that produces USA Today, one of the country’s largest newspapers, has received a buyout bid of $1.36 billion from MNG Enterprises, better known as Digital First Media. Gannett Co. has been targeted by the company, which has a history of taking over newspapers and cutting...
Natural History Museum announces spring programming
Editor's note: The University of Kansas Natural History Museum is offering free admission to the museum for all furloughed federal workers and their families during the federal government shutdown, waiving the suggested contribution. ...
KU announces several Martin Luther King Jr. celebratory events
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will lead several community events to help celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in Lawrence. ...
Agah selected to lead School of Engineering as dean
LAWRENCE — When University of Kansas students return to the School of Engineering at the start of the spring semester, they’ll find a familiar face and name occupying the dean’s office. Arvin Agah, interim dean of engineering and professor of electrical engineering & computer science, has been chosen to be...
Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street Foundation launch 10th year of Rocket Grants program
Prestigious NEH grant to support project on Soviet defections
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas historian has received a prestigious $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to complete his book project on the history of defection from the Soviet Union and what it can tell us about the nature of Cold War borders. ...
Engineering professor named IEEE Fellow
LAWRENCE — Joe Evans, Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Kansas, has been named a Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Evans is recognized for contributions to cognitive networks and deployment of defense networks. ...
Students will visit pharmacy sites around southeast Kansas
LAWRENCE — Sixteen University of Kansas School of Pharmacy students will take a three-day trip across Kansas next week to visit 14 independent community pharmacies. ...
Engineering, computer science professor recognized for teaching excellence
LAWRENCE — James Stiles, a longtime associate professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas, has been named the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Professorship. ...
Students, staff invited to brown bag lunches to discuss Kansas legislative session
LAWRENCE — Students and staff are invited to a series of brown bag lunches to discuss the 2019 Kansas legislative session. ...
KLETC announces law enforcement training graduates
YODER — Sixty new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) last month. McPherson Police Chief Robert McClarty was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Kansas Geological Survey to measure groundwater levels in western Kansas
LAWRENCE — A crew from the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, will be in western Kansas measuring groundwater levels the first week of January. Most of the measured wells are drilled into the High Plains aquifer, a vital source of irrigation, industrial and municipal water in...
Moving stars: McKitterick puts science in his fiction
LAWRENCE – Before Christopher McKitterick could sell his latest novella to the venerable pulp magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact, the editors insisted he justify one of the story’s central conceits: Rather than send individuals on space missions in rocket ships, the protagonist’s civilization itself – an entire solar system...
KU announces Kansas Certified Public Manager Program graduates for 2018
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced this year’s graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager program, who represent the 25th-anniversary class. The graduation ceremony took place last month in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Topeka. Erik Sartorius, executive director of the League of...
Senior nominated for Winston Churchill Scholarship
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas student has been nominated for the Winston Churchill Scholarship, which provides for one year of study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. ...
Extraordinary 'faithful father' revealed by study of smooth guardian frog of Borneo
Male parental care behavior of the Smooth Guardian Frog of Borneo from Jo Goyes Vallejos on Vimeo. ...
KU Libraries announce winners of 2018 Shulenburger Award
LAWRENCE — KU Libraries are pleased to announce the 2018 recipients of the Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication. They are Donna Ginther, professor of economics and director of the Center for Science Technology & Economic Policy, and Jonathan Perkins, director of the Ermal Garinger Academic Resource...