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Third candidate for engineering dean to present Nov. 30
LAWRENCE — An engineering department chair from the University of Florida is the final of three candidates who will take part in on-campus interviews for dean of the school. ...
Legal analytics class takes innovative look at tech, law
LAWRENCE — Big data and robot lawyers revolutionizing the legal profession may sound like something out of a law student’s abandoned side novel, but it’s real and happening now in law firms and courtrooms around the world. A new class at the University of Kansas is teaching future lawyers to...
Firms can protect R&D investment in risky intellectual property environments, study finds
Audus to step down as pharmacy dean; search for new dean to begin
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will begin a search for a new dean of the School of Pharmacy. Kenneth Audus has announced he will not seek reappointment at the conclusion of his current term, which ends in June 2019. ...
KU moot court duo earns spot in national competition
LAWRENCE – A pair of University of Kansas School of Law students will head to New York City after advancing to the national finals of the moot court competition. ...
KU education expert's lecture will review adverse effects of policies and practices
LAWRENCE — Efforts to modernize and upgrade educational practices can sometimes deliver unintended consequences. A University of Kansas researcher will examine these findings and offer steps forward during his inaugural distinguished professor lecture. ...
The art and architecture of partition, confederation
LAWRENCE – While many volumes have been written on the decolonization of the British Empire in India and its partitions, creating in 1947 the bifurcated state of Pakistan and then in 1971 Bangladesh, the phenomenon has not been looked at through the lens of art and architecture. ...
Voluntary Separation Incentive Program for eligible faculty moves to next stage
LAWRENCE — Sixty-five senior faculty members at the University of Kansas are pursuing the Voluntary Separation Incentive Program announced in August by Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez. The program, part of the university’s continuing efforts to strategically reduce the budget, offers a retirement incentive for eligible tenured...
Former Kansas Geological Survey leader receives Distinguished Service Award
LAWRENCE — Rex Buchanan, director emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, received the American Geosciences Institute’s Distinguished Service Award for his achievements promoting the geosciences and natural resource issues affecting Kansans. ...
KPR to host annual Big Band Christmas concert
LAWRENCE – Get ready for a cool Yule when Kansas Public Radio presents a Big Band Christmas, the station’s holiday concert served up by the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalist Molly Hammer. ...
KU becomes a renewable energy leader with 20-year wind purchase agreement
LAWRENCE – Sun, wheat and wind. Kansas is closely associated with these three natural resources, but it is wind in particular that will secure the energy future of the state’s flagship university. The University of Kansas has signed an agreement with Westar Energy to ensure that roughly 100 percent of...
Strong economy, retailers' nimble tactics make Black Friday sales look promising, marketing experts say
LAWRENCE — Retailers likely will be happy with sales results of Black Friday, signaling many have changed their tactics in recent years to handle both in-store and online shoppers, according to two marketing faculty members in the University of Kansas School of Business. ...
New Title IX rules would make law inconsistent, campuses less safe, rape law experts says
LAWRENCE — The U.S. Department of Education released proposed new Title IX rules Friday, outlining a new process for how institutions of higher education would respond to sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations. Now in a 60-day review period, the proposal drew immediate criticism from sexual assault advocates and activists...
Senior earns KU’s first Mitchell Scholarship
LAWRENCE — A senior from Fort Worth, Texas, is the first University of Kansas student to win a George J. Mitchell Scholarship. ...
Annual report pinpoints timely data trends in Kansas
LAWRENCE — International exports in Kansas increased nearly $1 billion in value from 2007 to 2017. The state's contribution to international trade is one tidbit of information captured in the most recent Kansas Statistical Abstract. ...
The Commons teams up with architecture students to offer new access to campus garden
School of Business entrepreneurship program recognized by Princeton Review
LAWRENCE — As the University of Kansas School of Business school celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week, its undergraduate entrepreneurship program was ranked No. 18 in the U.S. by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. ...
New research offers detail, insight into deep-time evolution of animal life on islands
Alumni provide new mentoring opportunity for Self Graduate Fellows
LAWRENCE — The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship at the University of Kansas was established in 1989 and accepted its first two doctoral fellows in 1991. Since that time, the fellowship has supported a growing alumni network, which now includes 149 members across 34 states and five countries. This...
Aerospace engineering students earn international acclaim for design excellence
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students have continued a tradition of excellence, bringing home three awards from recent international aerospace design competitions. ...
Researchers identify early career publications as likely source of racial gap in NIH funding
"We found that because publications explain so much of the gap in funding, an intervention that focuses on how to convert research funding into publications seems to be warranted," said Donna Ginther, University of Kansas professor of economics and corresponding author of the forthcoming study published in the journal PLOS...
Resourcefulness, craftsmanship land bamboo bikes in show
LAWRENCE – The craftsmanship and warmth of University of Kansas researcher Lance Rake’s bamboo bicycles — combined with their eco-friendly, microeconomic production process — led to their inclusion in an upcoming exhibition titled “Keep Moving: Shifting Gears,” opening Nov. 17 at the Design Museum of Chicago’s Expo 72 space. ...
Website features stories of female journalists who cover violence
LAWRENCE — Journalists write about post-traumatic stress disorder, especially as it relates to combat veterans, on a regular basis. But few stop to think that those same journalists covering conflicts and violence around the world may be suffering from post-traumatic stress of their own. A University of Kansas faculty member...