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‘Beyond Pearl Harbor’ offers rest of story surrounding infamous attack
LAWRENCE — Dec. 7, 1941. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A date which will live in infamy. ...
Breakthrough material could lead to cheaper, more widespread solar panels and other electronics
LAWRENCE — Imagine printing electronic devices using a simple inkjet printer — or even painting a solar panel onto the wall of a building. ...
KU Libraries open Software Carpentry workshop registration
LAWRENCE — KU Libraries, along with key partners, will host a Software Carpentry workshop. Software Carpentry aims to help University of Kansas researchers work more efficiently by teaching basic research computing skills. The workshop will take place Aug. 20-21 in 3152 Learned. ...
KU researchers will test system customized to help individual students succeed
LAWRENCE — As no two students learn the same way, educators are relying more on systems with a variety of methods to improve students’ educational opportunities. To that end, University of Kansas researchers will test a systems-level framework known as the Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (Ci3T) Model of Prevention, designed to...
Cultural historian available to discuss moon landing anniversary
LAWRENCE — On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 became the first crewed mission to land on the surface of the moon. Considered one of mankind’s most historic achievements, the U.S. mission turned science fiction into reality. This Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the momentous event. ...
NSF grant supports study on how state cuts to higher education affect research output
LAWRENCE — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $236,790 grant to the University of Kansas for Donna Ginther, professor of economics and interim director of the Institute for Policy & Social Research, to study the effects of research funding on research outputs. ...
Philosophy classes can affect real-world behavior, study finds
LAWRENCE — College philosophy classes may open your mind to new ways of thinking. But can they really affect how you behave? ...
KU Engineering selects associate dean for academic affairs
LAWRENCE — Susan Williams, professor of chemical & petroleum engineering, has been named as the associate dean for academic affairs (ADAA) for the University of Kansas School of Engineering. The ADAA leads the school’s academic affairs at the undergraduate and graduate levels and plays a critical role in promoting and...
Spencer Museum awarded $650K from Mellon Foundation to continue Integrated Arts Research Initiative
Expert predicted exodus from Central America
LAWRENCE – First, the indigenous people of Central America’s Northern Triangle region were economically marginalized. Then they were massacred in the ideological civil war that raged across El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras during the 1980s and early ’90s. Now, climate change has driven many to starvation. ...
Architecture student receives national Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Fourth-year University of Kansas architecture student Ashley Farrow was selected to receive a national Phi Kappa Phi fellowship as she completes her master’s degree. ...
KU Libraries announce 2019 Research Sprints participants
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries have announced the 2019 Research Sprints participants: Sara Gregg, associate professor of history and environmental studies, and Melissa Peterson, lecturer for the Applied English Center. As a result of having their projects chosen through a competitive selection process, Gregg and Peterson each spent...
Sociology department announces spring student awards 2019
LAWRENCE — Students in the Department of Sociology at the University of Kansas received $67,000 in awards and scholarship for outstanding academic achievement as part of the department’s spring awards. ...
Addiction treatment program for community members to expand
LAWRENCE — A free University of Kansas program that helps community members with addictions is set to expand through a local grant and support from Douglas County. ...
Play asks: How can we tolerate intolerance?
LAWRENCE – Can we tolerate intolerance? If so, how? And why should we? ...
Historic scroll severed by warfare reunited through professor’s quest
LAWRENCE — Paul Mirecki found himself in the middle of an Indiana Jones-style quest involving looted antiquities. ...
SCOTUS ruling will stymie use of census for political immigration influence for now, professor says
LAWRENCE — The Supreme Court announced Thursday a ruling that prevents the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, at least temporarily. In a partially unanimous ruling, with splits among justices in various sections of the case, the court upheld a ruling from the Southern District...
Engineering education outreach program benefits Kansas teachers
LAWRENCE — High school teachers from across Kansas are gathered at the University of Kansas for six weeks this summer to participate in research and learn skills they’ll take back to their classrooms this fall. ...
Audio-Reader wins multiple awards at international conference
LAWRENCE — Kansas Audio-Reader was recently honored with six awards in excellence at the 2019 International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS). This year’s conference, held in Phoenix, recognized Audio-Reader in six categories:...
Sara Baer will lead Kansas Biological Survey
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of Research has announced that Sara Baer has accepted the position of director of the Kansas Biological Survey, a KU designated research center with dual status as a state agency. Baer has been professor and chair of the Department of Plant Biology at...
Once a war refugee and now an evolutionary biologist, doctoral student models future habitats for flagship bird species in West Africa
LAWRENCE — Growing up in Liberia during that country’s brutal 14-year civil war, Benedictus Freeman and his family fled into the rainforest, where they survived for years eating bush meat and foraging. The rainforest provided Freeman sustenance and protection — but more than that, the experience ignited a passion in...
LGBTQ historian available to discuss Stonewall Riots anniversary
LAWRENCE — On June 28, 1969, a police raid at the Stonewall Inn prompted members of New York City’s gay community to engage in violent demonstrations that became known as the Stonewall Riots. This Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the momentous event. ...
Entrenched stereotypes keeping women from military front lines, professors' new book says
LAWRENCE — For more than a century, it was culturally unacceptable for women to join men in the front lines of combat in the U.S. military. Even though the policy banning women from combat roles has been rescinded, their integration into the front line and special operations has been slow...