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Public opinion on wrongful convictions swayed by entertainment series, study finds
LAWRENCE — Americans are hooked on the Netflix series “When They See Us,” which reconstructs the true story of five Harlem teens falsely accused of a brutal crime. ...
KU insurance certificate program announces 15 industry partners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business has established industry partnerships with 15 insurance companies for its newest certificate program. The companies have committed $660,000 in total to date to support the Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management program. ...
KU professor plays key role in clarifying international arbitration law for judges, lawyers
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas law professor has played a key role in recent efforts to clarify U.S. law governing international arbitration. Christopher Drahozal, the John M. Rounds Professor of Law at KU, served as an associate reporter for the Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial and...
Annual summer tour of KU medicinal garden set for June 21
LAWRENCE — The public is invited to the summer semiannual tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 21. The tour is scheduled for evening on the summer solstice. ...
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...
Professor proves complete reliability of software remains impossible
LAWRENCE — If your car has an electronic parking brake, you’re asking for trouble. ...
13 students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer
LAWRENCE — This summer, 13 University of Kansas students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards, which come with $1,000 scholarships as recipients work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
First Soviet hijacking triggers insights into Cold War boundaries
LAWRENCE — There was a time when hijacking a plane was considered heroic. Glamorous, even. ...
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. ...
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...
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:...
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. ...