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School of Engineering announces new department chair
LAWRENCE — Erik Perrins, professor of electrical engineering & computer science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, will assume the role of department chair July 1. ...
KU names next director of Emily Taylor Center
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has selected the director of Amherst College’s Multicultural Resource Center to be the next director of the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
Military historian available to discuss D-Day anniversary
LAWRENCE — On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The event became known worldwide as D-Day, a turning point in World War II. This Thursday marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. ...
KPR’s Cinema a Go Go will celebrate 10th anniversary June 14
LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” will celebrate an important milestone with moon-landing mayhem at an upcoming event at Liberty Hall. ...
Program marks 20 years of service to KC-area veterans
LAWRENCE — For 20 years, the University of Kansas TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program has served veterans in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area. Outgoing director Julia O'Dell can still recall what she told staffers at their first meeting in 1999. ...
Professor explores the historical effects of ‘Fat’ stereotyping
LAWRENCE — Disgust or contempt. ...
Tariff threat to Mexico potential abuse of presidential powers, imprudent in face of trade war, professor says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would impose tariffs on all goods entering the United States on Mexico to motivate the country to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigration. ...
Special event planned for grand opening of Prairie Block
LAWRENCE — A free and family-friendly event this week will celebrate the fascinating world of the Sunflower State's native prairie ecosystem and local trails. ...
Book aims to rethink how school-age mothers are taught, engaged with education
LAWRENCE — Any teacher can attest that reaching students is easier and their lessons more effective when they can relate to classroom subject matter. Yet for school-age mothers and other “at-risk” students, curriculum most often utilizes a deficit model, or fixing what students are deemed to be lacking. A University...
KPR will host 3rd annual Ice Cream Social
LAWRENCE — To thank its listeners for being a supporter of local news, music and events, Kansas Public Radio will host an ice cream social from 5 to 7 p.m. June 20 at the Union Pacific Depot in north Lawrence. ...
KU to test public address emergency alert system May 29
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will conduct a campuswide test of its public address emergency alert system at noon Wednesday, May 29. This test will feature voice alerts through the system. ...
Supernovae zapped Earth 2.6M years ago — researchers wonder if they prompted human ancestors to walk upright
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Former secretary of transportation will lead Public Management Center
LAWRENCE — Deb Miller has begun her tenure as the new director of the Public Management Center, based at the University of Kansas. Miller served as the Kansas secretary of transportation from 2003 to 2011, and her appointment spanned the terms of three Kansas governors. She was the longest-serving secretary...
KU Phi Kappa Phi announces 2019 fellowship recipient
LAWRENCE — A fourth-year architecture student at the University of Kansas was selected to receive a fellowship award from the KU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. ...
Professor’s debut book tracks down China's 'Missing Girls'
LAWRENCE — When University of Kansas professor John James Kennedy began working in rural China, he would get introduced to villagers with multiple children – despite the country’s strict one-child policy. ...
Law school honors 2019 graduates for scholarship, leadership and service
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law honored Class of 2019 graduates at a hooding ceremony May 18. During the ceremony, nine students received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community. ...
School of Education announces anticipated name change, effective fall 2020
LAWRENCE — The School of Education at the University of Kansas is changing its name, effective fall 2020. Approved by the Council of Chief Academic Officers and the Kansas Board of Regents on April 17, the new name will be School of Education and Human Sciences. ...
Doctoral researcher examines American and European 'lifestyle migrants' in Costa Rica
LAWRENCE — With miles of beaches on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, a lower cost of living and a stable political climate, Costa Rica has enticed tens of thousands of American and European expatriates to put down roots, buy homes and start businesses in that country. ...
Study shows adults with disabilities have challenges with insurance, despite improvements to ACA
Emperor’s art catalog gives window into ancient China
LAWRENCE — After the Golden Horde swarmed over the Great Wall of China and dethroned the Northern Song Dynasty in 1127, deposed Emperor Huizong became known as a dilettante who collected over 6,000 paintings and worked on his own art while ignoring the country’s defense. But a new book by...
Kansas Athletics launches groundbreaking new model for student-athlete care
LAWRENCE — Kansas Athletics is launching a new model of student-athlete care believed to be the first of its kind among major collegiate athletics programs. ...
Engaging All Students & Teachers conference set for June 7
LAWRENCE — The School of Education at the University of Kansas will host the 12th annual Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators June 7. This year’s conference, “Engaging all Students and Teachers,” will focus on the needs for today’s PK-12 teachers, schools, districts and other...
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony applauds groundbreaking researchers
LAWRENCE — More than 230 graduate students at the University of Kansas were awarded doctorates at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 18 in the Lied Center. University marshals presided over the ceremony, joined by Interim Dean Audrey Lamb, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Carl Lejuez, school deans...
Belgian Ambassador Dirk Wouters to visit Dole Institute
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will welcome Dirk Wouters, ambassador of Belgium to the United States, for a public program this summer. ...