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KPR wraps up spring membership drive with $336K in pledges
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio ended its spring membership drive with $336,000 in listener pledges. ...
Vicki Schmidt earns pharmacy school's top honor
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy will present its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt on Friday, April 26, at the School of Pharmacy building in Lawrence. ...
Over 300 students to present projects at Undergraduate Research Symposium
LAWRENCE — The 22nd annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27. More than 300 University of Kansas undergraduates from departments across campus will share their research and creative projects at this annual event, which will take place in the Kansas Union and the Commons...
Study examines how tribes have used treaty rights to successfully halt energy development on indigenous lands
KU Debate will present 'Resolved: The Authority of the President of the United States Should Be Substantially Curtailed'
LAWRENCE — KU Libraries will host a Gallery Lecture Series presentation by the University of Kansas debate team and Scott Harris, director and coach. The presentation, titled “Resolved: The Authority of the President of the United States Should Be Substantially Curtailed,” will take place from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday,...
Book examines struggles over memory of Emmett Till
LAWRENCE – While historians have long recognized the galvanizing effect teenager Emmett Till’s 1955 lynching had on the American civil rights movement, the stories of how the murder was shaped by and, in turn, shaped the Mississippi Delta communities closest to it have never been told. Until now. ...
Graduate student awards ceremony will celebrate excellence
LAWRENCE — More than 70 outstanding graduate students, as well as staff and faculty, will be recognized at the annual University of Kansas Graduate Awards Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Awards will be presented by Audrey Lamb, interim dean of graduate studies. ...
KU names new director of University Honors Program
LAWRENCE — The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas has named Sarah Crawford-Parker as the next director of the University Honors Program. ...
KPR’s 'Retro Cocktail Hour' hosts Cinema a Go Go with a tiki twist
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s “Retro Cocktail Hour” is bringing to the big screen a frightfully fun double feature starting at 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Liberty Hall. The cheesy classics “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954) and “The Beach Girls and the Monster” (1965) both have a lovely...
Political science department honors top students, honor society initiates
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Political Science Department recently honored its top students at an annual recognition ceremony with awards and induction into Pi Sigma Alpha. ...
KU nominates 4 students for Astronaut Scholarships
LAWRENCE — Four academically talented University of Kansas students will be competing for scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. ...
First pharmacy dean candidate to present April 23
LAWRENCE — The associate dean for clinical and medical center affairs with the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is the first candidate who will take part in on-campus interviews for the position of KU dean of pharmacy. ...
New NSF grant could make lithium-ion batteries safer and promote their industrial use
KU receives NEH-Mellon Humanities Open Book grant
LAWRENCE — With support from a two-year, $129,000 grant, the University of Kansas Libraries and the University Press of Kansas will convert out-of-print humanities texts into freely accessible digital resources. This project is part of the Humanities Open Book grant program led by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the...
2019 KU Common Book offers complex view of United States
“America is broken. You don’t need a fistful of statistics to know this. You just need eyes and ears and stories.” — Editor John Freeman...
Academy Award-winning screenwriter to speak at Media & the Law Seminar
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI — Media and legal professionals in Kansas City will be able to hear from an Academy Award-winning screenwriter during the 32nd Annual Media & the Law Seminar. The seminar will be held May 2-3 at the Sheraton Hotel at Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
School of Business names 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will honor Tom Bené and Frank Friedman with its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award. ...
KU recognizes 2019 Sustainability Leadership Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability will recognize five individuals and initiatives with Sustainability Leadership Awards on Friday, April 19. The awards highlight outstanding leadership and creativity in addressing issues of ecology, efficiency and equity on the Lawrence campus and in the broader community. Award recipients are...
Ten students receive KU Field Station Student Research Awards for 2019
LAWRENCE — Students will fan out across the University of Kansas Field Station this summer, carrying out experiments for their own ecological research. Their work covers subjects such as prairie restoration, prescribed fire monitoring, soil structure and harmful algal blooms. Each year, the Kansas Biological Survey provides annual awards to...
Research Excellence Initiative provides $580,000 to support College researchers
LAWRENCE — Faculty and student research across the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas received a $580,000 boost from the 2018-2019 Research Excellence Initiative awards. ...
KU institute designated lead agency of Kansas' State Data Center
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) has been designated the lead agency of the State Data Center for the state of Kansas. In this role, IPSR — under the leadership of Xan Wedel — will work with a network of other Kansas data...
Journalism class provides coverage for Kansas community without newspaper
LAWRENCE — As the media landscape continues to change across the country, more communities are finding themselves in news deserts, without the coverage where they once had thriving newspapers. Meanwhile, journalism students are looking to learn their craft and gain real-world experience. In Kansas, one community is close enough to...
Groundwater levels slightly up or near steady in western, central Kansas
LAWRENCE — Groundwater levels during 2018, on average, rose slightly or remained about even throughout most of western and central Kansas, according to preliminary data compiled by the Kansas Geological Survey. ...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 19th annual symposium
LAWRENCE — Research relating to cancer, developmental genetics, microbiology, behavior in model organisms, enzymes and proteins, soils and Native American communities will be among student research presented at the 19th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...