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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. ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
Three pharmacy dean candidates invited to KU campus
LAWRENCE — Three candidates will visit the University of Kansas in a bid to be the next dean of the School of Pharmacy. Members of the KU community are encouraged to attend public presentations during each candidate’s on-campus interview and provide feedback to the search committee. ...
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. ...
Chancellor surprises student who was named as KU's 20th Truman Scholar
LAWRENCE — When Sam Steuart paid a brief visit to University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod’s office this week — ostensibly for a brief visit related to an upcoming presentation — the Topeka junior instead found balloons, cheers and hearty congratulations, along with news that he had been named...
How Sudan’s ‘Statue of Liberty’ helped topple Bashir
LAWRENCE – The image of a Sudanese woman standing atop a car demanding the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir that went viral this week, drawing comparisons to Nubian queens and the Statue of Liberty, may have been the tipping point in this phase of the revolution, according an historian of...
KU announces Women's Hall of Fame inductees for program's 50th anniversary
LAWRENCE — Since 1970, the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity has honored a select group of women to be inducted into the University of Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame. For the 50th anniversary of this prestigious honor, the ETC will celebrate KU’s rich legacy of phenomenal women...
KU Debate wins National Sweepstakes Championship
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas debate squad won the National Sweepstakes Championship as the top program in the country for the 2018-19 season from the Cross Examination Debate Association. The top ranking is based on points accumulated by teams at tournaments throughout the season. ...
University Dance Company Spring Concert will feature skiffle, African-American roots music
Colloquium will put Greenland archaeology in focus
LAWRENCE — Climate change in Greenland and how it poses a threat to archaeological heritage will be explored in an upcoming presentation by Hans Harmsen, archaeologist and curator of the Greenland National Museum & Archives. ...
Study outlines how social media can play successful role in protest in authoritarian countries
KU and city of Lawrence partner on fiber redundancy
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has partnered with the city of Lawrence and KanREN to complete a redundant and diverse internet pathway to campus. This new pathway makes it less likely that an accident or deliberate act could disrupt internet access on the KU Lawrence campus. The shared pathway...
School of Pharmacy will host 57th annual medicinal chemistry meeting
LAWRENCE — More than 200 of the brightest minds in medicinal chemistry will be in Lawrence this week as the 57th Annual MIKIW Conference gets underway at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. ...
New research will illuminate history of Aleutian Island peoples by analyzing their genomes
Mini-symposium to showcase work of the School of Architecture & Design’s Research Collaboratives
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design’s research centers and institutes are coming together to present their work at the Arc/D Innovation Collaborative from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Center for Design Research in KU’s West District. ...
2019 Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in Education Lecture set for April 17
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education will welcome Heidi Hallman, professor in the Department of Curriculum & Teaching, as the 2019 Budig Teaching Professorship in Education award recipient and featured lecturer. ...