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Paleontologist, chemist honored with KU research achievement awards
LAWRENCE – A paleontologist chronicling the prehistoric origin of bird flight and a chemist creating new technologies for personalized cancer treatment are the recipients of the inaugural KU Research Achievement Awards. ...
Annual Shutz Lecture to consider 'Science of Better'
LAWRENCE — Suman Mallik, associate professor of operations and supply chain management at the University of Kansas, will deliver the annual Shutz Lecture at 3:30 p.m. March 28 in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union. All are welcome to attend, and a reception will follow. ...
The Journal selected as Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award recipient
LAWRENCE — Journalists from The Journal are recipients of this year’s Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award from the William Allen White Foundation Board of Trustees. ...
KLETC announces 254th law enforcement training graduating class
YODER — Fifty-one new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on March 8. Independence Police Chief Jerry Harrison was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
New online exercise science degree offers students flexible health and wellness career options
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas School of Education and the Edwards Campus in Overland Park have developed a new exercise science undergraduate degree program to fill the demand for health and wellness jobs in fields such as corporate fitness, exercise, nutrition, and strength and conditioning. Students can earn...
Avary Kolasinski wins best poster award at SIAM Conference
LAWRENCE — Avary Kolasinski, University of Kansas mathematics graduate student, received the best poster award at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on Computational Science and Engineering. The conference was Feb. 25-March 1 in Spokane, Washington. ...
Project to pilot tools to meet STEM learning goals in California classrooms
LAWRENCE — Just as the tools of the classroom have changed from slates and blackboards to tablets and computers, so, too, have the learning goals changed. ...
U.S. News & World Report lists 48 KU graduate programs in top 50 among public schools in 2020 rankings
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has 11 graduate programs ranked in the top 10 and 48 programs in the top 50 among public universities in the latest rankings from U.S. News and World Report, released today. ...
Outreach strategies key to boost black student enrollment in college, research says
LAWRENCE — Across the country, black students are underrepresented in higher education, even while colleges and universities look for ways to boost enrollment. A University of Kansas doctoral student has conducted and presented research on barriers to college access and calls for higher education outreach to communities, schools and parents...
Avoiding pitfalls of cultural appropriation in dance
LAWRENCE — From the time she was a young dancer just starting to learn Spain’s flamenco tradition, future University of Kansas Professor Michelle Heffner Hayes was concerned about the issue of improper cultural appropriation. ...
New book highlights plaintiff stories of Brown v. Board of Education
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas and the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research have released a new book, "Recovering Untold Stories: An Enduring Legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision." ...
KU cadets participating in airlift training exercise March 10
LAWRENCE — Army ROTC and Marine ROTC Cadets from the University of Kansas Jayhawk Battalion will be catching a ride home from Fort Riley on Chinook helicopters this week. ...
Graduate students honored for communicating research
LAWRENCE — In the final round of the Three Minute Thesis competition Feb. 28, judges selected the first-place winner, Kait Howard. A master’s degree student in bioengineering, she received a $500 award and will represent KU at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools' 3MT Competition later this month in St. ...
Denise Farmer named recipient of this year’s C.L.A.S.S. Award
LAWRENCE – Denise Farmer, student success coach within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Online degree completion program, been named the recipient of this year’s C.L.A.S.S. Award for her dedication to supporting students. ...
$2.8M gift establishes scholarships for KU medical students
LAWRENCE — A gift of more than $2.8 million from the estate of a California couple who were native Kansans will fund scholarships for medical students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. ...
Honors director finalists to give public presentations
LAWRENCE — The university community is invited to attend public presentations delivered by three finalists for director of the University Honors Program at the University of Kansas. ...
19th Street reconstruction affecting traffic, some bus routes
LAWRENCE — Beginning Monday, March 11, work is scheduled to begin on the 19th Street Reconstruction and Pedestrian Tunnel projects at the south end of the Lawrence campus. ...
Retiree luncheon dates announced
Study: Lost productivity to March Madness part of the game in sporting organizations
LAWRENCE — Every spring, the NCAA basketball tournament tips off and people around the country call in sick, take long lunch hours or watch games at their desk, sometimes in a clandestine fashion, sometimes in the open. And just as regularly, stories follow about the lost productivity due to March...
Kansas Supreme Court set to visit KU
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Supreme Court is set to visit the University of Kansas as part of an ongoing outreach program to familiarize Kansans with the high court and its work. ...
KU community mourns death of School of Engineering professor James Sterbenz
LAWRENCE — The University of Kanas community is mourning the death James Sterbenz, professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. He died Feb. 25 in Lawrence. ...
Researchers tackle mysteries of dark matter, dark energy with new DOE grant
LAWRENCE — Can’t find your house keys? Frustrated by that sock that seemed to disappear during laundry? ...
Students earn top honors at Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas student designers who attended the recent Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF), Region V went home with first-place awards from the judging panel:...
School of Architecture & Design welcomes faculty member
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the appointment of Gregory Crichlow as assistant professor of architecture. He will begin his work in this new capacity starting in fall 2019. ...
Business professor named Fellow of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
LAWRENCE — Jill Ellingson, professor of human resource management and Dana Anderson Research Fellow, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The honor recognizes her distinguished contributions to the field, including her research on human resource management, individual differences and employment assessment. ...
Visiting scholar to present annual lecture on premodern climate change
LAWRENCE — Where do the stories we tell about the weather come from? How long have we been telling them? Centuries before the advent of global warming accelerated by industrialization, humans imagined their own actions to bring about weather events. Professor Kellie Robertson of the University of Maryland will take...
Professor explores free trade agreement protections for women's, LGBTQ rights
LAWRENCE — The world of international trade is changing rapidly, with the United States and trading partners levying new tariffs, while new free trade agreements are formed and others scrapped. In the midst of the ongoing trade upheaval, a University of Kansas law professor has examined how such agreements can...