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Gift to Dole Institute launches Edward F. Reilly Lecture
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announced this week a gift from Edward F. Reilly Jr., to establish and endow the Edward F. Reilly Lecture. The inaugural lecture will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the institute. ...
KU to participate in sexual assault climate survey
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will join 32 other universities participating in a national campus climate survey on sexual assault and misconduct. ...
Department’s 2018 Dr. Bob Run 5K Event set for Oct. 6
LAWRENCE — The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas invites walkers and runners to participate in the ninth annual Dr. Bob Run 5K Event, supporting student scholarships. The 2018 Dr. Bob Run event will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Rim...
University community mourns death of business professor emeritus Bill Beedles
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of Bill Beedles, professor emeritus of finance from the School of Business. Beedles died Sept. 24. He was 70. ...
Professors establish new professional society focused on catalysis
LAWRENCE — Faculty members from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have joined forces with academics and corporations across the region to form a new professional society, the Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS). ...
KU announces Ex.C.E.L. Award winners, concludes 106th Homecoming celebration
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas students, Jose Montoya of Los Lunas, New Mexico, and Jonnette Oakes of Topeka, are winners of the 28th annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership (Ex.C.E.L.) Awards. The award presentation during halftime of the KU-Oklahoma State football game Sept. 29 in the David Booth...
Leadership to expand undergraduate experiential learning opportunities at KU
LAWRENCE — Six years ago the University of Kansas took the bold step of incorporating experiential learning into the new KU Core curriculum. Students responded, engaged and learned. ...
KU Endowment board elects new chair, trustees
LAWRENCE — At the Sept. 28 annual meeting of the KU Endowment board of trustees, the board elected David Dillon as chair, William Docking as vice chair and two other KU alumni as trustees. Dillon succeeds Deanell Reece Tacha, who served as chair since 2014. ...
KU grows enrollment for fifth straight year, sets all-time highs in key metrics
LAWRENCE — It is a record-setting year for the University of Kansas. ...
New NAFTA has good, bad news; Trump likely to mistakenly oversell it, trade law expert says
LAWRENCE — Trade officials have announced Canada made a last-minute agreement to join the United States and Mexico in a revamped version of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The announcement means the 25-year-old NAFTA deal will be kept in place, though with new terms, and that Canada will not...
Study shows how media's influence on public opinion varies by country
LAWRENCE — An old adage in journalism research holds that the media can’t tell you what to think, but it can tell you what to think about. A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Kansas shows that despite a rapidly changing media landscape and ever-increasing globalization, factors that affect how...
School of Education to host inaugural Lelon Capps Lecture Series Presentation
LAWRENCE — The Department of Curriculum & Teaching at the University of Kansas will welcome Jennifer Bay-Williams, author and featured presenter for the inaugural Lelon Capps Lecture Series event. ...
KU to host conference on cybersecurity for the ‘Internet of Things’
Additional discussions will include an industry panel speaking on the challenges of secure communications in diverse markets, as well as select KU faculty speaking on a variety of topics supported by the National Security Agency’s Science of Security Lablet. ...
School of Architecture & Design announces 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design (Arc/D) at the University of Kansas has announced the recipients of the 2018 Distinguished Alumni Awards. This year’s honorees are architect John Guenther, Distinguished Alumnus; designer and executive David Hill, Distinguished Alumnus; and architect Laura Eder, Young Architect/Designer. ...
Researchers develop airborne radars to gauge US snowpack characteristics for water models
Study explores how efforts to make science relevant to diverse populations inadvertently create divisions
LAWRENCE — Around the turn of the 20th century, U.S. educators widely considered certain populations less educated, less healthy and unprepared to be true American citizens. If asked, most might argue those practices have disappeared as social norms have changed — particularly given that many reforms today focus on equity...
KU recognizes two educators with Chancellors Club professorships
LAWRENCE — Two professors from the University of Kansas Medical Center, both well-known as scientists, researchers and educators, now share an additional distinction of being recognized as Chancellors Club Teaching Professors for 2018. ...
Third candidate for vice chancellor for research to present Thursday
LAWRNCE — Indiana University’s Vice Chancellor for Research Simon Atkinson will make a public presentation Thursday, Sept. 27, as a candidate for vice chancellor for research at the University of Kansas. ...
Neighborhood conditions play important role in mortality but vary by race, study finds
Possible Rosenstein resignation or ouster would severely test rule of law in US, professor says
LAWRENCE — Rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney general, is expected to leave his position, media outlets are reporting, and he will meet with President Donald Trump Thursday to discuss his future. The news comes after it was reported last week he considered invoking the 25th Amendment and secretly recording President Donald...
Eight KU seniors named finalists for 28th annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
LAWRENCE — Eight finalists have been selected for the 28th annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards at the University of Kansas. The finalists, all seniors, will participate in the Homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, along Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. Two winners will be announced...
United Way campus fund drive will begin Oct. 1 with Kickoff Fair
LAWRENCE — The 2018 United Way of Douglas County campus fund drive begins Oct. 1 with a Kickoff Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the lawns in front of Watson Library and Stauffer-Flint Hall. ...
KU Mobile Natural History Museum will make a splash at Douglas County Water Festival
LAWRENCE — More than 800 fifth-grade students from Douglas County will converge on the Bloomington Park area of Clinton Lake next week for the Douglas County Water Festival. ...
Three sociology faculty members honored with professorships
LAWRENCE — Three faculty members from the University of Kansas Department of Sociology have been chosen to hold named professorships. Each will be recognized for outstanding contributions to the department, university and profession. ...
KU announces Mortar Board inductees
LAWRENCE — The Torch chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society at the University of Kansas has announced its new members. ...