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KU community mourns professor emerita of linguistics
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Frances Ingemann, professor emerita of linguistics. She died Jan. 28 at age 90. ...
Kazakhstan seeks to use language as tool for establishing independence, scholar says
KU EECS to offer RF Systems Engineering Certificate
LAWRENCE — The Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department at the University of Kansas has received approval to offer a certificate in RF Systems Engineering — a move that will strengthen the university’s ongoing partnership with Garmin International’s American headquarters in Olathe. ...
Duke scholar will present 'The Jews in the Show'
LAWRENCE — Duke University Professor Beth Holmgren will present “The Jews in the Show: Performing Poland for the Allies, 1942-1945” at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, in the English Room of the Kansas Union. ...
Kansas Geological Survey honors outstanding employee
LAWRENCE — Shelby Peterie, research geophysicist at the Kansas Geological Survey, has received the fifth annual KGS Outstanding Support Staff Recognition Award. ...
Kansas-themed event launches expanded museum programming
LAWRENCE — The KU Natural History Museum kicks off expanded programs for families, scouts, KU students, home-school groups and adults starting this weekend with an event dedicated to celebrating Kansas wildlife, plants and fossils. ...
Research reveals swaths of Asia inhabited by surprisingly related 'Lizards of the Lost Arcs'
KU Architecture & Design on short list of world's top programs
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design appears on a short list of the world’s top programs as compiled by Azure Magazine. ...
Amid shifting demographics, researchers strive to boost well-being for Wyandotte County with community health plan
KU plans first 24-hour day of giving with One Day. One KU.
LAWRENCE — On Tuesday, Feb. 20, alumni and friends from all over the world will come together to support the University of Kansas for its first 24-hour giving campaign, One Day. One KU. ...
New TPP agreement, tariffs show countries rebuke Trump trade policies, trade law expert says
LAWRENCE — Eleven countries have announced their intention to forge an Asia-Pacific trade deal after the United States pulled out of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2017. Japan’s economy minister said the agreement would be signed in Chile in March. President Donald Trump has also announced the U.S. would apply...
Business dean announces faculty leadership appointments
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas School of Business Dean L. Paige Fields announced the appointments of several faculty members to leadership positions and the restructuring of the school’s academic areas. ...
Spencer Museum, KU departments honor alumnus and artist Wendell Castle
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art, the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design and the KU School of the Arts mourn the loss of visionary artist and designer Wendell Castle, who passed away Jan. 20. A native of Emporia, Castle received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in...
KU researchers explore what makes Icelanders so creative
LAWRENCE — Everyone has heard of a friend, classmate, co-worker or associate described as creative. In Iceland, that descriptor can be applied to the majority of the nation’s population. By many international measures, Iceland is a leading nation in innovation and creativity in a number of fields, including design, music,...
Godwin earns pharmacy's top honor
After more than 50 years of service to the pharmacy profession, Professor Emeritus Harold Godwin has earned the Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). ...
University announces 2018 Global Scholars
LAWRENCE — Fourteen sophomores at the University of Kansas have been competitively selected as Global Scholars. This program, coordinated by Megan Greene, director of faculty programs for International Programs, recognizes and encourages undergraduate students who have an interest in global studies and a strong academic record. ...
Study looks at 'abortion regret' tactic in some states' legislation
States have enacted laws around "abortion regret," which focuses on the idea that abortion causes long-term health problems for women, said Alesha Doan, associate professor in the School of Public Affairs & Administration and Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Scientific evidence has largely discredited the idea, but it...
Priming can negate stressful aspects of negative sporting environments, study finds
LAWRENCE — The scene is ubiquitous in sports: A coach yells at players, creating an environment where winning is the sole focus and mistakes are punished. New research from the University of Kansas shows that when participants find themselves in such an environment, a priming session that includes information about...
Audio-Reader receives more than $15,000 from Rice Foundation
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for individuals who are blind, visually impaired and print-disabled, has received a $15,440 grant from the Ethel and Raymond Rice Foundation. The grant will help fund Braille Program Guides, several newspaper subscriptions, and outreach and awareness materials,...
Alumnus Scot Pollard will host 4th annual bowling tournament to support student scholarships
LAWRENCE — Scot Pollard and his wife, Dawn, in partnership with the School of Education, will host the fourth annual Pollard Beach Bowling Party on Friday, Jan. 26, at Royal Crest Bowling Lanes. ...
52 students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for spring
LAWRENCE — This spring, 52 KU students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards (UGRAs). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Fourth annual conversation on business, race and sports to feature sports writer Claire Smith
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business, the Langston Hughes Center and Kansas Athletics will present “The Power of Sport: A Conversation on Business, Race and Sports” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. ...
Pharmacy students travel across the state
LAWRENCE — Seventeen KU School of Pharmacy students will take a three-day trip across Kansas to visit 14 independent community pharmacies and their owners Jan 10-12. ...
Kosovar ambassador headlines Dole Institute’s spring offerings
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its full lineup of programs for the spring 2018 semester. ...
Statement from Dole Institute director Bill Lacy on Senator Bob Dole’s Congressional Gold Medal
"I cannot imagine someone more deserving of a Congressional Gold Medal than Senator Bob Dole. As a public servant, veteran and statesman, his career has improved the lives of millions of Americans. As a proud Kansan, he has never forgotten his home state. We are so pleased to see him...
Trump reaches new low, communication expert says
LAWRENCE — With controversy over his “shithole” remark still roiling days later and the one-year anniversary of his inauguration Saturday, an expert in presidential rhetoric says iconoclastic President Donald Trump has degraded the office he holds. ...
Artist, poet, scholar Eve Ewing to give poetry lecture
LAWRENCE — Creative scholar Eve Ewing will deliver the Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture for The Commons at 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at Liberty Hall. Her presentation will be a hybrid lecture and poetry reading, titled “Poetry in Context.”...
Breakthrough enables screening millions of human antibodies for new drug discovery
LAWRENCE — A paper just published in Nature Biotechnology outlines a pioneering method of screening a person’s diverse set of antibodies for rapid therapeutic discovery. Antibody proteins are an important part of the human immune system that specifically target foreign viruses and bacteria, and they have been the fastest-growing class...
Professor outlines environmental degradation to Mediterranean
LAWRENCE — Climate change is posing problems around the world to the way people live and feed themselves. In the Mediterranean Basin, a vital region to dozens of nations, it is exacerbating the existing problems of environmental degradation, agricultural land misuse, pollution, population increases and declining species. A University of...