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KU study finds parenting program reduces foster care time for kids
LAWRENCE — Children with severe emotional or behavioral problems tend to stay in foster care longer than their peers and are less likely to be reunited with their birth parents. New research from the University of Kansas has shown that a parenting skills intervention designed to help reunify this population...
KU Alumni Association announces recipient of Fred Ellsworth Medallion
LAWRENCE — The 2018 recipient of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion for extraordinary service to the University of Kansas is Bernadette Gray-Little, the university’s 17th chancellor, who stepped down in 2017 after eight years of leadership. The KU Alumni Association will honor her Sept. 14 during the fall meeting of the...
Shining light on dark fiber, other broadband networks
LAWRENCE — Only a couple of months after they were installed in 2016, New York City decided to cut off internet access to a series of “smart city” kiosks it built to replace old telephone booths after homeless people monopolized them with such socially unpleasant activities as watching pornography and...
Most people don't change their views after seeing racial disparities in police statistics, study finds
LAWRENCE — What people believe is the cause of racial disparities in police stops does influence whether they generally view police officers as trustworthy, but most people also don't change their views in light of reading those statistics, according to a study led by a University of Kansas researcher of...
State-of-the-art imaging techniques reveal heightened detail and beauty of vertebrate life
LAWRENCE — A mingling of science and art, the next-generation photographs of vertebrate skeletons are at once fascinating, eerie, intricate and exquisite. ...
KU Libraries accepting nominations for 5th annual open access award
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries are now accepting nominations for the fifth annual Shulenburger Award for Innovation & Advocacy in Scholarly Communication. The award will be granted for exceptional efforts to advance innovations in open sharing and advocacy for positive change in the scholarly communication system. ...
KU law faculty among nation’s most productive legal scholars
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law ranks 48th overall and 22nd among public law schools nationally for scholarly impact, according to a new study. ...
Innovative study to examine role of grievances as precursor to extremism, terrorism
LAWRENCE — Researchers have failed to properly study the role of specific grievances as a precursor to extremism and acts of terrorism, often substituting large macro-level issues as a proxy for individual reasons behind attacks, according to a University of Kansas researcher. ...
Chancellors Club award recipients specialize in cancer research, journalism
LAWRENCE — A cancer geneticist at University of Kansas Medical Center and a longtime professor of journalism at the University of Kansas will be honored respectively for their research and teaching by KU Endowment’s Chancellors Club. ...
Criticism of Supreme Court arbitration decisions should be reconsidered in historical context, law professor writes
LAWRENCE — In some legal circles, there is a general consensus that when it comes to U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding arbitration, “no one thinks they got it right.” That’s not entirely true, as the decisions are defensible when viewed alongside historic changes to the American legal landscape, a University...
Study identifies distinct groups interested in types of electric vehicles
LAWRENCE — Drivers considering plug-in hybrid vehicles with a gasoline backup are most interested in economic benefits while those gravitating toward battery-electric vehicles have stronger environmental concerns, according to a study led by a University of Kansas transportation policy scholar. ...
Renegotiated NAFTA between US, Mexico raises more questions than answers, trade law expert says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States had reached an agreement with Mexico to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement. He added that Canada could be left out of the new agreement in which the two nations will revise several key elements of the original...
Researchers will present findings on KC opioid abuse, recovery resources
LAWRENCE — In 2016, the Kansas City Opioid Treatment Work Group made a recommendation for a more comprehensive community needs assessment of the addiction continuum of care in the Greater Kansas City metropolitan area to address concerns about rising opioid-related deaths and overdoses. ...
Diversity & Equity appoints 2 to new roles
LAWRENCE — The Office of Diversity & Equity at the University of Kansas announced new leadership and program appointments. ...
'Documented: Perspectives on Migration and Creation' exhibition to open in Haricombe Gallery on Sept. 4
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries will open a new exhibition in the Haricombe Gallery this September. “Documented: Perspectives on Migration and Creation” showcases programs, initiatives, art and scholarship that explores the intersections between migration, immigration and creative identity. ...
Book argues against anointing Thomas Paine as 'patron saint' of natural rights philosophy
Spencer Museum’s exhibition 'Kansas Farmers' explores contemporary agriculture
LAWRENCE — Fifty photographs of Kansas agriculture are now on view at the Spencer Museum of Art in the exhibition “Larry Schwarm: Kansas Farmers.” The images created by Greensburg native and University of Kansas alumnus Larry Schwarm explore the contemporary realities of farm life in Kansas. A book of the...
KU to test emergency alert systems Aug. 27
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will conduct a campuswide test of its emergency alert systems at 10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27. ...
Center for Teaching Excellence selects 4 teams for Curriculum Innovation Program
LAWRENCE — Four teams of faculty members at the University of Kansas have been selected for a one-year Curriculum Innovation Program aimed at transforming important components of their curricula. ...
Professor selected for 2nd term to lead IEEE Women Engineering Committee
LAWRENCE — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan was selected for a second term as the Institute of Engineering and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2018 Global Chair of the Women in Engineering (WIE) Committee. WIE is one of the largest international professional organizations dedicated to promoting women engineers and scientists as well as inspiring girls...
University announces May, June Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the May and June Employees of the Month:...
Ongoing violence against Emmett Till’s memory demands action, professor says
LAWRENCE – If President Donald Trump wants to do something to promote racial reconciliation, he could use the upcoming 63rd anniversary of the murder of black teenager Emmett Till by white racists in Mississippi (Aug. 28) to name the sites associated with Till’s martyrdom a national monument. ...
KLETC announces 251st law enforcement basic training graduates
YODER — Fifty-three new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Aug. 10. University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
New speaker series gives KU MBA students opportunity to learn from chief executives
LAWRENCE — A new speaker series in the University of Kansas School of Business will bring top business executives into the classroom over the 2018-19 academic year. ...