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KU mourns death of former pharmacy dean
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of former vice chancellor and longtime KU School of Pharmacy Dean Howard Mossberg. ...
KU students among top competitors at 2018 Yale Hindi Debate
LAWRENCE – Two University of Kansas students were among the top competitors at the 2018 Yale Hindi Debate. This marks the second year that KU has participated in the event, which draws a number of students from top national colleges and universities. ...
Added message in Syrian missile strikes, international relations scholar says
LAWRENCE — Last weekend's U.S. missile strikes in Syria likely had added meaning than simply retaliating against Bashar al-Assad for using chemical weapons against his own people, according to a University of Kansas researcher of Russian foreign policy. ...
Extremist group researcher can comment on issues in Kansas militia trial
LAWRENCE — In a federal trial of three Kansas men accused of plotting to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Garden City, attorneys have argued about whether the men were working on a terrorist plot or simply engaging in idle talk recorded by federal agent. ...
KU recognizes 12 students with prestigious 2018 University Awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is recognizing 12 students with awards that honor community engagement, leadership and academics. ...
Public invited to inclusive recreation event
LAWRENCE — KU Recreation Services, together with the University of Kansas Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences and Amateur Sport Research Center, have announced the first Inclusive Recreation Extravaganza. The event will take place 4:30-7:30 p.m. today, April 17, at Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. ...
Texas women's clinic restrictions increased fertility rate for unmarried women, study finds
Distinguished professor to illuminate particle collider discoveries’ effect on universe
LAWRENCE — Breaking subatomic particles with complex equipment can tell humans about additional dimensions in our universe. The practice can also lead to development of new technologies for medical and engineering applications. ...
Information for news media covering April 20 installation of KU Chancellor Douglas A. Girod
LAWRENCE — Members of the news media will have reserved seating for the April 20 installation ceremony for University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod. Media members, RSVP to ebp@ku.edu by noon Thursday, April 19. ...
Political climate spurs Kansas immigrants to fear interactions in daily life, study finds
LAWRENCE — A two-decade trend of immigrant criminalization has seemingly peaked with the 2017 Trump administration executive orders, and it has altered the context in which immigrants live well beyond border states, according to new research by University of Kansas scholars. ...
Steel bridge team preparing for regional competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students will test their bridge-building skills against competitors from other Midwestern universities later this month. ...
KLETC announces law enforcement training graduates
YODER — Fifty-eight new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on March 30. Sandy Horton, executive director of the Kansas Sheriffs’ Association, was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Jayhawk Motorsports racing into competition season
LAWRENCE — The Jayhawk Motorsports team will unveil its new built-from-scratch cars at a public event in Downtown Lawrence later this month. ...
Leading physicist Brian Greene to present Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium lecture
LAWRENCE – Brian Greene, one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists and a brilliant, entertaining communicator of cutting-edge scientific concepts, will deliver the Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship Symposium lecture at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, at the Burge Union. Greene’s lecture, titled “Big Science and the Future of...
Rock musical 'Spring Awakening' Is KU Theatre's season finale
LAWRENCE — In this pulse-pounding rock musical adapted from a controversial 1891 play, young men and women struggle to define themselves within a repressive culture. A smash hit on Broadway and winner of eight Tony Awards, “Spring Awakening” resonates with the adolescent within all of us. ...
2018-19 Ford Foundation Fellowship awarded to special education faculty member
LAWRENCE – Subini Annamma, assistant professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas, has been selected to receive the 2018-19 Ford Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship. ...
Emily Taylor Center announces annual women's awards
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. It honors and celebrates KU’s rich legacy of women who, through their transformational leadership and contributions, have changed...
School of Education offering 3rd KC session of free professional development
OVERLAND PARK — The School of Education at the University of Kansas will host the third and final session of the 2017-2018 Strategies Event Series at 9 a.m. April 28 at the Edwards Campus. ...
New KU fellow to link scholarship with nonprofits to help realize positive change
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National assessment results reflect ineffectiveness of US education reform policies, professor says
LAWRENCE — Results of the 2017 National Assessment of Education Progress were released Tuesday, showing American fourth- and eighth-graders made little to no gains in reading and math since the last round of assessments in 2015. Among the results, students at the country’s lowest-performing schools scored worse than they did...
Dole Institute to host former Kansas politicians at 2018 Association of Centers for the Study of Congress conference
LAWRENCE — The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host the annual meeting of the Association of Centers for the Study of Congress (ACSC) from April 25-27. ...
Ceremony set to recognize graduate students, staff and faculty
LAWRENCE — More than 80 outstanding graduate students, as well as staff and faculty, will be recognized at the annual University of Kansas Graduate Awards Ceremony, which will take place at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union. Awards will be presented by Stuart Day,...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 18th 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 18th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
More people staying longer in federally assisted housing strains ability to serve families, study finds
LAWRENCE — People are staying in federally assisted housing for about six years, up from the average of 4 1/2 years 20 years ago, which is straining the federal rental assistance program's ability to serve families with children, according to a University of Kansas researcher. ...