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KU professors land grant to help students, working journalists produce 'Real News in U.S., Russia'
LAWRENCE — Fake news is the news. While stories of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election and misinformation continue to make headlines, researchers at the University of Kansas have secured a grant to develop practices for students and working journalists in both the United States and Russia to ensure...
Dole Institute adds programs on health care, alternative political parties
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced additional programs on health care and alternative political parties to wrap up the fall 2017 semester. ...
Visiting scholars will lead discussion on US Latinx representation
LAWRENCE — The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Kansas will host visiting scholars from the University of Houston for a roundtable discussion on U.S. Latinx representation. The event will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in the Pine Room of the Kansas...
KU grant to examine comprehensive approach to preventing youth violence in KC
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has been awarded a four-year, $1.7 million U.S. Health & Human Services grant that will examine the effect of the combined support of multiple organizations and agencies on youth violence in Kansas City, Kansas. ...
KU historian part of project examining complex history of Jerusalem in late antiquity
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Author coins term 'Adapturgy' for burgeoning field
LAWRENCE — With interest in dramaturgy growing nearly as fast as that in the adaptation of literature into different artistic genres, the time is ripe, according to Assistant Professor of Theatre Jane Barnette, for her new book, “Adapturgy: The Dramaturg’s Art and Theatrical Adaptation” (Southern Illinois University Press, 2018). ...
Researchers study barriers to online health technology adoption, help underserved minorities boost skills
Red Sox executive will give Naismith lecture
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences welcomes Bill James as keynote speaker at this year’s James Naismith Lecture Series. ...
KLETC announces law enforcement training graduates
YODER – Fifty-seven new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Nov. 3. Kansas City, Missouri, FBI Special Agent in Charge Darrin Jones was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Career center collecting donations for Professional Clothing Closet
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center is collecting professional attire to stock the professional clothing closet, providing a way for students to access free professional and business-casual attire appropriate for career fairs, interviews and the workplace. Inventory includes suits, blazers, pants, skirts, button-down shirts and more. During this month’s clothing...
Study finds 'black box' methods used by biologists probably overestimate number of new species
LAWRENCE — Do researchers need to “hit the brakes a little” before declaring a species is new to science? ...
Expanding geographic sharing of donor kidneys would increase number of transplants, study finds
Law professor calls for centrist approach to arbitration, removing it from 'class-action battlefield'
LAWRENCE — After a hard-fought political battle so close that an evenly divided U.S. Senate required the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump recently signed the repeal of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have prevented banks from using arbitration agreements to insulate themselves...
OMA accepting applications for 2018 social justice fellows
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of Multicultural Affairs is accepting applications for the 2018 cohort of the Social Justice Fellows Program. ...
Professor puts Mill's 'Utilitarianism' essay in context with philosopher's other writings
LAWRENCE — One of the most frequently quoted phrases in philosopher John Stuart Mill's essay "Utilitarianism" — published in 1861 — is "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness." ...
Kansas Public Radio's 'Right Between the Ears' signs off
LAWRENCE — It’s “over and out” for “Right Between the Ears.” After more than 30 years of live shows, the award-winning sketch comedy series from Kansas Public Radio will present its last show at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at Liberty Hall. ...
Panelists will discuss Russian influence, cybersecurity in the 2016 elections
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professors will take part in a panel, "Russian Interference, Cybersecurity, Micro-Targeting and the 2016 Election," part of the Global Headline Series. ...
Student's consent project wins Webby Award
LAWRENCE — In its earliest days, Project Consent was only a single Instagram page with an enormous goal: End sexual assault. Sara Li, a junior in the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, said her goal in creating the project was to convey very...
NBA legend, business leader to present 2017 Chandler Lecture
LAWRENCE — Byron Scott, former NBA head coach and player, and Charles Norris, a longtime business executive, will deliver the University of Kansas School of Business Anderson Chandler Lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Colloquium panelists will discuss 'Caribbean Representations'
LAWRENCE — The Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Kansas will host the annual Waggoner Research Colloquium, set for 3:30-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union. ...
College selects new associate dean for diversity, equity & inclusion
LAWRENCE – A faculty member and administrator who has been at the forefront of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts at KU and in her department has been named the new associate dean for diversity, equity & inclusion in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. ...
$1.3M gift establishes 5 scholarships for KU students
LAWRENCE — A gift of more than $1.3 million from the estate of University of Kansas alumni Perry Rashleigh and Rosemary Jones Rashleigh will create five Rashleigh Family Scholarships for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, math and English. ...
Transgender candidate's election in Virginia is historic for the movement, professor says
LAWRENCE — The election Nov. 7 in Virginia of the first openly transgender person to a state legislature is historic for the transgender movement, said a University of Kansas scholar of LGBT political movements. ...
Spencer Museum, The Commons raise flags for ‘Pledges of Allegiance’ project
LAWRENCE — A new flag will fly in front of The Commons at Spooner Hall as part of a nationwide public art project, “Pledges of Allegiance,” commissioned by Creative Time, a New York–based public arts nonprofit. “Pledges of Allegiance” is a serialized commission of 16 flags, each created by an...
Research drive could ‘untangle’ vexing problem in computer-simulation technology
LAWRENCE — The computer simulations used to design, optimize, test or control a vast range of objects and products in our daily lives are underpinned by finite element methods. ...
Author, Princeton Professor Matthew Desmond to give lecture
LAWRENCE — Matthew Desmond, professor of sociology at Princeton University and award-winning author, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will occur...
Book tackles conceptual issues in photography in a global era
LAWRENCE — In this Instagram age, according to Art History Associate Professor John Pultz, photographers face a seemingly dichotomous challenge: It’s both harder and easier than ever to make a good picture. ...
Researcher seeks to tame 'ghost' of uncertainty in complex dynamic systems
LAWRENCE — We’re surrounded by dynamic systems — systems demonstrating behavior changing through time — in engineering, nature, civilization, even our personal lives. Even an ordinary bathtub could be considered a dynamic system with inflow and outflow of water and a reservoir level in the tub (along with a few...