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Disability advocates improve their community for all
LAWRENCE – A new video titled “Stoplights Don’t Stop Us!” tells the story of people with disabilities in Emporia who advocated for change in their community as part of their involvement in a University of Kansas research project. As a result of their work with the city of Emporia and...
Diverse music styles and a hip-hop anniversary highlight the fall dance concert
LAWRENCE – For two nights, Antonin Dvorak, American gamelan music, epic pirate music and hip-hop will share the stage as University Dance Company performs with UNITY Dance Crew. The shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-17 at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
KU-led program 'changing face of education' in California by implementing system to boost inclusion, performance
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas education technical assistance and research center is on the way to “changing the face of education” in California by implementing a framework of education that uses research-backed practices to support the academic, behavioral and social-emotional learning needs of every student throughout the state. SWIFT...
KPR, Lawrence Public Library will present discussion on DACA
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s Kaye McIntyre will moderate a panel discussion on DACA and the DREAMers featuring Marta Caminero-Santangelo, professor and interim director of the University of Kansas Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and Lua Yuille, associate professor of law. The discussion is open to...
Spencer Museum hosts MacArthur Fellows for public dialogue on research spanning arts, sciences
Book to place history of Kansas Jews in regional context
LAWRENCE — The history of Midwest Jews is an area ripe for scholarship, and the University of Kansas is well-placed to be a center of such study, according to a researcher who has begun working on a book on the subject. ...
Satire, nonsense and the dangers of herd mentality abound in 'Rhinoceros'
LAWRENCE — The latest University Theatre production, “Rhinoceros,” will take audiences on a visual and satirical romp that offers insight on totalitarianism, xenophobia and human will. ...
Graduate Studies launches drive for funds to sustain students through personal difficulties
LAWRENCE — Higher education is filled with anecdotes of promising graduate students destined for scholarly and professional success until life gets in the way. Now, when life deals a harsh blow, graduate students at the University of Kansas will be able to fight back, or at least limit the adverse...
BTBC at KU wins $50,000 grant from US Small Business Administration
LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas has earned a major grant for its role as a business accelerator and economic engine for northeast Kansas. ...
Workshop to address how to combat misinformation, fake news
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professors will present an all-day event next week that will examine the consequences of misinformation in democratic societies and how to detect, address and combat the creation and dissemination of fake news. ...
School of Education offers free professional development for educators in Kansas City
OVERLAND PARK — The School of Education at the University of Kansas has announced dates for the 2017-2018 Strategies Event Series, which will include three interactive professional development lectures at the Edwards Campus. ...
Black Literary Suite focuses on 'reclaiming the black body'
LAWRENCE — Last year, the sixth Black Literary Suite at the University of Kansas focused on writers from Mississippi. This fall, the seventh Black Literary Suite takes on a broader theme under the rubric “Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women.”...
New research looks at how ‘cosmic web’ of filaments alters star formation in galaxies
LAWRENCE — Astronomer Gregory Rudnick sees the universe crisscrossed by something like an interstellar superhighway system. Filaments — the strands of aggregated matter that stretch millions of light years across the universe to connect galaxy clusters — are the freeways. ...
School of Education to host annual Gene A. Budig Lecture in Special Education
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education will welcome Kathleen Lane, professor in the Department of Special Education, as the 2017-2018 Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award recipient and featured lecturer. ...
Wayne Simien will speak at Fall 2017 Coaches Workshop
LAWRENCE — The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas will work in collaboration with Greenbush, the Southeast Kansas education service center, to host the Fall 2017 Coaches Workshop for the region’s PK-12 coaches and educators. ...
KU, Haskell students participate in diversity in science program
LAWRENCE — Sixteen scholars in programs from the Office for Diversity in Science Training (ODST) participated the 2017 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science conference earlier this month in Salt Lake City. ...
KU Alumni Association launches KU Cares Month of Service
“Volunteerism is something that KU alumni are passionate about and engaged in across the country,” says Danny Woods, the Alumni Association’s assistant director of legacy relations & alumni programs. “KU Cares Month of Service just amplifies what they’re already doing.”...
Research will advance long-range test-flight communications using narrower bandwidth
LAWRENCE — In 2015, the National Spectrum Consortium auctioned off portions of the electromagnetic spectrum once used by government agencies to mobile-phone companies. ...
Research finds substance abuse varies widely in association with child abuse, neglect
LAWRENCE — Alcohol and other drug use are regularly linked to child abuse or neglect in families, but simply assuming the former causes the latter is not taking a deep enough look. A University of Kansas professor has authored a pair of studies examining how a range of parental alcohol...
Activist Tamika Mallory will give annual Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture
LAWRENCE – The 10th annual Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series returns next month with an activist who served as national co-chair for the Women’s March in Washington D.C. ...
Uzbek regime, despite recent reforms, bears watching, Central Asian scholar says
LAWRENCE — International media reports have focused on recent reforms in Uzbekistan as a potential opening and thaw of a once repressive regime. ...
General counsel announces retirement
LAWRENCE — A key member of the University of Kansas executive team will be retiring after 17 years of service. ...
Rolfe Mandel named director of Kansas Geological Survey
LAWRENCE — University Distinguished Professor Rolfe Mandel has been named director of the Kansas Geological Survey. Mandel, who also serves as senior scientist and executive director of the Odyssey Geoarchaeology Research Program at the KGS, most recently served as interim director. ...
Opioid public health emergency declaration step in right direction to fight epidemic, professors say
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency. The move would free up money and ease laws to combat the problem that killed an estimated 59,000 Americans last year. ...
KU scientists will lead $1.7M NSF-funded grassland biodiversity study aimed at sustainable management
LAWRENCE — Grasslands around the world vary tremendously in their biodiversity — the wealth of species they harbor. Diverse grasslands are not only more productive but also more resilient to unpredictable events, such as drought or flooding. A new study, funded by the National Science Foundation and led by University...
Scholar to speak on globalism in Britain and the US in the age of Trump
LAWRENCE — Or Rosenboim, a lecturer in modern history at the City University of London, will offer two events on the topic of globalism. ...
KU announces July 2017 Employees of the Month
Name: Tom Prescott Title: Senior painter, Facilities Services ...
Malala Fund co-founder to deliver 2017 Oswald Lecture
LAWRENCE — Shiza Shahid, entrepreneur and co-founder of the Malala Fund, will deliver a lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Capitol Federal Hall as part of the University of Kansas School of Business Charles Oswald Executive Leadership Series. ...