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KU announces 10 graduate research consultants for fall 2017
LAWRENCE — This fall, ten Graduate Research Consultants are pairing with instructors in a wide variety of fields to challenge undergraduate students to further develop their research skills through classroom-based projects. ...
Arc/D students to build Community Center in Haiti
LAWRENCE — Twelve students in the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design are taking a multi-term course that will culminate in the construction of a 3,000-square-foot community center in rural Haiti. This fall they are focusing on the design of the center, exploring the potential of utilizing ecologically...
Exhibition celebrates centennial of Spencer Museum’s collection
LAWRENCE — This Saturday, the Spencer Museum of Art opens an exhibition celebrating the centennial of its collection. "Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU" presents artworks from the 1917 founding gift, several of which have never been on view, along with archival...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to speak at KU Oct. 31, receive honorary degree
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to a change in President Santos' schedule, this event has been moved to a new date and time. The event will now take place at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Lied Center. ...
KU lands grant to help KCK students reach, succeed in postsecondary education
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have secured a grant for more than $18 million that will allow them to provide seven years of support to more than 3,000 middle school students with disadvantaged backgrounds in Kansas City, Kansas. The grant's goal is to ensure they acquire the skills needed...
Law students win top honors in 2 national moot court competitions
LAWRENCE – The nationally ranked University of Kansas School of Law moot court program is off to a stellar start in the 2017-2018 season, snagging a national championship and a second-place finish. ...
KU launches new initiatives to fight hunger
LAWRENCE — In response to a 2017 study that found 54 percent of undergraduate students at the University of Kansas can be identified as “food insecure,” KU has launched a new initiative to address food and nutrition insecurity on the Lawrence campus. This summer the Office of the Vice Provost...
KU to finish Tobacco Free transition
LAWRENCE — In July 2018 the University of Kansas will complete a process begun five years earlier – going tobacco-free. ...
Symposium celebrating ‘Jews in the Midwest’ coming Nov. 12
LAWRENCE — The Midwest’s Jewish roots will be celebrated when scholars with international reputations gather at the University of Kansas next month for a symposium. ...
Public attitudes are more negative toward policies specific to transgender issues than gay rights policies, study finds
LAWRENCE — Public attitudes are significantly more negative toward transgender people and policies pertaining to them than they are toward gay people and policies of gay rights advocates, according to a study that includes two University of Kansas researchers. ...
Lecture: Sexual assault and the 'strong' black woman
LAWRENCE – The intersection of gender, violence, race and resilience will be explored at the fall 2017 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
Center For Teaching Excellence receives grant to improve evaluation of teaching
LAWRENCE — The Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas has received a $612,000 grant intended to help STEM departments provide a richer evaluation of faculty teaching and, ultimately, expand the use of practices that have shown to improve student learning. ...
Residence halls plan family-friendly Halloween event
LAWRENCE — Daisy Hill Commons, and Self and Oswald residence halls at the University of Kansas will be the sites of Halloween in the Halls from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. Children must be accompanied by an adult. ...
University community mourns death of former Life Span Institute director Stephen R. Schroeder
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Stephen R. Schroeder, emeritus professor of applied behavioral science. ...
KU pharmacy students will offer free seasonal flu vaccines in Wichita
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is teaming up with the United Way of the Plains to provide free flu vaccines Saturday, Oct. 21, in Wichita. ...
Five students nominated for Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes scholarships
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has endorsed applications from five students and recent graduates applying for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
The poetics of 'Universal Boxes': May Tveit’s industrial artwork
LAWRENCE — Although she’s an academic and an artist, May Tveit does not look down on factory work. On the contrary, she idealizes it, celebrates it, utilizes it, loves it. ...
KU campaign for United Way seeking 1,500 donors
LAWRENCE — The 2017 United Way campus fund drive got off to a quiet start Sept. 28, but the goals are just as pressing as in years past. ...
Center for Sustainability to host Prairie Acre Open House
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability invites the public to a Prairie Acre Open House from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. The event will take place at the newly constructed Prairie Acre Demonstration Garden on the north side of Prairie Acre. ...
Law review symposium will examine inequity and the law
LAWRENCE — While the law is equated with justice, it is not free from the inequities that exist in society. Legal scholars and thinkers from around the country will gather in Lawrence this week to explore how inequity affects their fields of expertise, including education, immigration and business. ...
KU recognizes 5 educators with Chancellors Club professorships
LAWRENCE — Five professors from the University of Kansas may be experts in widely different fields, but they all share one important distinction: Their excellence as educators has earned them prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships in 2017. Three of them are from the Lawrence campus, and two are from the...
KU offering cybersecurity workshop in Overland Park for nontechnical leaders
OVERLAND PARK — October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, reminding governmental, public and private organizations alike to invest in the necessary training for employees at all levels to keep internal data and information secure. Many news stories cover common tips on securing personal data, such as changing your password...
Student researcher selected for 'beam time' at Stanford accelerator lab
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas graduate student who searches for some of the most elemental and elusive particles in the universe has been selected to participate in a prestigious federal research program. ...
Corporate social responsibility researcher discusses study on shareholders and social influence of investments
LAWRENCE — A recent journal article and post in the Harvard Business Review argues that corporate directors should not only have an eye on value or profits but also on the welfare of their shareholders, especially related to the environmental and social impact of their investments. ...
Digital scholarship lets author place Bard in ‘Marketplace of Words’
LAWRENCE — Jonathan Lamb could not have written his new book, “Shakespeare in the Marketplace of Words” (Cambridge University Press), in a pre-digital age. ...