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FCC move to kill net neutrality a 'boon for telecoms, bane for consumers,' media law professor says
LAWRENCE — The Federal Communications Commission has voted to kill rules designed to protect consumers from service providers blocking certain websites or charging for higher-quality service. The commission voted 3-2 along party lines to scrap the net neutrality rules implemented in 2015 during the Barack Obama administration. ...
Engineering team claims 1st place in International Spacecraft Design Competition
LAWRENCE — A team of students from the University of Kansas School of Engineering won the top spot in an international competition to design a spacecraft capable of orbiting Mars. ...
KU student nominated for Winston Churchill Scholarship
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas senior has been nominated for the Winston Churchill Scholarship, which provides one year of study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. ...
KU geologists report new discoveries about Kansas, Oklahoma earthquakes
LAWRENCE — As concern rises about earthquakes induced by human activity like oil exploration, geologists at the University of Kansas report a new understanding about recent earthquakes in Kansas and Oklahoma. This breakthrough may one day lead to a method for predicting where induced earthquakes might occur and may help...
$2 million gift to establish law scholarship, liberal arts research fund at KU
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas alumnus William “Brad” Bradley Jr., of Overland Park, has made a $2 million gift commitment that will endow a scholarship in the School of Law and a research excellence fund for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas. ...
Racial, political identities influence how people view cause of fatal police encounters
LAWRENCE — People's racial and political identities strongly shaped how they viewed the causes of several recent widely publicized police encounters that resulted in the deaths of African-American men, according to a new study by two University of Kansas researchers. ...
KU engineering, pharmacy professor is named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
LAWRENCE — The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has again named a University of Kansas professor as an NAI Fellow, one of the highest honors for an academic inventor. ...
Researchers recommend ways to cultivate compassion into urban planning
LAWRENCE — Unfortunately it's easy these days to find examples of people lacking empathy or even basic consideration for one another. Just check the national news or even Twitter or Facebook on any given day. ...
Scholarly stocking stuffers for 2017
LAWRENCE — The elves atop Mount Oread have been busy in their workshops, creating great gifts for the holiday season. ...
People say they want to live longer — if in good health
LAWRENCE — Longevity is a such a pervasive goal in public health policy and even popular media, but individually most people only want to live long lives if they will be healthy, according to a new study that includes a University of Kansas gerontologist. ...
University community mourns death of Facilities Services painter Thomas Prescott
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Thomas Prescott, a painter senior for Facilities Services. Prescott died Dec. 5. He was 66. ...
University community remembers longtime KU Public Safety leader
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the Dec. 6 death of KU Public Safety’s Robert J. “Bobby” Williams Jr. ...
When winter weather hits, go here for information on closures and delays for the Lawrence campus
LAWRENCE — As inclement weather becomes more and more of a possibility, remember there are four places where you will find information about closings or delays for the Lawrence campus:...
Sociology professor finalist for major grant on health policy research
LAWRENCE — Emily Rauscher, University of Kansas assistant professor of sociology, has been selected as a William T. Grant Foundation 2018 Scholars Finalist. If awarded, she would receive $350,000 over a five-year period and participate in annual meetings and professional development in health policy and qualitative research methods. ...
KU faculty, staff receive transportation grant for course-based learning
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas, the city of Lawrence and MV Transportation have announced the three KU recipients of the 2018 MV Transportation Instructor Grant. ...
University to host informational sessions about indoor football facility
LAWRENCE – Students, staff and community members are invited to two informational sessions to learn about the University of Kansas’ plans to build an indoor football facility. ...
School of Journalism offers town hall meeting on media, news and misinformation
LAWRENCE — The William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications and local media professionals are teaming up on a town hall event to foster a dialogue about the media, news and navigating the minefield of misinformation. ...
Mission to gather petrified Antarctic plants could help predict future of flora on warming Earth
Life Span Institute staffer honored for assistive technology outreach
LAWRENCE — Sara Sack, director of Assistive Technology for Kansans and a senior scientist at KU Life Span Institute at Parsons, recently received the 2017 Michael Lechner Award. ...
Mortar Board announces Outstanding Educator Awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas chapter of Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, recently selected five faculty members to receive Outstanding Educator Awards. The recipients were announced at the Nov. 17 men's basketball game against South Dakota State University in Allen Fieldhouse. ...
APLU report calls on universities to evolve tech transfer practices
LAWRENCE — Public universities have made strides in evolving their technology transfer activities, but they must do more to address the demands of the innovation economy, according to a new report by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). ...
Knowing a transgender person could influence one's political stance, study finds
LAWRENCE — As more people come to personally know a transgender person or even see depictions of transgender characters in the media, it likely will have a positive effect on public support for transgender rights, according to a study that includes two University of Kansas political scientists. ...
KU lands grant to boost integrated health workforce throughout state, treating physical, behavioral health
Curriculum & instruction graduate students awarded by MIDTESOL
LAWRENCE – The Mid-America Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MIDTESOL) organization, a regional affiliate of TESOL, recognizes the contributions students make to the field at large and announced two 2017 student award recipients from the Department of Curriculum & Teaching at the University of Kansas. Both award...