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KU Common Book author Claudia Rankine to deliver lecture Sept. 7
LAWRENCE – Claudia Rankine, MacArthur Fellow and author of the 2017-2018 KU Common Book, “Citizen: An American Lyric,” will present the fall keynote lecture for the University of Kansas’ Common Book program at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Lied Center. ...
Author to discuss government-led segregation
LAWRENCE — An author whose latest book details government-led housing segregation will visit the University of Kansas for a public lecture. ...
Office of Diversity & Equity increases its scope
LAWRENCE — The Office of Diversity & Equity at the University of Kansas is expanding its focus. ...
Outstanding undergraduates selected as Hall Center Scholars
LAWRENCE — Five outstanding KU undergraduates have been selected to serve as Hall Center Scholars for 2017-2018. They will have exclusive opportunities to interact with the well-known authors, scholars and public intellectuals who speak in the Hall Center Humanities Lecture Series. The scholars for 2017-18:...
Migration policy expert can discuss intersection of Texas immigration law, storm victims
LAWRENCE — A Texas law that bans police administrators from stopping an officer from questioning an individual about his or her immigration status is scheduled to take effect Friday. ...
Dyche Hall grotesques will be relocated inside museum
LAWRENCE — Four of the iconic hand-carved grotesques of mythical beasts that have adorned Dyche Hall for almost 115 years will be taken down Friday, Sept. 1, and placed in the Panorama Gallery of the KU Natural History Museum. ...
KU researchers land grant to apply self-determination model in schools
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas-developed program has proven effective in helping students with disabilities improve their education and futures by taking an active role in setting their own goals and learning how to work to achieve them. KU researchers have just landed a grant to study the best way...
Geology students will lead international organization
LAWRENCE — For most college students, getting involved with a professional society means joining or leading a local student chapter and attending meetings. But for University of Kansas geology doctoral candidates Mackenzie Cremeans and Blair Schneider, getting involved means winning a membership-wide election to lead a thousand-member international association. ...
New hours among changes for KU Recreation Services
LAWRENCE — Hours at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center have changed, and other reductions have been implemented across programs and services. ...
Nominations sought for Baxendale Innovation Award
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas seeks nominations for its fourth annual James Baxendale Innovation Award. It recognizes a researcher or research group at any KU campus for excellence in entrepreneurship and commercialization. ...
Journalism student wins national sports writing award
LAWRENCE — Christian Hardy, a senior in journalism from Derby, has been named one of five winners of the prestigious Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, a national award for excellence in sports writing at the college level. ...
School of Music announces 70th Annual KU Band Day
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music will stage the 70th Annual KU Band Day on Saturday, Sept. 9 with high schools from across Kansas and Missouri participating. ...
Geologist will upgrade monitoring of Greenland glacier critical to sea-level rise
LAWRENCE — Most researchers dedicate grant funds to things like lab equipment, travel expenses or salaries for graduate assistants. But not too long ago University of Kansas geologist Leigh Stearns found herself at a Cabela’s, grant in hand, asking the gun-counter staff which rifle might be most suitable for defending...
Languages school will hold 3rd convocation
LAWRENCE — An event set for Friday, Sept. 1, will mark the second anniversary of the University of Kansas School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures. ...
'Marrying up' is now easier for men, improves their economic well-being, study finds
LAWRENCE — As the number of highly educated women has increased in recent decades, the chances of "marrying up" have increased significantly for men and decreased for women, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas sociologist. ...
Information sessions will address concealed carry concerns
LAWRENCE — Recent changes to concealed carry law in Kansas have many on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus asking questions. ...
Trump's Arpaio pardon 'appears to sanction lawless behavior,' yet is absolute, constitutional law prof says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Joe Arpaio, the controversial former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff, Aug 25. The lawman, known for his aggressive efforts to fight illegal immigration, had been convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a judge’s orders to cease detaining people he and...
KU offers Big Data Workshops to Kansas City area professionals
OVERLAND PARK — While every strategy seems to start and end with “data,” many professionals struggle to successfully build teams, run an organization and make key business decisions based on these figures. Local managers and decision makers with little or no data science experience can augment their knowledge at KU’s...
Failure to address long-term land-use issues makes areas vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding, professor says
LAWRENCE — The Texas coast is bracing for major storm Hurricane Harvey to bring high winds and perhaps damaging flooding to the Houston area, the nation's fourth-largest city. ...
Dole Institute to welcome ‘Nightline’ anchor, ambassador and more
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas unveiled its full schedule for the fall 2017 semester this week. ...
University Theatre announces 2017-'18 performance season
LAWRENCE — The University Theatre has designed another thought-provoking, cutting-edge season. Featuring visiting directors, creative visual effects and a mixture of classic and contemporary productions, the season will broaden one’s perspective and resonate with audiences today. ...
KU welcomes scholars, indigenous rights activists to 'Paraguay at the Crossroads'
LAWRENCE – Paraguay has been undergoing many tumultuous political, economic and social changes, but its larger neighbors have attracted most of the attention. Some changes stem from long historical trajectories, and others have been spurred by the recent intensification of globalization. ...
Midwest service providers identify sexual assault a risk for both labor- and sex-trafficking victims, survey finds
LAWRENCE — Service providers in the Midwest who have encountered survivors of human trafficking listed sexual assault as one of the most likely conditions to encounter of those at risk of both labor and sex trafficking, according to a new report by University of Kansas researchers. ...
Long-term study aims to understand prairie ecology after farmland is forsaken
LAWRENCE — Across the U.S., farmers have abandoned millions of acres of land due to economics and hindrances such as dropping water tables that make irrigation of crops impossible. Since 2001, a longstanding study at the University of Kansas has improved researchers’ grasp of how to restore native prairie grassland...
Study gauges perceptions of transgender youths in small towns
LAWRENCE — Transgender youths face a number of challenges each day, and it’s easy to assume those who live in small, rural towns have less understanding and more hostility in their lives. But a new study shows that’s not necessarily the case and that how transgender youths perceive the climate...
Cracking the mobile-market code could create food-desert oasis
LAWRENCE — With perishable inventory and slim profit margins, the grocery business is notoriously tough. The mobile grocery business is even tougher. Two entities – one for-profit and the other not — that in recent years ran mobile groceries in the Kansas City area have shut down. ...
Study finds frontline supervisors use micropower strategies to cope with their middle-manager status
LAWRENCE — Probation and parole officers and their frontline supervisors widely differ on their views of the power of the frontline supervisor, according to a new study that includes a University of Kansas researcher. ...