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KU announces June Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the June 2017 Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
Hall Center for the Humanities events to explore the posthuman condition
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities’ Fall Faculty Colloquium is designed to enliven the intellectual atmosphere of the University of Kansas and contribute to the interdisciplinary training of faculty. This fall, four KU faculty members and four graduate students will convene under the leadership of directors Allan Hanson,...
To project power, consumers prefer wider faces on watches, cars, study finds
LAWRENCE — People are typically averse to wider human faces because they elicit fears of being dominated. However, consumers might like wider faces on some products they buy, such as watches or cars, when they want to be seen in a position of power in certain situations, according to a...
Scholar can discuss political, social history of Catalonia region after Barcelona attack
LAWRENCE — Catalan police Thursday afternoon reported to international media that at least 13 people have died and more than 50 other people are injured after a vehicle rammed through a crowd in Barcelona. ...
University community remembers Victorian literature scholar Hal Orel
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Harold “Hal” Orel, distinguished professor emeritus of English. He died July 31 in Lawrence. ...
In congressional testimony, urban planning researcher finds inadequacies in low-income housing tax credit
LAWRENCE — The federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, or LIHTC, is not adequately serving the country's lowest-income segment and should allow for more opportunities for tenant-based vouchers, among other changes, according to a recent report by a University of Kansas researcher of affordable housing issues and policy. ...
Development of local food systems in Kansas, Missouri help bridge gap among people with different moral, environmental views
LAWRENCE — One of the major barriers that environmentalists face in trying to implement sustainable practices is getting disparate groups to agree on what needs protecting and which way is the best course of action. ...
Understanding alternative reasons for denying climate change could help bridge divide, study finds
LAWRENCE — Mainstream criticism of people who deny climate change essentially portrays climate skeptics as being out of touch, ignorant or somehow incapable of understanding the facts about climate change. ...
Rare eclipse creates unique opportunity for businesses, consumer behavior researcher says
LAWRENCE — From the marketing and sale of special glasses to smaller communities across the country preparing for a sudden boon of visitors, Monday's total solar eclipse presents a unique opportunity for some businesses, according to a University of Kansas researcher of marketing and consumer behavior. ...
KPR wins 7 broadcasting awards
LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio, based at the University of Kansas, earned seven individual awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) this year. KPR earned honors in the news, commentary, programming and website categories. ...
Engineering professor wins prestigious grant to crack code of versatile compound
LAWRENCE — Juan Bravo-Suarez, University of Kansas assistant professor of chemical & petroleum engineering, was awarded a prestigious Doctoral New Investigator grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. ...
Immigrant detention centers referred to as family centers but resemble prisons, researchers find
LAWRENCE — Despite federal officials labeling centers where immigrant women and their families are held as family detention centers or release programs as “Alternative to Detention," University of Kansas researchers found the detention complexes function like jails and prisons and that ATD programs are essentially expanded surveillance schemes. ...
Kansas well owners, non-well owners have different watering routines during droughts, study finds
LAWRENCE — During California's recent drought, media coverage focused on residents reducing water usage as a conservation measure. ...
Racial profiling of Latino immigrants influences indigenous, non-indigenous families differently, study finds
Researchers, symposium to explore themes of 'Black Love'
LAWRENCE — When Zora Neale Hurston's seminal novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" was published in 1937, her main critic was Richard Wright, who judged the content of her book as a mistake. ...
Bumper stickers make often impersonal highways a space for social interaction, researcher finds
LAWRENCE — Social theorists have pointed to freeways and other superhighways as "non-places of negligible social interaction," where drivers pass each other at high speeds, stop infrequently and are otherwise largely insulated from one another. ...
Plan ahead for move-in day traffic Aug. 17
LAWRENCE — Lawrence residents and employees of the University of Kansas should avoid areas near KU residence halls on Thursday, Aug. 17, which is the primary move-in day for student housing residents. ...
Engineering professor works to solve the global 'Grand Challenges'
LAWRENCE — Before Andrew Williams could settle into his new job at the University of Kansas this fall, he had one task to complete over the summer: help save the world. ...
KU Engineering Self Engineering Leadership Fellows gain insight into industry
LAWRENCE — California’s innovative tech scene will soon get a close-up look from 19 members of the senior class of the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
Cooperation, not competition, is best approach to public relations, professor says
LAWRENCE — Though battling the competition and looking out for No. 1 might appear to be the best public relations strategy, a University of Kansas professor argues that approach is, at most, the second-best practice in the field. In a new book, the researcher contends that cooperation and building positive...
University community remembers School of Engineering professor Sam Shanmugan
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Kumarasamy “Sam” Shanmugan, a distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. ...
Advisory: Media can tour new Cora Downs Residence Hall on Aug. 11
LAWRENCE — Area media are invited to a tour of the new Cora Downs Residence Hall on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11. Downs Hall is part of KU's Central District project. ...
Documentary exploring evidence of extraterrestrial life in ancient Peru is based on pseudoscience, unfair to indigenous peoples, anthropologists say
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas researchers who study ancient American indigenous cultures and human DNA are available to discuss a controversial popular online documentary that purports to depict the investigation of a pre-Columbian "humanoid" mummy in Peru. ...
Scholars shed light on ‘moving target’ of drone regulation in the U.S.
LAWRENCE — For some, they’re a hobby. For other people, they’re tools. And for many, they’re just a big nuisance. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, drones — or, unmanned aerial systems — are increasingly a part of life for millions in the U.S. In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration estimates...
Qatar trade complaint against other nations raises 'unprecedented issues' in trade, national security, professor says
LAWRENCE — Qatar filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott against the nation led by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates. The move is the first step in a trade dispute among the four nations and sets in place a 60-day...
Influence of pro-firearms group in state legislatures depends on citizens' demand for guns, study finds
LAWRENCE — Before and after his election in 2008, Barack Obama attempted to assuage fears from gun owners that he was planning a massive rollback of gun rights. However, his election spurred a nationwide surge in gun sales, and many state legislatures subsequently passed laws deregulating firearms. ...
Stabilizing water levels in aquifer possible, survey shows
LAWRENCE — For at least the next one to two decades, irrigators in western Kansas may not have to cut groundwater use nearly as drastically as once thought to stem declines in the High Plains aquifer, according to water experts at the Kansas Geological Survey based at the University of...
Research shows mass communications studies rely heavily on nonrepresentative samples
LAWRENCE — For decades, academic studies have sought to understand the effects of mass media on people from all walks of life. However, based on the sampling procedures used in a majority of those studies, people should be careful in interpreting the findings and assuming they apply to all Americans,...
73 undergraduates to present summer research
LAWRENCE — Each summer, undergraduates from around the world join current University of Kansas students in conducting research with KU faculty. Seventy-three of these students will present their research Friday, July 28, at the KU Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session at The Commons. ...