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Registration opens for Audio-Reader volunteer opportunity
LAWRENCE — Audio Description Training, presented by the Audio-Reader Network, will take place Nov. 11-12. Jennifer Nigro, the coordinator for Audio-Reader’s audio description and volunteer programs, will lead this year’s two-day session in the art of audio description. Registration is required and can be completed at www.reader.ku.edu/descriptiontraining. ...
Expert on UNESCO disappointed by US withdrawal
LAWRENCE — The United States’ decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is regrettable, according to a University of Kansas professor who is also a member of a UNESCO advisory panel and an expert on historic preservation. ...
New leader announced for Juniper Gardens Children’s Project
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – Brian Boyd, associate professor of occupational science and associate chair for research of the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will assume the leadership of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project (JGCP), a University of Kansas research center located...
Civil engineering alumnus to deliver J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture
LAWRENCE — Award-winning 1983 University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate Ronaldo “Nick” Nicholson, who has led some of the most prominent bridge and highway projects in the shadow of our nation’s capital, returns to campus this month to lecture on “Engineering as a Profession.”...
Cities taking narrow approach to start adapting to climate change see benefits, study finds
LAWRENCE — As U.S. cities begin planning to adapt to effects of climate change, local decision makers face difficult choices about how to even get started. ...
KU receives grant to establish intelligence, national security curriculum
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has received a grant to develop an intelligence and national security curriculum to provide students with the capabilities crucial to the national security interest of the United States. ...
Scientists describe 'enigmatic' species that lived in Utah some 500 million years ago
LAWRENCE — To the untrained eye, it looks like a flower crudely etched into rock — as if a child had scratched a picture of a bloom. But to the late fossil hunter Lloyd Gunther, the tulip shape he unearthed at Antimony Canyon in northern Utah looked like the...
KU to host legal education conference
LAWRENCE — Legal educators from across the country will gather in Lawrence this week to explore access to justice and the lawyer’s role in promoting the rule of law. ...
HSES students awarded by National Strength & Conditioning Association Foundation
LAWRENCE – The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Foundation has announced three 2017 student award recipients from the Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas. Each award winner was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. ...
KU-led program gets kids moving in school with physical activity, increased focus
LAWRENCE — When it comes to activity in schools, physical education classes and recess have been the standard for decades. But a University of Kansas-led project has shown success in helping children and teachers get as much as 20 minutes of additional physical activity in the classroom with the aid...
University of Kansas announces Ex.C.E.L. Award winners, concludes 105th Homecoming celebration
New class takes first-of-its-kind approach to applying literature to international law, improving legal writing
Religious beliefs alone don't motivate people to political action, study finds
LAWRENCE — Because religion often influences people's opinions on hot-button issues, such as same-sex marriage and abortion, most would expect religious people to be more motivated to engage politically overall. ...
Introducing ‘IHAWKe’: A unifying organization for students in Engineering’s Diversity & Women’s Program
LAWRENCE — Diversity programs at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are being reimagined and rebranded with a new name: IHAWKe, which stands for Indigenous, Hispanic, African-American and Women KU engineers. ...
Reversal of DOJ position on workplace discrimination of transgender people is setback for movement, LGBTQ policy researcher says
LAWRENCE — Attorney General Jeff Sessions' order of the Justice Department to take the position in court cases that transgender people are not protected by a civil rights law that bans workplace discrimination is a "really big blow" for the transgender movement, according to a University of Kansas researcher of...
KU Endowment elects 3 new trustees
LAWRENCE — At the annual meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees earlier today, three new trustees were elected: Joanna Rupp of Chicago; Elizabeth Schartz of Dallas; and R. Todd Slawson of Denver. ...
Stipends available for course-based transit projects
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas, city of Lawrence and MV Transportation have announced that up to three $1,000 stipends will be available for KU instructors of record who will integrate a transit-related applied learning project into a spring 2018 course. In addition to the stipend, instructors may submit a...
KU names new university ombuds
LAWRENCE — A former ombuds from Princeton University and vice president of Global Integrity Leaders for Nielsen was selected to be the new University of Kansas ombuds. Diedrick “D.A.” Graham joins the campus community this month. ...
Consumer protection crackdown on predatory lending a welcome protection, KU financial researcher says
LAWRENCE — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday new regulations to prevent payday loans and auto title lenders from taking advantage of low-income consumers. The new rules would require lenders to assess a consumer’s ability to repay the loan. They also give banks and credit unions an opportunity to...
NIH recognizes professor’s innovative antibiotics research with $2.3M award
LAWRENCE – The National Institutes of Health have granted a major award to University of Kansas researcher Joanna Slusky to further her novel approach to combating antibiotic resistance. ...
Study sheds light on how, why middle managers can coerce employees into deceptive practices
Big tobacco ads may 'apologize' but don't indicate cigarette companies changing their methods, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Big tobacco companies will begin airing ads as soon as next month on major network television and in newspapers to settle a lawsuit brought years ago. Altria Group Inc. and British American Tobacco will buy 30- to 45-second spots to air messages about the dangers of smoking and...
Parkinson's disease researcher will speak at KU
LAWRENCE — One of the world’s leading neuroscientists will be at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy this week to talk about his research using light to control the activity of the brain. ...
English professor to present Shakespeare lecture on Oct. 19
LAWRENCE — William Shakespeare‘s influence on the American anti-slavery movement leading up to the Civil War will be the focus of an upcoming public lecture at the University of Kansas. ...