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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces July graduates
Fifty-eight new law enforcement officers were congratulated by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Wichita) during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) last month. ...
KU expands senior administrative fellows, announces 2016-17 class
The Office of the Provost has selected the 2016-2017 senior administrative fellows. ...
Be ready to welcome international students
new students can be identified by the suitcases they are lugging around campus or who appear to be looking for a particular building, he said. Faculty and staff are encouraged to reach out to any student and offer help or a message of welcome. Those who are unable to stop...
International trade law expert authors book on TPP, new edition on Islamic law
When the United States and 11 other nations recently agreed to the Trans Pacific Partnership, they set in motion history’s largest free trade agreement. A University of Kansas professor of law and international trade law expert has authored a comprehensive, objective look at the TPP, giving it a passing grade...
HHS grant will aid regional universities on sexual assault prevention
As part of a three-year, $750,000 grant, University of Kansas researchers will aid colleges and universities in three states in adopting sexual assault policies and prevention strategies. ...
Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas raises more than $1.6 billion
The largest higher education fundraising effort to date in the state, Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, raised $1.66 billion, far exceeding its $1.2 billion goal. The campaign, which ended June 30, boosted student support, faculty, facilities and programs at the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Hospital. ...
Rio Olympics present social, economic challenges for Brazil, researchers say
National news reports haven't had a shortage of challenges to focus on in the final hours before the Olympics begin in Rio de Janeiro. The host city has tried to quell concerns about issues from health concerns about Zika virus and water quality to sex trafficking rings in Brazil. ...
University community mourns death of film professor Chuck Berg
Charles “Chuck” Berg, a longtime University of Kansas professor of film and media studies, died July 26 in Lawrence. He was 75. ...
Faculty, staff can learn about inclusive teaching
An annual event at the University of Kansas open to faculty and instructional staff will focus on inclusiveness in higher education. ...
Physicist offers leading theory about mysterious Large Hadron Collider excess
In December of last year, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced startling results hinting at the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle — one with a mass six times heavier than the Higgs boson, the particle that made headlines in 2012. ...
NEH grant to study Soviet defection, migration issues
In film, fiction, and on the nightly news, defection occupied a key role in the Cold War as the United States and its allies sought to accept Soviet citizens and others seeking to leave socialist countries that used their borders to keep people in. ...
College presents annual awards to outstanding graduate students
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas recently presented awards to three graduate students for their accomplishments in research and academia. ...
Professor creates tool to help identify young students with math demotivation
As many math-averse adults can attest, the thought of tackling a mathematical problem can be intimidating. Research has shown that students as young as second-graders show signs of being demotivated by the subject as well. A University of Kansas professor has created and validated a tool that can measure...
Media advisory: Political experts can discuss issues surrounding Democratic National Convention
As Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in a tougher-than-expected Democratic primary, many pundits will look to see if she can unite the party’s base as she leads Donald Trump in most battleground states. ...
'The Only Good Indian' fits well with captivity narrative, revisionist Western films
In University of Kansas Film and Media Studies Professor Kevin Willmott's 2009 film, "The Only Good Indian," a young Kickapoo boy is forcibly taken from his parents in the early 1900s and enrolled in a federal boarding school, Haskell Institute in Lawrence. ...
New detector at South Pole shows early success at neutrino hunting
In the second it takes to read these words, 65 billion neutrinos will shoot through every square centimeter of your body. Luckily, these infinitesimal particles don’t do any harm — they pass through us, as they do with most everything, without stopping or interacting. ...
Dollar Shave Club acquisition is more strategic than financial, mergers scholar says
European consumer products giant Unilever is acquiring for $1 billion the four-year-old startup Dollar Shave Club that sends razors to subscribers via mail, according to national news reports. ...
Media literacy can improve attitudes toward minorities on predominantly white campuses, researchers say
If a stereotype or negative representation of a group of people is repeated often enough, it can be accepted as a realistic portrayal — especially for audiences who have no meaningful relationships with such groups other than through the media. Researchers at the University of Kansas found that when they...
Study: Early mandatory schooling laws didn't influence intergenerational mobility
Expansion of mandatory schooling laws by U.S. states in the late 1800s and early 1900s did not increase levels of intergenerational mobility, according to a new study by a University of Kansas researcher. ...
Turkish politics expert, author says Erdogan will use attempted coup to his advantage
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may want to the thank the instigators of last week’s failed coup, according to a Turkish politics expert who is available to speak with media about the events. ...
KU study finds race, not gender, is key factor in NIH awards
Race, not gender, appears to be the most significant factor influencing the award of a National Institutes of Health Research Project Grant, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas economist. ...
Media advisory: New Librarian of Congress brings critical perspective, dean says
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Carla Hayden, longtime leader of the Enoch Pratt Library system in Baltimore, as the new Librarian of Congress. ...
KU announces Emerging Leaders Academy graduates for Spring 2016 session
The University of Kansas Public Management Center is proud to announce the Spring 2016 Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) graduates. The graduation ceremony took place July 6 at the Oread Hotel in Lawrence. ...
Enthusiasm for dinosaurs fuels fundraising campaign and KU T. rex dig
You can tell when you talk to University of Kansas paleontologist David Burnham that he is anxious to return to the dig site of a Tyrannosaurus rex. ...
Media advisory: Political experts can discuss issues surrounding GOP convention
As Donald Trump has emerged as the likely Republican nominee for president after a surprise primary victory, GOP delegates will head to Cleveland next week expecting to make it official at the party's national convention. ...
Six ways to make media coverage of immigration more constructive
U.S. immigration policy has become a hotly debated issue in the presidential primaries, and it figures to continue in the campaign as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appear headed to receiving their parties' nominations later this summer. ...
Author shows how teachers can use 'word study' to improve student reading
Many secondary education teachers do not receive training in helping students learn to read because the thinking goes that developing reading skills should begin and end in elementary school. A University of Kansas professor has written a book to help secondary teachers use the practice of word study to help...
KU Law ranks 23rd for improving employment outcomes
The University of Kansas School of Law ranks 23rd in the nation for improving employment outcomes for graduates over the past five years, according to National Jurist magazine. ...
Two KU administrators will serve with national organizations
Two University of Kansas administrators will play influential roles in higher education operations and practices around the country. ...