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KU Alumni Association, Black Alumni Network honor alumni for achievements
LAWRENCE — Nine alumni are the 2017 recipients of the KU Black Alumni Network’s Mike and Joyce Shinn Leaders and Innovators Award. The network, sponsored by the KU Alumni Association, will honor them Friday, Oct. 6, during its biennial reunion. The award is named for the late Mike Shinn, a...
KU’s Osher Institute to officially unveil revamped classroom
LAWRENCE – Change is in the power of the appeal. Marianne Wilkinson, a longtime member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas and Lawrence resident, attends courses in the Institute’s main classroom at the St. Andrews Office Facility and noticed a common need among her classmates. ...
School of Education’s Sayers & Pollard Golf Classic set for Sept. 29
LAWRENCE — Scot Pollard and his wife, Dawn, in partnership with the School of Education, will host the 24th Annual Gale Sayers & Scot Pollard Golf Classic on Friday, Sept. 29, at Eagle Bend Golf Course. ...
Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars? New research says look for the element vanadium
LAWRENCE — The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won’t play out like a Hollywood movie starring little green men. Rather, many scientists agree if there was life on the Red Planet, it probably will present itself as fossilized bacteria. To find it, astrobiologists likely will need to decode...
KU opens debate season by winning major tournament
The pair of KU seniors debated through more than three days of competition before defeating Wake Forest University in the finals of the tournament at 1:30 a.m. Sept 19. They opened the competition on Sept. 16 with wins over the University of Kentucky, James Madison University and Northwestern University before...
Cancer researcher, Pulitzer Prize winner will deliver Hall Center lecture
LAWRENCE – Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, oncologist, cancer researcher and Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, will deliver the Hall Center’s Humanities Lecture Series presentation “The Gene: An Intimate History” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the Lied Center Auditorium. The lecture is supported by the Hall Family Foundation. This event is...
KLETC announces law enforcement training graduates
YODER — Sixty-four new law enforcement officers graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) earlier this month. Shawnee County Sheriff Herman Jones was the speaker for the ceremony in KLETC’s Integrity Auditorium. ...
Distinguished professor's lecture to address construction of immigrants' legal status
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Foundation Distinguished Professor of Sociology Cecilia Menjívar will deliver her inaugural distinguished professor lecture at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, in the Summerfield Room of the Adams Alumni Center. The topic will be “Immigrants’ Legal Status: Constructions and Consequences.”...
Flint water crisis led to lower fertility rates, higher fetal death rates, researchers find
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Political atmosphere to get 'hotter' as Catalonia vote approaches, Spanish history scholar says
LAWRENCE — Leaders of the Catalan independence movement in northeastern Spain are poised to vote for independence Oct. 1, though the Spanish government is taking steps to impede the vote. ...
KanCare enrollees with mental illness report gaps in Medicaid managed care program
LAWRENCE — A recent study of Kansans with serious mental illness enrolled in KanCare, the state Medicaid managed care program, revealed many significant unmet needs and barriers to care. ...
Translating Russia’s first gay celebrity a challenge, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Although he is just 43 years old, Slava Mogutin has seen Russian attitudes toward homosexuality come full circle – from outlawed to accepted and back again to pariah status. ...
KPR to present First Songwriters Showcase
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio is hosting its first-ever Songwriters Showcase, an evening of music featuring local musicians Mr. and Mrs. Dodge, Heidi Gluck and Inside Baseball. The show, sponsored by Briggs Subaru, will be Saturday, Sept. 23, at Maceli’s, 1031 New Hampshire St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and...
New $20M NSF award will fund collaborative research on the role of microorganisms in plants, water and soil
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas will partner with four other Kansas universities on a new project funded by $20 million from the National Science Foundation to gain a better understanding of how tiny microorganisms, collectively known as microbiomes, influence environmental changes and the resulting economic implications. ...
$2.3M grant to fund new direction in autism spectrum disorders research at KU
LAWRENCE — While much research has been devoted to the social and communication issues that define autism spectrum disorders (ASD), much less is known about motor deficits that affect the majority of, if not all, individuals with ASD. These include not only repetitive behaviors such as hand flapping and rocking,...
13 students receive Undergraduate Research Awards
LAWRENCE — This fall, 13 KU students will receive Undergraduate Research Awards (UGRAs). UGRA recipients receive a $1,000 scholarship for support as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Aerospace engineering dominates international competitions
LAWRENCE — A team from the University of Kansas School of Engineering has once again earned top honors in an international aircraft engine design competition. ...
Study finds religious program advertising appeals mainly to fear
LAWRENCE — Christians and fundamentalists are a major section of American society, with influence in political, social and economic circles. Yet, little is known about how advertisers work to reach a fundamentalist population. A study from the University of Kansas analyzed advertising content from religious programs and found that fear...
Dole Institute to award Harkin 2017 Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced that it will honor retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin as the recipient of the 2017 Dole Leadership Prize. ...
Unfiltered Trump is unprecedented, expert in presidential rhetoric says
LAWRENCE – The next time President Donald Trump says or tweets something many Americans find outrageous – and you know he will – a University of Kansas expert in presidential rhetoric is available to help place things in historical context. ...
Expert on St. Louis race relations available for comment on unrest
LAWRENCE — Given the unrest triggered by the acquittal of police officer Jason Stockley in the 2011 killing of Anthony Smith, journalists looking for comment over the weekend from an expert on race relations in that part of the country may call on Clarence Lang, professor and chair of the...
KU announces Staff Fellows for 2017-2018
LAWRENCE — Neeli Bendapudi, provost and executive vice chancellor, and Mike Rounds, associate vice provost for human resource management, have announced the 2017-2018 class of Staff Fellows at the University of Kansas. ...
KU volunteers Larry and Nancy Stoppel receive Homecoming Spirit of 1912 Award
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alumni Association and the student-led Homecoming Steering Committee have named Larry and Nancy Stoppel of Washington, Kansas, winners of this year’s Rich and Judy Billings Spirit of 1912 Award. The annual award recognizes Jayhawks who consistently display school spirit, pride and tradition. ...
KU launching Data Analytics Boot Camp
OVERLAND PARK – KU Professional & Continuing Education announces today the launch of the Data Analytics Boot Camp, a 24-week skills-development, nondegree program, teaching the fundamental data science and analytics skills increasingly sought after in today’s data-driven digital economy. ...
Artists invited to submit proposals for new KU School of Medicine-Salina building
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina is seeking artists to develop original art for the new Medical Education Building that will house the Salina campuses of the KU schools of Medicine and Nursing. The building, a historic former bank, will open in summer 2018. The deadline for...
School of Journalism names Barbara Barnett to new professorship
LAWRENCE — Barbara Barnett, University of Kansas professor of journalism at the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, has been named the inaugural Lee F. Young Professor of Journalism. ...
Public administration professor collects major awards
LAWRENCE — Distinguished Professor Rosemary O'Leary collected three lifetime achievement awards in public administration this summer. ...
Scholarly social-media controversies have 20th-century antecedent
LAWRENCE – Every week, it seems, a professor or other public intellectual stirs up a hornet’s nest of controversy on social media, particularly when the question of race is at issue. ...