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Residence halls plan family-friendly Halloween event
LAWRENCE — Daisy Hill Commons, and Self and Oswald residence halls at the University of Kansas will be the sites of Halloween in the Halls from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. Children must be accompanied by an adult. ...
KU pharmacy students will offer free seasonal flu vaccines in Wichita
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is teaming up with the United Way of the Plains to provide free flu vaccines Saturday, Oct. 21, in Wichita. ...
Five students nominated for Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes scholarships
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has endorsed applications from five students and recent graduates applying for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
University community mourns death of former Life Span Institute director Stephen R. Schroeder
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Stephen R. Schroeder, emeritus professor of applied behavioral science. ...
The poetics of 'Universal Boxes': May Tveit’s industrial artwork
LAWRENCE — Although she’s an academic and an artist, May Tveit does not look down on factory work. On the contrary, she idealizes it, celebrates it, utilizes it, loves it. ...
KU campaign for United Way seeking 1,500 donors
LAWRENCE — The 2017 United Way campus fund drive got off to a quiet start Sept. 28, but the goals are just as pressing as in years past. ...
Center for Sustainability to host Prairie Acre Open House
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability invites the public to a Prairie Acre Open House from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. The event will take place at the newly constructed Prairie Acre Demonstration Garden on the north side of Prairie Acre. ...
Law review symposium will examine inequity and the law
LAWRENCE — While the law is equated with justice, it is not free from the inequities that exist in society. Legal scholars and thinkers from around the country will gather in Lawrence this week to explore how inequity affects their fields of expertise, including education, immigration and business. ...
KU recognizes 5 educators with Chancellors Club professorships
LAWRENCE — Five professors from the University of Kansas may be experts in widely different fields, but they all share one important distinction: Their excellence as educators has earned them prestigious Chancellors Club Teaching Professorships in 2017. Three of them are from the Lawrence campus, and two are from the...
KU offering cybersecurity workshop in Overland Park for nontechnical leaders
OVERLAND PARK — October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, reminding governmental, public and private organizations alike to invest in the necessary training for employees at all levels to keep internal data and information secure. Many news stories cover common tips on securing personal data, such as changing your password...
Corporate social responsibility researcher discusses study on shareholders and social influence of investments
LAWRENCE — A recent journal article and post in the Harvard Business Review argues that corporate directors should not only have an eye on value or profits but also on the welfare of their shareholders, especially related to the environmental and social impact of their investments. ...
Digital scholarship lets author place Bard in ‘Marketplace of Words’
LAWRENCE — Jonathan Lamb could not have written his new book, “Shakespeare in the Marketplace of Words” (Cambridge University Press), in a pre-digital age. ...
Student researcher selected for 'beam time' at Stanford accelerator lab
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas graduate student who searches for some of the most elemental and elusive particles in the universe has been selected to participate in a prestigious federal research program. ...
Majority overestimates U.S. gay population, could influence gay rights policies, researchers find
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New challenges await participants in KU Engineering’s High School Design Competition
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Engineering’s annual High School Design competition is back, and it’s bigger than ever. The event, which annually brings hundreds of high school students to KU, will feature competition in six different categories — last year’s gathering offered five contests. Those competitions give...
Visiting scholar to present annual Gunn Lecture on 'How to be Happy in Shakespeare and Hobbes'
LAWRENCE — Before the 17th century, to be “happy” meant one was lucky. But from the 1600s onward, happiness meant what it means today: enjoyment and contentment. A visiting scholar of two prominent 17th century writers will explore this transformation of happiness in a guest lecture at the University of...
University Theatre opening timely play, delivers unflinching look at the ramifications of slavery
LAWRENCE — Weaving together gods and myths from different cultures and times in a distinctively American tapestry, “…And Jesus Moonwalk the Mississippi” is a genre-defying play examining the repercussions wrought by slavery on African-American people and the unity of the country as a whole. ...
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. ...
KU hosting Lights on Afterschool event at Capitol
LAWRENCE — More than 100 youths from across the state will take part in the national celebration Lights On Afterschool at the Kansas Capitol. ...
Scholar to speak on centennial of Russian Revolution
LAWRENCE — Joshua Sanborn, professor of history at Lafayette College, will speak on “The Great War and the Russian Revolution: A Reappraisal at the Centennial” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Lied Center Pavilion. The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception and book signing...
Hurricane relief focus of Engineering Diversity & Women’s programs Hack-A-Thon
LAWRENCE — Developing ideas and inventions to assist the recently hurricane-ravaged areas of Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico in their recovery will be the focus of an overnight event later this month for students in the University of Kansas School of Engineering’s Diversity & Women’s programs. ...
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.”...
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...
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-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...