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NEH grant will fund new curriculum initiative in global medical humanities
LAWRENCE — Sierra Hurd, a Topeka junior majoring in anthropology and studying the Wolof language, came to the University of Kansas with a goal of becoming a trauma surgeon and working for Médecins Sans Frontières. ...
Seniors will honor high school educators with Wolfe Family Teaching Awards
LAWRENCE — Three outstanding high school teachers will be recognized with 2017 Wolfe Family Teaching Awards during the University of Kansas Commencement weekend. Several years after having set foot in their high school classrooms, seniors say the influence of these educators is not forgotten. ...
Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates 20th year
LAWRENCE — More than 700 students, faculty, staff and guests attended KU’s 20th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 22 to hear student presenters share the results of their research and creative projects. The event took place in the Kansas Union, where more than 180 students from across campus presented...
Brown Foundation, Hall Center host series of essay workshops for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education
LAWRENCE— Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision declaring the state-helmed segregation of public schools unconstitutional, placed the city of Topeka and the family of Oliver Brown at the epicenter of civil rights history. Yet the full legal citation is Oliver L. Brown, et. al. vs. the...
KU student wins 10th annual Yale Hindi Debate
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures and the Center for Global & International Studies have announced that Daniel Lee Theisen, a third-year student studying Hindi at KU, has won the prestigious Yale University Hindi debate in the “Non-Native, Non-Heritage” category. ...
KU announces new 2017-2021 Self Graduate Fellows
Community invited to Writers' Faire on May 4
LAWRENCE — The First and Second Year English program at the University of Kansas has announced a showcase of student writing projects, highlighting participants' talents, imagination and achievement. ...
School of Engineering to bestow highest honor on 2 alumni
LAWRENCE — A pioneer in the development of flight simulator technology, recognized as a global expert in aircraft accident investigations, and a man whose revolutionary approach to architectural design has influenced design thinking and metal fabrication techniques across the globe are the winners of the 2017 Distinguished Engineering Service Award. ...
Research shows prejudice, not principle, often underpins 'free-speech defense' of racist language
LAWRENCE — Two researchers at the University of Kansas have conducted a study suggesting that “explicit racial prejudice is a reliable predictor of the ‘free speech defense’ of racist expression.”...
Hall Center announces new seminars on gender and military, oral history and colonialism
LAWRENCE — The Hall Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce the addition of two interdisciplinary seminars, one of which will address how the U.S. military manages questions of social equity and inclusion. ...
Six students win prestigious Fulbright awards
LAWRENCE — Six University of Kansas students have been selected for prestigious Fulbright awards for research, study or English teaching abroad for 2017-18. Notably, KU has two additional students with pending status as alternate Fulbright recipients. ...
KU to honor faculty, academic staff retirees May 23
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will honor retiring faculty and academic staff members with a lunch at noon May 23 in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Vice Provost Mary Lee Hummert will recognize the employees during the lunch. ...
KU School of Pharmacy 4th in nation in NIH funding
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is ranked No. 4 in the nation in National Institutes of Health funding, marking the 22nd consecutive year the school has been in the top 10. ...
Student to present on Lawrence transit hub proposal
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas and Lawrence communities are invited to attend the 2017 MV Transportation Scholarship Project presentation by Master of Urban Planning graduate student Nikhila Gunda from 4-5 p.m. today, May 2, at the KU Commons in Spooner Hall. A reception will follow. ...
KU researcher wins grant to study link between school funding, achievement gap
LAWRENCE — National groups estimate that around 20 states are still spending less per public school student than they did in 2008 prior to the Great Recession. ...
KU to host celebration of Chancellor Gray-Little on May 4
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students, faculty and staff are invited to a celebration of Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little on May 4 at the Lied Center. ...
History student wins Laird Essay Contest
LAWRENCE — The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) has announced that this year’s Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winner is history doctoral candidate Alana Holland, for her essay titled “Not Our Nation: Public Holocaust Commemoration in Poland.”...
KU launches Experts at KU faculty expertise portal
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has launched Experts at KU, an online faculty expertise search portal that will help internal and external users find research collaborators on the Lawrence and KU Medical Center campuses. ...
Study: Better memory makes people tire of experiences more quickly
LAWRENCE — We're fickle creatures. At least if we can remember to be, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas researcher of marketing and consumer behavior. ...
KU laboratory instrumental in understanding Mennonite genetics
LAWRENCE — For most of its 40-year history, the Laboratory of Biological Anthropology at the University of Kansas has worked with Mennonite communities in the Midwest to better understand their evolutionary history dating back to the Protestant Reformation. ...
Researchers develop course for online blended learning
LAWRENCE —Across the country, classrooms are making the transition to blended learning models. Typically, students work together, with devices, with a teacher and seek information from a number of educational resources. Recently, researchers at the University of Kansas developed an online course to help teachers create blended learning environments by...
Hall Center announces resident Fellows
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center has announced its fellows in residence for the 2017-2018 academic year. Jonathan Lamb, Antje Ziethen, Catherine Batza, Ari Linden and Crispin Williams were selected as Research Fellows, and Patricia Manning was awarded the Hall Center’s Mid-Career Research Fellowship. Doctoral candidates Alyse Bensel and Rachel Schwaller...
Final candidate for dean of Business to present Tuesday
LAWRENCE — Greg Mosier, dean of the College of Business at the University of Nevada, Reno, will make a public presentation Tuesday, May 2, as a candidate for dean for the University of Kansas School of Business. ...
KU to host Teaching in a New Era conference
LAWRENCE — The School of Education at the University of Kansas will host the 10th annual summer Strategies Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators on June 2. ...
Engineering professor honored with teaching award
LAWRENCE — Prasad Kulkarni, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, has been named the first recipient of the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Professorship. ...
Trump demands for NAFTA renegotiation risk triggering more protectionist moves worldwide, professor says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that instead of terminating NAFTA as he had previously threatened, the agreement could stay and that a renegotiation process would begin immediately. The landmark free-trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico was a major point in the presidential campaign, with Trump...
Reducing federal corporate income-rate would likely have largely beneficial effects, economist says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump's proposal to cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent as part of his tax policy plan has gained considerable media attention this week. ...
Religious studies lecture will examine early relationships among church, state and universities
LAWRENCE – An expert on the history of religious studies will examine the origin of secularity with its ideas of scientific rationality, free individual inquiry, democracy and rule of law. ...