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Architectural biologist to give 2017 Kenneth A. Spencer Lecture
LAWRENCE — TED Senior Fellow Jessica Green will deliver the Kenneth A. Spencer Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at The Commons in Spooner Hall. Her talk, “The Hidden City: Landscape, Urban Design, and the Microbial Universe,” will explore the relationship between sustainable built environments and the study of...
KU researcher, students working with KC-area charities to educate new citizens
LAWRENCE — Immigration has been a hot topic throughout the recent presidential campaign and years prior. A University of Kansas professor and students have been working with Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas to learn from and help each other while working to educate both future American citizens and future teachers. ...
Islamic radicalization in Central Asia is not one-dimensional, scholar says
LAWRENCE — As Turkish authorities have arrested an Uzbek man as the alleged gunman accused of killing 39 people on New Year's Day at an Istanbul nightclub, a University of Kansas researcher who studies Central Asia said it would be a mistake in response to view Islamic radicalization as one-dimensional...
Reading picture books with children holds promise for treating common language disorder
LAWRENCE — A clinical trial of book reading to help kindergarten children with Specific Language Impairment learn words has determined the number of times a child with SLI needs to hear a word to learn it: 36 times or exposures compared with 12 times for typically developing children. ...
Nonprofit founder to receive 2017 honorary degree
LAWRENCE — The creator of a nonprofit agency that recruits military veterans to provide disaster relief and humanitarian aid around the world will receive an honorary degree from the University of Kansas. ...
New research on shallow warm clouds will advance climate models, weather forecasts
LAWRENCE — Growing up around Oklahoma City, David Mechem spent a lot of time scanning the skies. ...
Third annual conversation on business, race and sports to feature sociologist Harry Edwards
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Business, the Langston Hughes Center and Kansas Athletics will present “The Power of Sport: A Conversation on Business, Race and Sports” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. ...
Merienda Lecture Series will kick off Jan. 19
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will host speakers from programs as diverse as health and medicine, the social sciences, the humanities, and international and interdisciplinary studies. ...
KU experts can discuss issues surrounding Trump inauguration, incoming administration
LAWRENCE —As Donald J. Trump prepares to officially become the nation's 45th president on Friday, Jan. 20, University of Kansas political, communications and economics experts are available to discuss issues surrounding the inauguration and transition to the new administration. ...
University community mourns death of longtime German language professor
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Helmut Huelsbergen, professor emeritus of German. He died Jan. 5 in Battle Creek, Michigan. He was 87. ...
Grant to expand professor's work commemorating civil-rights martyr
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor will lead a project to create content transforming the Mississippi courtroom where Emmett Till’s murderers were acquitted in 1955 into an interactive history museum, using part of a half-million-dollar grant just announced by the National Park Service. ...
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will host Student Summit
LAWRENCE – New diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas will be the focus of the inaugural Student Summit hosted by the College. ...
Discovery adds rock collecting to list of things Neanderthals could do
LAWRENCE —Maybe this Neanderthal was a rock hound? ...
KGS honors outstanding employee
LAWRENCE — Eileen Battles, research project manager in GIS services at the Kansas Geological Survey, has received the fourth annual KGS Outstanding Support Staff Recognition Award. The KGS is based at the University of Kansas. ...
Supreme Court case highlights importance of providing quality education for students with disabilities, professor says
LAWRENCE — The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a case that has the potential to strengthen and clarify the rights of more than 6 million children with disabilities in the United States in relation to education. The case may require public schools to offer a special education program...
Lecture: "The U.S. Army and the ‘Problem of Race'"
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas expert will use an upcoming public presentation to discuss ways that the U.S. Army has contributed to social change in America. ...
'Confluence Narratives' define national identity via encounters between ethnic groups
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor says that in his new book he has identified nothing less than “a new literary genre” that defines a hemispheric American national identity via cultural encounters generated by colonization, slavery and immigration. ...
Dole Institute releases early spring 2017 programs
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its early spring 2017 programming schedule, including the popular annual Presidential Lecture Series and the monthly Fort Leavenworth Series. ...
Estate gift provides funds for Spencer Museum of Art, nursing, Dole Institute
LAWRENCE — A $100,000 estate gift from the late alumna Marynell Dyatt Reece will provide funds for the Spencer Museum of Art, a nursing scholarship and the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. ...
Grant will train future paleontologists, shed light on early Cenozoic mammals
LAWRENCE — A $100,000 grant from the David B. Jones Foundation will help to develop a new generation of paleontologists at the University of Kansas, enabling students to pursue fieldwork in locations such as Wyoming and Turkey aimed at solving some of evolution’s deepest mysteries. ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events will mark civil rights leader's legacy
LAWRENCE — Members of the University of Kansas community can celebrate the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. through a variety of events and activities. This year’s celebration theme is Working Together in Unity. ...
University community remembers geographer Robert Nunley
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Robert Nunley, professor emeritus of geography, who died Dec. 24, 2016. He was 85. ...
Does decentralized nursing unit design work?
LAWRENCE — Modern hospital design — with all-private patient rooms, larger units and decentralized nursing stations – has raised concerns about nurses walking long distances and failing to maintain proximity to patients. ...
'Zero tolerance' policies disproportionately punish black girls, professor says
LAWRENCE — When schools put zero tolerance policies into effect, such rules were intended to address problems such as violence, weapons, drugs or other illegal activities. Consequently, "zero tolerance" policies have been used to punish behavioral issues, including inappropriate dress and other minor transgressions. And like many disciplinary measures, they...
Grants to spur mixed-ability jam sessions using computerized instrument
LAWRENCE — A group of University of Kansas professors has received a $35,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to stage a symposium, including performances, focusing on a computerized musical instrument that allows people of all abilities, including those with little or no voluntary movement, to participate in group improvisation. ...