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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to speak at KU Oct. 31, receive honorary degree
EDITOR'S NOTE: Due to a change in President Santos' schedule, this event has been moved to a new date and time. The event will now take place at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31, at the Lied Center. ...
Law students win top honors in 2 national moot court competitions
LAWRENCE – The nationally ranked University of Kansas School of Law moot court program is off to a stellar start in the 2017-2018 season, snagging a national championship and a second-place finish. ...
KU launches new initiatives to fight hunger
LAWRENCE — In response to a 2017 study that found 54 percent of undergraduate students at the University of Kansas can be identified as “food insecure,” KU has launched a new initiative to address food and nutrition insecurity on the Lawrence campus. This summer the Office of the Vice Provost...
KU to finish Tobacco Free transition
LAWRENCE — In July 2018 the University of Kansas will complete a process begun five years earlier – going tobacco-free. ...
Symposium celebrating ‘Jews in the Midwest’ coming Nov. 12
LAWRENCE — The Midwest’s Jewish roots will be celebrated when scholars with international reputations gather at the University of Kansas next month for a symposium. ...
Public attitudes are more negative toward policies specific to transgender issues than gay rights policies, study finds
LAWRENCE — Public attitudes are significantly more negative toward transgender people and policies pertaining to them than they are toward gay people and policies of gay rights advocates, according to a study that includes two University of Kansas researchers. ...
Center For Teaching Excellence receives grant to improve evaluation of teaching
LAWRENCE — The Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas has received a $612,000 grant intended to help STEM departments provide a richer evaluation of faculty teaching and, ultimately, expand the use of practices that have shown to improve student learning. ...
Lecture: Sexual assault and the 'strong' black woman
LAWRENCE – The intersection of gender, violence, race and resilience will be explored at the fall 2017 Langston Hughes Visiting Professor Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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 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...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
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. ...