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Geology students will lead international organization
LAWRENCE — For most college students, getting involved with a professional society means joining or leading a local student chapter and attending meetings. But for University of Kansas geology doctoral candidates Mackenzie Cremeans and Blair Schneider, getting involved means winning a membership-wide election to lead a thousand-member international association. ...
New hours among changes for KU Recreation Services
LAWRENCE — Hours at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center have changed, and other reductions have been implemented across programs and services. ...
School of Music announces 70th Annual KU Band Day
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Music will stage the 70th Annual KU Band Day on Saturday, Sept. 9 with high schools from across Kansas and Missouri participating. ...
Trump's Arpaio pardon 'appears to sanction lawless behavior,' yet is absolute, constitutional law prof says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Joe Arpaio, the controversial former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff, Aug 25. The lawman, known for his aggressive efforts to fight illegal immigration, had been convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a judge’s orders to cease detaining people he and...
'Marrying up' is now easier for men, improves their economic well-being, study finds
LAWRENCE — As the number of highly educated women has increased in recent decades, the chances of "marrying up" have increased significantly for men and decreased for women, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas sociologist. ...
Languages school will hold 3rd convocation
LAWRENCE — An event set for Friday, Sept. 1, will mark the second anniversary of the University of Kansas School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures. ...
Information sessions will address concealed carry concerns
LAWRENCE — Recent changes to concealed carry law in Kansas have many on the University of Kansas Lawrence campus asking questions. ...
Failure to address long-term land-use issues makes areas vulnerable to hurricanes, flooding, professor says
LAWRENCE — The Texas coast is bracing for major storm Hurricane Harvey to bring high winds and perhaps damaging flooding to the Houston area, the nation's fourth-largest city. ...
KU offers Big Data Workshops to Kansas City area professionals
OVERLAND PARK — While every strategy seems to start and end with “data,” many professionals struggle to successfully build teams, run an organization and make key business decisions based on these figures. Local managers and decision makers with little or no data science experience can augment their knowledge at KU’s...
Dole Institute to welcome ‘Nightline’ anchor, ambassador and more
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas unveiled its full schedule for the fall 2017 semester this week. ...
University Theatre announces 2017-'18 performance season
LAWRENCE — The University Theatre has designed another thought-provoking, cutting-edge season. Featuring visiting directors, creative visual effects and a mixture of classic and contemporary productions, the season will broaden one’s perspective and resonate with audiences today. ...
Midwest service providers identify sexual assault a risk for both labor- and sex-trafficking victims, survey finds
LAWRENCE — Service providers in the Midwest who have encountered survivors of human trafficking listed sexual assault as one of the most likely conditions to encounter of those at risk of both labor and sex trafficking, according to a new report by University of Kansas researchers. ...
Long-term study aims to understand prairie ecology after farmland is forsaken
LAWRENCE — Across the U.S., farmers have abandoned millions of acres of land due to economics and hindrances such as dropping water tables that make irrigation of crops impossible. Since 2001, a longstanding study at the University of Kansas has improved researchers’ grasp of how to restore native prairie grassland...
Study gauges perceptions of transgender youths in small towns
LAWRENCE — Transgender youths face a number of challenges each day, and it’s easy to assume those who live in small, rural towns have less understanding and more hostility in their lives. But a new study shows that’s not necessarily the case and that how transgender youths perceive the climate...
KU welcomes scholars, indigenous rights activists to 'Paraguay at the Crossroads'
LAWRENCE – Paraguay has been undergoing many tumultuous political, economic and social changes, but its larger neighbors have attracted most of the attention. Some changes stem from long historical trajectories, and others have been spurred by the recent intensification of globalization. ...
Hall Center for the Humanities events to explore the posthuman condition
LAWRENCE – The Hall Center for the Humanities’ Fall Faculty Colloquium is designed to enliven the intellectual atmosphere of the University of Kansas and contribute to the interdisciplinary training of faculty. This fall, four KU faculty members and four graduate students will convene under the leadership of directors Allan Hanson,...
KU announces June Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the June 2017 Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
To project power, consumers prefer wider faces on watches, cars, study finds
LAWRENCE — People are typically averse to wider human faces because they elicit fears of being dominated. However, consumers might like wider faces on some products they buy, such as watches or cars, when they want to be seen in a position of power in certain situations, according to a...
Cracking the mobile-market code could create food-desert oasis
LAWRENCE — With perishable inventory and slim profit margins, the grocery business is notoriously tough. The mobile grocery business is even tougher. Two entities – one for-profit and the other not — that in recent years ran mobile groceries in the Kansas City area have shut down. ...
Study finds frontline supervisors use micropower strategies to cope with their middle-manager status
LAWRENCE — Probation and parole officers and their frontline supervisors widely differ on their views of the power of the frontline supervisor, according to a new study that includes a University of Kansas researcher. ...
Scholar can discuss political, social history of Catalonia region after Barcelona attack
LAWRENCE — Catalan police Thursday afternoon reported to international media that at least 13 people have died and more than 50 other people are injured after a vehicle rammed through a crowd in Barcelona. ...
University community remembers Victorian literature scholar Hal Orel
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Harold “Hal” Orel, distinguished professor emeritus of English. He died July 31 in Lawrence. ...
In congressional testimony, urban planning researcher finds inadequacies in low-income housing tax credit
LAWRENCE — The federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, or LIHTC, is not adequately serving the country's lowest-income segment and should allow for more opportunities for tenant-based vouchers, among other changes, according to a recent report by a University of Kansas researcher of affordable housing issues and policy. ...
Rare eclipse creates unique opportunity for businesses, consumer behavior researcher says
LAWRENCE — From the marketing and sale of special glasses to smaller communities across the country preparing for a sudden boon of visitors, Monday's total solar eclipse presents a unique opportunity for some businesses, according to a University of Kansas researcher of marketing and consumer behavior. ...
KPR wins 7 broadcasting awards
LAWRENCE — Kansas Public Radio, based at the University of Kansas, earned seven individual awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) this year. KPR earned honors in the news, commentary, programming and website categories. ...
Engineering professor wins prestigious grant to crack code of versatile compound
LAWRENCE — Juan Bravo-Suarez, University of Kansas assistant professor of chemical & petroleum engineering, was awarded a prestigious Doctoral New Investigator grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund. ...
Understanding alternative reasons for denying climate change could help bridge divide, study finds
LAWRENCE — Mainstream criticism of people who deny climate change essentially portrays climate skeptics as being out of touch, ignorant or somehow incapable of understanding the facts about climate change. ...
Development of local food systems in Kansas, Missouri help bridge gap among people with different moral, environmental views
LAWRENCE — One of the major barriers that environmentalists face in trying to implement sustainable practices is getting disparate groups to agree on what needs protecting and which way is the best course of action. ...
Immigrant detention centers referred to as family centers but resemble prisons, researchers find
LAWRENCE — Despite federal officials labeling centers where immigrant women and their families are held as family detention centers or release programs as “Alternative to Detention," University of Kansas researchers found the detention complexes function like jails and prisons and that ATD programs are essentially expanded surveillance schemes. ...