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$1.3M gift establishes 5 scholarships for KU students
LAWRENCE — A gift of more than $1.3 million from the estate of University of Kansas alumni Perry Rashleigh and Rosemary Jones Rashleigh will create five Rashleigh Family Scholarships for students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, math and English. ...
NBA legend, business leader to present 2017 Chandler Lecture
LAWRENCE — Byron Scott, former NBA head coach and player, and Charles Norris, a longtime business executive, will deliver the University of Kansas School of Business Anderson Chandler Lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Transgender candidate's election in Virginia is historic for the movement, professor says
LAWRENCE — The election Nov. 7 in Virginia of the first openly transgender person to a state legislature is historic for the transgender movement, said a University of Kansas scholar of LGBT political movements. ...
Research drive could ‘untangle’ vexing problem in computer-simulation technology
LAWRENCE — The computer simulations used to design, optimize, test or control a vast range of objects and products in our daily lives are underpinned by finite element methods. ...
Spencer Museum, The Commons raise flags for ‘Pledges of Allegiance’ project
LAWRENCE — A new flag will fly in front of The Commons at Spooner Hall as part of a nationwide public art project, “Pledges of Allegiance,” commissioned by Creative Time, a New York–based public arts nonprofit. “Pledges of Allegiance” is a serialized commission of 16 flags, each created by an...
KU lab uses 'markerless motion capture' technology to study athletes' performance
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Disability advocates improve their community for all
LAWRENCE – A new video titled “Stoplights Don’t Stop Us!” tells the story of people with disabilities in Emporia who advocated for change in their community as part of their involvement in a University of Kansas research project. As a result of their work with the city of Emporia and...
Researcher seeks to tame 'ghost' of uncertainty in complex dynamic systems
LAWRENCE — We’re surrounded by dynamic systems — systems demonstrating behavior changing through time — in engineering, nature, civilization, even our personal lives. Even an ordinary bathtub could be considered a dynamic system with inflow and outflow of water and a reservoir level in the tub (along with a few...
Diverse music styles and a hip-hop anniversary highlight the fall dance concert
LAWRENCE – For two nights, Antonin Dvorak, American gamelan music, epic pirate music and hip-hop will share the stage as University Dance Company performs with UNITY Dance Crew. The shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16-17 at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
Author, Princeton Professor Matthew Desmond to give lecture
LAWRENCE — Matthew Desmond, professor of sociology at Princeton University and award-winning author, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” is free and open to the public. A reception and book signing will occur...
Book tackles conceptual issues in photography in a global era
LAWRENCE — In this Instagram age, according to Art History Associate Professor John Pultz, photographers face a seemingly dichotomous challenge: It’s both harder and easier than ever to make a good picture. ...
KU-led program 'changing face of education' in California by implementing system to boost inclusion, performance
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas education technical assistance and research center is on the way to “changing the face of education” in California by implementing a framework of education that uses research-backed practices to support the academic, behavioral and social-emotional learning needs of every student throughout the state. SWIFT...
KPR, Lawrence Public Library will present discussion on DACA
LAWRENCE – Kansas Public Radio’s Kaye McIntyre will moderate a panel discussion on DACA and the DREAMers featuring Marta Caminero-Santangelo, professor and interim director of the University of Kansas Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, and Lua Yuille, associate professor of law. The discussion is open to...
Spencer Museum hosts MacArthur Fellows for public dialogue on research spanning arts, sciences
Book to place history of Kansas Jews in regional context
LAWRENCE — The history of Midwest Jews is an area ripe for scholarship, and the University of Kansas is well-placed to be a center of such study, according to a researcher who has begun working on a book on the subject. ...
Graduate Studies launches drive for funds to sustain students through personal difficulties
LAWRENCE — Higher education is filled with anecdotes of promising graduate students destined for scholarly and professional success until life gets in the way. Now, when life deals a harsh blow, graduate students at the University of Kansas will be able to fight back, or at least limit the adverse...
Workshop to address how to combat misinformation, fake news
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professors will present an all-day event next week that will examine the consequences of misinformation in democratic societies and how to detect, address and combat the creation and dissemination of fake news. ...
BTBC at KU wins $50,000 grant from US Small Business Administration
LAWRENCE — The Bioscience & Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas has earned a major grant for its role as a business accelerator and economic engine for northeast Kansas. ...
Satire, nonsense and the dangers of herd mentality abound in 'Rhinoceros'
LAWRENCE — The latest University Theatre production, “Rhinoceros,” will take audiences on a visual and satirical romp that offers insight on totalitarianism, xenophobia and human will. ...
Black Literary Suite focuses on 'reclaiming the black body'
LAWRENCE — Last year, the sixth Black Literary Suite at the University of Kansas focused on writers from Mississippi. This fall, the seventh Black Literary Suite takes on a broader theme under the rubric “Reclaiming the Black Body: Women Writing Women.”...
School of Education offers free professional development for educators in Kansas City
OVERLAND PARK — The School of Education at the University of Kansas has announced dates for the 2017-2018 Strategies Event Series, which will include three interactive professional development lectures at the Edwards Campus. ...
School of Education to host annual Gene A. Budig Lecture in Special Education
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education will welcome Kathleen Lane, professor in the Department of Special Education, as the 2017-2018 Budig Teaching Professorship in Special Education award recipient and featured lecturer. ...
New research looks at how ‘cosmic web’ of filaments alters star formation in galaxies
LAWRENCE — Astronomer Gregory Rudnick sees the universe crisscrossed by something like an interstellar superhighway system. Filaments — the strands of aggregated matter that stretch millions of light years across the universe to connect galaxy clusters — are the freeways. ...
KU, Haskell students participate in diversity in science program
LAWRENCE — Sixteen scholars in programs from the Office for Diversity in Science Training (ODST) participated the 2017 Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science conference earlier this month in Salt Lake City. ...
KU Alumni Association launches KU Cares Month of Service
“Volunteerism is something that KU alumni are passionate about and engaged in across the country,” says Danny Woods, the Alumni Association’s assistant director of legacy relations & alumni programs. “KU Cares Month of Service just amplifies what they’re already doing.”...
Wayne Simien will speak at Fall 2017 Coaches Workshop
LAWRENCE — The Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas will work in collaboration with Greenbush, the Southeast Kansas education service center, to host the Fall 2017 Coaches Workshop for the region’s PK-12 coaches and educators. ...
Research will advance long-range test-flight communications using narrower bandwidth
LAWRENCE — In 2015, the National Spectrum Consortium auctioned off portions of the electromagnetic spectrum once used by government agencies to mobile-phone companies. ...
Research finds substance abuse varies widely in association with child abuse, neglect
LAWRENCE — Alcohol and other drug use are regularly linked to child abuse or neglect in families, but simply assuming the former causes the latter is not taking a deep enough look. A University of Kansas professor has authored a pair of studies examining how a range of parental alcohol...