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Wed, 06/26/2024

KU researchers highlight how $80.6 billion in federal spending supports individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities nationwide

In recognition of the anniversary of the 1999 decision, which was celebrated June 20 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, University of Kansas researchers shared information about how federal funds are distributed to each state to help individuals, families and caretakers.
Tue, 06/25/2024

KU student Audrey Rips-Goodwin awarded Astronaut Scholarship two years in a row

Audrey Rips-Goodwin, an Overland Park senior in chemistry and mathematics, is the University of Kansas’ 2024 Astronaut Scholar — an award of up to $15,000. Rips-Goodwin was also named an Astronaut Scholar in 2023.
Tue, 06/25/2024

I2S scientist receives NSF award for research focused on cardiac tissue ablations

A computational scientist with the School of Engineering and Institute for Information Sciences (I2S) is part of a team of researchers that received $283,686 from the National Science Foundation to develop a scientific computing platform for characterization and monitoring of cardiac tissue ablations.
Tue, 06/25/2024

Globe-trotting trumpet professor featured in Spanish Olympics fanfare

Musical talent, hard work and networking take Stephen Leisring around the world — recently to Madrid, where he played first trumpet on a piece for Radio Television Española's upcoming coverage of the Paris Olympics.
Tue, 06/25/2024

New edition of book updates changing world of international trade law in free, open-access format

Raj Bhala's sixth edition of "International Trade Law: A Comprehensive E-Textbook" updates many topics ranging from Brexit to the U.S.-China trade war. This is the first version to be made freely available in an open access format.
Tue, 06/25/2024

Communication studies expert can comment on high-stakes presidential debate

The stakes for the first presidential debate June 27 between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could hardly be higher, according to Robert Rowland, expert in presidential rhetoric and debate and KU professor of communication studies.
Mon, 06/24/2024

Study reveals same genes that can drive cancer also guide neural-circuit growth

In new research appearing in PLOS ONE, Erik Lundquist and colleagues from his KU lab have added new specifics to the role oncogene Src plays in our biology, showing the gene is required for normal development of the nervous system.
Mon, 06/24/2024

KU Law’s moot court program ranks 25th in nation

The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court program is 25th in the nation, according to rankings published recently by the University of Houston Law Center.
Fri, 06/21/2024

KU Libraries name 2024 Rubinstein/Mason Award recipients

University of Kansas Libraries have named Katherine Bryan and Connor Reazin recipients of the 2024 Rubinstein/Mason Award. The scholarship supports current and former KU students in graduate study in librarianship and archival studies in honor of the late Joseph Rubinstein and the late Alexandra Mason, commemorating their years of principled service as KU librarians.
Tue, 06/18/2024

Attorney marketing tactics compared to ‘corporate ambulance chasing’ in new study

New research examines how social media announcements of plaintiff’s attorneys’ corporate investigations strongly predict future litigation. It finds how these attorneys’ efforts to recruit additional plaintiffs after a lawsuit has been filed signal that the action is more likely to succeed and result in more severe damages.
Mon, 06/17/2024

Study finds US does not have housing shortage, but shortage of affordable housing

New KU findings counter a common narrative that the United States is facing a housing shortage. The study analyzed Census survey data to determine how many cities had shortages of housing stock and compared it to median income for an area.
Mon, 06/17/2024

Annual summer solstice tour of KU medicinal garden set for June 21

The public is invited to the summer semiannual tour of the KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 7 p.m. June 21, one day after the summer solstice. The garden, situated just east of the Lawrence Municipal Airport, includes research plantings, a large native plant demonstration garden and the KU Community Garden.
Mon, 06/17/2024

Frederick Douglass’ relationship with audiences illustrates ‘outsized impact’ of public speaking in politics, scholar says

Public speaking was among the vehicles the writer and reformer used to tell his story of enslavement, to call for abolition and to defend Black Americans’ rights. A KU scholar unravels how relationships with his audiences are context for his ideological transformation.
Fri, 06/14/2024

KU music therapy, speech-language-hearing scholars provide interdisciplinary services in rural Bulgaria

A unique partnership between University of Kansas faculty members in speech-language pathology and music therapy provided KU students with a hybrid clinical and experiential study abroad program in Bulgaria and Greece during the intercession between the spring and summer semesters.
Fri, 06/14/2024

KU teams with community colleges to host boot camp in Dodge City to showcase career opportunities in STEM fields, intelligence community

KU, in partnership with the Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence, is hosting a boot camp June 20 at Dodge City Community College. Registered attendees include students from Kansas community colleges as well as high school students. Participants will encounter and react to a simulated national security crisis.
Wed, 06/12/2024

KU Kudos: Jayhawk faculty and staff achievements, June 2024

Read about KU employees' recent external honors and awards from all university campuses.
Wed, 06/12/2024

Researchers in US, Ukraine simulate cell activity at ‘breathtaking’ timescales

A partnership between scientists at KU and collaborators in Europe, including war-torn Ukraine, will result in computer models of biological cells likely to hasten health breakthroughs by simulating molecular interactions inside cells with near experimental accuracy at vastly longer timescales than similar efforts.
Tue, 06/11/2024

New book examines best methods to prepare future English teachers

Theory, curriculum and what it means to be a professional educator are all at the heart of “Principles That Shape English Teacher Education,” co-edited by Heidi Hallman, professor of curriculum & teaching at KU.
Tue, 06/11/2024

PCAOB risk-based inspection consequences evaluated using new model

Mike Wilkins, the Larry D. Horner and KPMG Professor of Accounting at KU, examines the effects of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's decision to move to more random-based audit selection. The findings suggest there are more benefits than costs associated with auditors’ responses to a selection approach that is primarily risk-based.
Mon, 06/10/2024

KU TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers provide crucial FAFSA assistance in northeast Kansas

TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers at KU offer free assistance to help individuals, particularly first-generation students and those facing financial challenges, navigate the FAFSA financial aid application process. The program, housed under the Achievement & Assessment Institute’s Center for Educational Opportunity Programs, is accessible to the public in Douglas, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Leavenworth and Franklin counties.
Mon, 06/10/2024

University honors April, May 2024 Employees of the Month

The University of Kansas has announced Employees of the Month for April and May 2024. These staff members have made outstanding contributions to the KU Lawrence community.
Mon, 06/10/2024

International Support Services moving to consolidated location

International Support Services is moving to 50 Strong Hall in June. The move will provide one consolidated location for all ISS staff, who have been spread out among four offices in Strong Hall.
Mon, 06/10/2024

Ten KU students receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer

This summer, ten University of Kansas students received an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship for their work on mentored research and creative projects.
Fri, 06/07/2024

KU community mourns death of longtime employee Scott Jeffress

For 23 years, Jeffress ensured various KU facilities were able to meet the needs of researchers who rely on them to perform their work. Jeffress, a Baldwin City resident, died May 30.
Fri, 06/07/2024

KU School of Business welcomes students for 8th annual Summer Venture in Business

Nearly 50 students from 11 states will participate in the 2024 Summer Venture in Business, which will be held in two sessions, June 9-11 and July 14-19.
Fri, 06/07/2024

KU researcher Rafe Brown receives Fulbright Award to the Philippines

Rafe Brown, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to travel to the Philippines to study biodiversity. Brown will spend a year in the Philippines conducting fieldwork to sample amphibians and reptiles. The research studies the biodiversity of a rare stretch of pristine tropical forest that extends from a volcanic peak to the sea.
Fri, 06/07/2024

Professors collaborate with National Humanities Center to bring first AI & Digital Literacy educators' institute to KU

Kathryn Conrad and Sean Kamperman, faculty members in the Department of English, collaborated with the NHC to bring together teachers and administrators from middle schools, secondary schools and colleges from across the region for a week of critical discussions, presentations and instructional resource and policy development.
Thu, 06/06/2024

KU Libraries announce 2024 Whayne Scholars; visiting researchers’ presentations set for June 26

Alyssa Cole, assistant professor of African American studies at the University of Florida, and Brooke Thomas, African American history postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University, are the recipients of the 2024 Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researchers Travel Award from KU Libraries. They will visit KU from June 24 to 27 with a joint public presentation at 3 p.m. June 26 in the Johnson Room.
Thu, 06/06/2024

75 Jayhawks initiated into KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa

The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society initiated new members at a May 12 ceremony. Election to Phi Beta Kappa recognizes a student’s high academic achievement while pursuing a broad and substantive liberal arts curriculum.
Wed, 06/05/2024

Kevin Willmott's new film shines light on KC civil rights figure

For his next project, Academy Award winner Kevin Willmott, KU professor of film & media studies, turns his camera on a Kansas City civil rights icon, Alvin Brooks, in a documentary about one of the city's first Black police officers and its first Black department head.

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