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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.
Wed, 06/05/2024

KU Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship awarded to 2023 graduate Aylar Atadurdyyeva

KU alumna Aylar Atadurdyyeva is the 2024 winner of the James Blackiston Memorial Graduate Fellowship from the KU chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Atadurdyyeva won $1,500 and is the chapter’s nominee for a national Phi Kappa Phi fellowship.
Wed, 06/05/2024

KU ranks 60th among US public universities granted utility patents in 2023

For the second year in a row, the University of Kansas has landed a spot on the National Academy of Inventors' top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents list. The 2023 list showcases universities that play a pivotal role in advancing the innovation ecosystem within and beyond the United States.
Tue, 06/04/2024

Lifelong learner is intergenerational visual art educator, advocate

Liz Langdon joined the faculty of KU's Department of Visual Art when she was 65 after an extensive career in art education. She writes of the "long hill" she has climbed and vistas yet to conquer for a chapter in a new book titled "Art Education and Creative Aging: Older Adults as Learners, Makers, and Teachers of Art."
Mon, 06/03/2024

Authenticity on the job dramatically benefits trans workers, study shows

A new survey of 206 transgender and nonbinary workers shows dramatic improvements in job and life satisfaction when they are able to communicate about their authentic selves on the job. "This is not incremental; it's huge," said study co-author Cameron Piercy, KU associate professor of communication studies.
Mon, 06/03/2024

Camps built on KU research to help young readers improve, future school psychologists put theory to practice

A pair of reading camps hosted by the OASIS training clinic at KU will help struggling readers boost their skills in a fun way based on research from KU. The camps also train aspiring school psychologists in using research-based reading intervention and behavior supports.
Fri, 05/31/2024

Theatre design student earns 1st place at national contest

Two students represented the University of Kansas and showcased their skills as theatrical designers at the recent Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival National competition in Washington, D.C.
Thu, 05/30/2024

Center for Evaluation and Educational Leadership welcomes new director Bart Swartz

The Center for Evaluation & Educational Leadership (CEEL), housed within the University of Kansas’ Achievement & Assessment Institute, has announced the appointment of Bart Swartz as its new director. Swartz succeeds Brad Neuenswander, who has served as director since the center’s founding.
Thu, 05/30/2024

Professor applies theoretical work to his metal music

Brad Osborn, KU professor of music theory, channels his inner black-metal musician into one-man band D’Archipelago, which has now released its fifth recording. “EVILSIZOR” continues the trend of pop music that ignores the old verse-chorus structure.
Thu, 05/30/2024

Media invited to KU program featuring NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Robert Bauer on June 4

Admiral Robert Bauer (Royal Netherlands Navy), chair of the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), will give a presentation and sit for a discussion with Dole Institute Visiting Fellow Gerald Seib at a private event.
Wed, 05/29/2024

KU announces contract extension for Director of Athletics Travis Goff

University of Kansas Director of Athletics Travis Goff has signed a seven-year contract extension that will keep him at KU through 2031. The agreement extends Goff’s contract — originally a five-year deal worth $700,000 annually — through May 31, 2031, and increases his base salary to $1.3 million.
Wed, 05/29/2024

Ten KU Law students honored for scholarship, leadership and service

Ten University of Kansas School of Law students received awards during the spring 2024 semester for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community.
Tue, 05/28/2024

Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project honored with historic preservation award

The Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project at KU recently received the Medallion Award, the highest award bestowed by the Kansas Preservation Alliance, at the 2024 Kansas State Preservation Conference.
Tue, 05/28/2024

Education in an AI World summer conference to be hosted for educators

The School of Education & Human Sciences at the University of Kansas will host the 2024 Strategies for Educational Improvement Summer Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators as a hybrid professional development event June 14.
Tue, 05/28/2024

KU establishes $11 million biomedical center to advance women’s health using big data

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a multidisciplinary biomedical center at the University of Kansas to research big data’s potential to improve women’s health. It will fund KU’s fifth Center of Biomedical Research Excellence.
Tue, 05/28/2024

Spain still struggles over interpretation of its Golden Age

To understand the separatist movements and other political forces that threaten to break Spain apart, it is instructive to see how all sides spin the nation’s Golden Age literary heritage today. That is the premise of the new book “The Currency of Cultural Patrimony: The Spanish Golden Age” by KU author Robert Bayliss.
Fri, 05/24/2024

Shelley Hooks named as next University of Kansas vice chancellor for research

The University of Kansas has selected Shelley Hooks as the next vice chancellor for research. Hooks is the associate vice president for research at the University of Georgia and a professor in UGA's Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. She will begin her new role Aug. 4.
Fri, 05/24/2024

Program that helps KU College faculty explore funding opportunities completes first year

FRESSH, an acronym for Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities, just wrapped up its inaugural year at the University of Kansas. The program brings together faculty in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (or the College) to explore research funding opportunities and sharpen grant writing skills.
Fri, 05/24/2024

With wobbling stars, astronomers gauge mass of 126 exoplanets and find 15 new ones

New findings from an astronomer at the University of Kansas offer new understanding of the makeup of exoplanets and their star systems generally.
Fri, 05/24/2024

Barbara Timmermann serving as interim dean of pharmacy school

Barbara Timmermann, University Distinguished Professor and chair of medicinal chemistry, has agreed to serve as interim dean of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. Her appointment became effective May 12.
Thu, 05/23/2024

Expert on Iranian artists can comment on Cannes director drama

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof showed up unexpectedly at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. He may never be able to go home. KU researcher Rana Esfandiary, author of “At the Threshold: Contemporary Theatre, Art and Music of Iran,” can discuss developments with media.
Thu, 05/23/2024

New grant will fund study on preemption's effects on health, economic disparities in Kansas City

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute’s Policies for Action program has awarded more than $382,000 to researchers at KU and the National Academy of Public Administration for a study of how preemptive public policies may contribute to economic insecurity and health inequities in the Kansas City area.
Wed, 05/22/2024

KU research examines why athletes use authenticity in personal branding, how personal life influences brand

A pair of studies examines why athletes feel authenticity is vital to their personal branding and how an athlete's personal life influences their brand, including aspects of their romantic life. The findings both better illustrate how athletes use branding to advance in their sport and the racial and gendered implications of personal life on athletes' perception by the public.
Tue, 05/21/2024

Well-Fit Center for Youth Wellness and Fitness will take STEM approach to help children thrive

The Achievement & Assessment Institute has announced the opening of Well-Fit | Center for Youth Wellness and Fitness. The center is based on the principle that youths should be provided knowledge and skills through STEM learning and in-person programming to improve physical wellness and fitness.

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