News
KU launches new Bachelor of Science in Nutrition to meet growing demand for food and health expertise
More news
University announces October Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the October Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
KU announces Kansas Certified Public Manager Program graduates
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced this year’s graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager program. The graduation ceremony will take place Friday, Dec. 2, in the House Chamber at the Capitol. ...
Ten scholarly stocking stuffers
LAWRENCE — Santa Claus can fit a lot more than toy trains and dolls in his sleigh, and University of Kansas professors have published a number of recent books and other works that would make excellent holidays gifts. Here are 10 suggestions. ...
Special education professor wins research award
LAWRENCE — The Division for Research of the Council for Exceptional Children has announced that Kathleen Lane, University of Kansas professor of special education, is the 2017 recipient of the Kauffman-Hallahan Distinguished Researcher Award. ...
Resources available for undocumented students
LAWRENCE — Universities across the country are addressing questions about the status of students who are undocumented and those covered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. ...
Mechanical engineer Robert Sorem presented with 2016 H.O.P.E Award
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas senior class has honored a mechanical engineering professor who is driven to keep students on track to graduate and the Jayhawk Motorsports team running. ...
KU graduate Ashlie Koehn is named as a Schwarzman Scholar
LAWRENCE — Ashlie Koehn, a University of Kansas graduate, is among 129 men and women named to the second class of Schwarzman Scholars, which provide for a year of graduate study in China. ...
Department announces new sport management minor
LAWRENCE – A new minor in sport management will provide students at the University of Kansas with a core set of skills, including literacy in sport marketing, sport finance, personnel management and the sociological aspects of sport. It is designed for students with an interest in the theory of the...
Students exercising at Ambler Student Rec Center burn calories under new LEDs
LAWRENCE – Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center has completed a three-part LED lighting project as a way to conserve energy. Thanks to the new initiative, KU students working out at Ambler are burning calories under much more efficient lighting. ...
Authoritarian regimes use rhetoric to legitimize their power, despite no progress with democracy
LAWRENCE – Leaders of authoritarian regimes in Central Asia have been able to use rhetoric to define their power as legitimate to the public despite practices of human rights violations and clamping down on dissent, according to a new study by a University of Kansas expert on international relations. ...
Nationwide public housing smoking ban presents some challenges, scholar says
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas public health scholar is available to discuss issues surrounding the nationwide public housing smoking ban. ...
After Castro's death, questions remain about business in Cuba, scholar says
LAWRENCE — After the death of Fidel Castro, it's still unclear if U.S. political and economic relations with Cuba will continue to improve, said a University of Kansas lecturer who has initiated a study-abroad program to the Caribbean island. ...
Art of ‘The Asian Century’ comes to Kansas in new exhibit
LAWRENCE — The first major exhibition at the newly renovated Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas brings cutting-edge art from across Asia to the Midwest. ...
Researchers tackle challenge of communicating with test flights using weaker frequencies
Staff leaders from 2016 presidential campaigns will take part in Dole elections conference
LAWRENCE — A prominent group of political strategists, journalists and pollsters will explore the 2016 election results at the Dole Institute of Politics’ nationally recognized Post-Election Conference. ...
KU honored as a ‘bike-friendly’ community
LAWRENCE — The League of American Bicyclists has recognized the University of Kansas with a Bronze Bicycle Friendly University (BFUSM) award, joining more than 150 colleges and universities from across the country. ...
Interactive science fiction play to open at the University Theatre
LAWRENCE — Considered the first science fiction play, “Rossum’s Universal Robots” (“R.U.R.”) explores themes that are now staples of robot science fiction such as freedom, love, destruction and what advanced technology might mean for humanity at large. This production will have the unique feature of being interactive via social media...
Architecture student awarded AAUW Fellowship
LAWRENCE — Sabrina Shafique, a graduate student in the University of Kansas Department of Architecture, was recently awarded an International Fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). ...
Professor part of new national organization to support creative 'Makers movement'
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor has participated in the founding of a new, national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people be creative while developing new business ventures, creating new technologies, creating art, revitalizing communities, transforming education and collaborating. ...
University community mourns death of senior Nicholas Herren
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Nicholas Herren, a senior in the School of Business. He died Nov. 27. ...
Naismith Lecture: 'The "What" and the "We" of Team Culture'
LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences welcomes Jim Thompson as keynote speaker at the annual James Naismith Lecture Series. ...
Withdrawal from Trans-Pacific Partnership 'intellectually dishonest, strategically wrongheaded,' international trade expert says
LAWRENCE — President-elect Donald Trump issued a video detailing policy plans for his first 100 days in office on Monday, including a vow to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “from day one.” The agreement between the United States and 11 other nations is history’s largest free trade agreement but has...
Having iPhones 'Made in the USA' is not that simple, international business experts say
LAWRENCE — After Donald Trump promised trade reform in the presidential campaign, how feasible is it that more manufactured items could carry a "Made in the USA" label? ...
'Achievement gap' cannot be closed, solution lies in transforming how we educate, professor writes
LAWRENCE — The “achievement gap” is the focus of much discussion of American education. How to help poor and minority students reach the same level of achievement as wealthy and majority peers is the subject of much debate. A University of Kansas professor has authored an article that the achievement...
KU student Shegufta Huma earns Rhodes Scholarship
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas senior Shegufta Huma is one of 32 American students to win a Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious recognitions of scholarly excellence. ...
Unwillingness to compromise makes today's landscape unique, political theorist says
LAWRENCE — The strident polarization — evident by the close 2016 presidential election — is not what makes this time unique in American politics, according to a University of Kansas scholar of political theory. It's the lack of willingness and effort to seek and find political consensus. ...
Military historian to lecture on WWII Pacific war 75 years after Pearl Harbor
LAWRENCE — A renowned World War II and military historian will visit the University of Kansas to discuss the Asia Pacific War and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. ...