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Report defines origin of Red Beds in Southwest Kansas
More than a century of debate over the age and origin of an outcrop in Southwest Kansas — thought by some geologists to contain the only known Jurassic rocks at the surface in the state — has been resolved, according to a new report by the Kansas Geological Survey at...
National Endowment for the Arts awards $50K for Spencer exhibition
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on Dec. 8 announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million, including an Art Works award of $50,000 to the Spencer Museum of Art for the upcoming exhibition “Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia.” Opening in fall 2016, Temporal Turn will be...
KU Alumni Association sets dates for Homecoming 2016
University of Kansas will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 16-22, 2016, culminating in the KU football game against Oklahoma State University Oct. 22 in Memorial Stadium. ...
University announces fall 2015 candidates for degree
The names of more than 1,250 candidates for degree from the University of Kansas this fall — representing 50 Kansas counties, 41 other states and territories, and 18 other countries — have been announced by the University Registrar. ...
School of Education extends teach abroad opportunities for students
In an effort to support the internationalization of the teaching profession, the University of Kansas School of Education has extended its study and teach abroad opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate education students by partnering again with the University of Missouri College of Education. The continuing program provides experiences that...
Electrical engineering professional association honors professor, dean
University of Kansas Electrical Engineering Professor Shannon Blunt and School of Engineering Dean Michael Branicky were recently named Fellows by the prestigious professional association the Institute of Electrical Electronics and Engineers (IEEE). ...
Professor's sci-fi stories translated for international audience
An award-winning science fiction writer and University of Kansas professor is seeing her short-story work translated into Japanese, German and now Turkish. ...
Federal relations director to lead advocacy coalition of university research institutions
mission to communicate to members of Congress the importance of federal research funding at science agencies also supports KU's research priorities as a member of both the Association of American Universities and Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. ...
Catalog brings later work of artist Albert Bloch into public view
Artist Albert Bloch is best known for being the lone American to show in the first Blue Rider exhibition, which in 1911 helped lay the foundation for modern art. But a University of Kansas art history professor argues Bloch’s best work didn’t come until decades later when he was painting...
Chemist and biomedical engineer named Foundation Distinguished Professor
A catalyst who is driving advances in high-tech diagnostics for cancer, stroke and infectious diseases will join the University of Kansas as a Foundation Distinguished Professor. ...
Scientist named Geological Society of America Fellow
Susan Stover, geologist and outreach manager at the Kansas Geological Survey, based at the University of Kansas, has been named a Fellow of one of the world's largest geological societies. ...
Award will support weight-loss efforts for people with disabilities
Marren Leon-Barajas has won the inaugural Community Living Research Award from the University of Kansas Research and Training Center on Independent Living. ...
Researchers will study Affordable Care Act's effects on people with disabilities
University of Kansas researchers are part of a $2.5 million grant project to examine the Affordable Care Act and its effects on the United States’ largest minority population: individuals with disabilities. ...
Professors named as AAAS fellows
Two University of Kansas professors have been selected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for their distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications. ...
Climate change governs a crop pest, even when populations are far-flung
As delegates from 195 nations meet in Paris to debate mankind’s response to global climate change, scientists from the University of Kansas and Rothamsted Research in England today issue a study of a major crop pest that underlines how “climate is changing in more ways than just warming.”...
Day to serve as acting senior vice provost for academic affairs
Stuart Day, associate professor of Spanish and director of Faculty Programs in the Office of International Programs at the University of Kansas, has been selected to serve as acting senior vice provost for academic affairs. ...
HSES Department to host the 2015 Naismith Lecture Series event
The University of Kansas Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences welcomes author and educator Milton Katz as keynote speaker at the annual James Naismith Lecture Series. ...
Outreach center will host children's holiday party
More than 700 children from the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence will attend the 20th Annual MILK Holiday Party from noon-6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Nearly 200 KU student volunteers will participate. ...
Media advisory: House education reform allows states greater flexibility, professor says
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly earlier this week to scale back the federal role in education. The bill does not remove the controversial and highly unpopular testing requirements of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act, however. The legislation would return the power on how to use test performances to...
Director of KU Public Safety Office to retire at year's end
A career that has spanned more than four decades and bridged multiple campuses at the University of Kansas is coming to a close. Ralph Oliver, director of KU Public Safety Office and chief of police, will retire Dec. 31. ...
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies awards 9 Tinker Field Research Grants
The University of Kansas Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies has awarded nine graduate students with Tinker Field Research Grants for work in Latin America during Winter 2015-2016. ...
Media Advisory: Professor predicts musical twist in 'The Hunger Games'
Music theorists aren’t typically in the forecasting business, but more than a year ago a University of Kansas professor predicted that “The Hunger Games” franchise would invert a musical gesture to reflect a plot twist in the final movies. ...
Prominent magazine honors internal auditor
Cate Neeley, assistant director and internal audit manager at the University of Kansas, has been named a 2015 Emerging Leader by Internal Auditor magazine. She shares the honor with 14 other practitioners who are taking innovative approaches to changing how the business world views the profession. ...
English department launching first Writers' Faire
The First and Second Year English program at the University of Kansas has announced a showcase of student writing projects, highlighting participants' talents, imagination and achievement. ...
Expert available to discuss Paris climate talks with reporters
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP21, currently is meeting in Paris until Dec. 11. ...
Design students create innovative projects for city transportation
The University of Kansas, city of Lawrence and MV Transportation have announced the 015-16 recipients of the MV Transportation Scholarship, designed to support experiential learning opportunities for current KU students. ...
Specter of disaster provides important backdrop to Paris climate negotiations, researcher says
As the United Nations climate talks in Paris enter their third day, a University of Kansas researcher on environmental rhetoric and climate politics is available to discuss the developments. ...
Mortar Board announces Outstanding Educator Awards
The University of Kansas chapter of Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, recently selected five faculty members to receive Outstanding Educator Awards. The recipients were announced at the Dec. 1 men's basketball game against Loyola University in Allen Fieldhouse. ...
Final OMA director candidate to present Dec. 4
The last of three finalists for director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation Friday, Dec. 4. ...