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KU students win regional oil exploration competition, advance to global final
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Petrohawks, a team of geology, geophysics and engineering graduate students, won the regional competition for the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA), an oil exploration competition, for the first time ever last month. ...
Second candidate for dean of social welfare to present Monday
LAWRENCE — Wesley Church, professor and director of the School of Social Work at Louisiana State University, will make a public presentation Monday, April 17, as a candidate for dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. ...
Recognition event planned for community partners, faculty, students
LAWRENCE — The Center for Civic & Social Responsibility (CCSR) is hosting the 2017 Service Celebration to recognize the many community organizations in Lawrence and Douglas County that partner with KU faculty and students. The reception, set for 5-6 p.m. April 28, will bring together faculty, students and community partners...
'Fearless Girl' statue dispute can push issue of what rights of integrity mean for artists, copyright law expert says
LAWRENCE — The sculptor who created one of New York’s most iconic pieces of public art has claimed an investment company violated his rights by installing “Fearless Girl,” a statue that has become widely popular, near his creation. Arturo Di Modica, the creator of “Charging Bull,” a sculpture associated with...
KU Fire & Rescue Training Institute adds driving simulator
LAWRENCE — Firefighters across Kansas can now receive expanded emergency vehicle driving training from the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, part of the University of Kansas Professional and Continuing Education unit. Firefighters will use a new simulator to learn driving techniques to keep themselves and their communities safe. A...
McDonald's Snapchat applications could help with targeted recruiting, HR researcher says
LAWRENCE — McDonald's this week in Australia began recruiting job applicants via Snapchat. ...
Dropping large non-nuclear bomb on ISIS tunnels unlikely to significantly influence long-term fight, researcher says
LAWRENCE — The U.S. military on Thursday dropped one of the largest non-nuclear bombs in its arsenal, targeting Islamic State caves in Afghanistan. ...
School of Education announces final session of 2016-17 professional development series in Kansas City
OVERLAND PARK — The School of Education at the University of Kansas has announced the final session of the 2016-2017 Strategies Event Series at the Edwards Campus on April 22. ...
Award-winning author, poet Cristina Rivera Garza to give lecture (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE —The heart-wrenching narratives and testimony of Mexican cotton farmers are the subjects of a lecture by renowned Mexican author, poet and scholar Cristina Rivera Garza. ...
Humanities faculty members, graduate students receive Hall Center Travel Awards
LAWRENCE — Three humanities faculty members and two graduate students were awarded travel grants by the Hall Center for the Humanities to aid in their research. The Hall Center provides financial support to researchers who require domestic or international travel undertaken as a necessary component of a research or creative...
First candidate for dean of business to present Friday
LAWRENCE — James Guthrie, interim dean at the University of Kansas School of Business, will make a public presentation Friday, April 14, as a candidate for dean for the school. ...
Research suggests potential therapy to prevent 'chemobrain' in cancer patients
LAWRENCE — Findings offered by a University of Kansas researcher, identified as one of 20 ‘Must See Presenters’ at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in early April, suggest a possible therapeutic intervention for “chemobrain,” the cognitive impairment plaguing up to a third of cancer patients following...
Project examines 14th-century poetry to broaden interpretation of Hindu prayer
LAWRENCE — Traditionally, scholarship on Hinduism has been limited by a common view that prayer refers primarily to spontaneous outpourings of the heart. ...
KU part of grant project to develop new tools, methods to measure science learning for students with disabilities
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is part of a grant project to build innovative new models for teaching science and delivering new assessments that incorporate learning goals of new science standards. The project will be designed specifically for students with significant cognitive disabilities as well as students with or...
First candidate for dean of Social Welfare to present Thursday
LAWRENCE — Michelle Mohr Carney, professor and director of the School of Social Work at Arizona State University, will make a public presentation Thursday, April 13, as a candidate for dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. ...
KU Design Camp will offer high school students the ultimate design experience
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Design’s annual KU Design Camp will offer high school students the opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a design student at KU. The camp runs from June 11-17 on the Lawrence campus. ...
KC, Lawrence musicians will perform Beatles music for Audio-Reader benefit
LAWRENCE — “Come Together” to support Kansas Audio-Reader at a concert Friday, April 14, at Liberty Hall. ...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 17th annual symposium
LAWRENCE — Research relating to cancer, developmental genetics, microbiology, behavior in model organisms, enzymes and proteins, soils and Native American communities will be among student research presented at the 17th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
Law professor develops big-data approach to patent value
LAWRENCE — Patents have long been used by inventors to protect their creations, but for just as long it has been exceedingly difficult to accurately determine the value of patents. Even today, to value a patent in a rigorous manner is expensive, requires the hiring of patent law and economics...
'Make it Funky VI' will focus on roots, legacy of Prince
LAWRENCE — The Twin Cities roots of the late musical superstar Prince will be explored at “Make it Funky VI,” an annual funk-music seminar organized by Anthony Bolden, University of Kansas associate professor of African & African-American studies. ...
United's response appears shortsighted to video of man removed from plane, brand expert says
LAWRENCE — A video posted on Facebook Sunday of a man being pulled from an overbooked United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville has generated considerable negative response in the media. ...
Untold stories of Spanish immigrants the focus of the 2017 Woodyard Lecture (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE — The crowdfunded effort to recover ephemera, reveal untold stories of 20th century Spanish immigration and connect immigrant communities are some topics to be explored at the 2017 George and Eleanor Woodyard Lecture. ...
Kansas City Star reporters win Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award
LAWRENCE — Journalists from The Kansas City Star are recipients of the Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award from the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications. ...
Humanities professors win book publication awards
LAWRENCE — Marie Brown, assistant professor of history, has won the 2017 Vice Chancellor for Research Book Publication Award for her upcoming work "Khartoum at Night: Fashion and Body Politics in Imperial Sudan," to be published by Stanford University Press. The annual award is administered by the Hall Center for...