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University announces October 2015 employees of the month
example of his service to the student community, Allton is one of six members of the KU On-Call team. Team members are responsible for being "first responders" on a 24 hour/7 days a week basis. He is on call for nine weeks out of the year. These calls are for...
'Bread, Wine, Chocolate' author will give talk on food, sustainability
Stroll through an American supermarket, and you’re bound to think you see endless diversity in products from avocados to ziti. But look closer, argues writer Simran Sethi, and you will learn that 95 percent of the world’s calories come from 30 species, and the vast majority of foods are made...
Gift from Chicago couple creates new School of Business center
Roger and Julie Davis, of Chicago, have made a combined outright and planned gift commitment of $7.2 million to enable the University of Kansas School of Business to create a Center for Figure Sense. The aim of the new center is to teach students how to use complex data to...
Distinguished professor to discuss peopling of the Great Plains
The earliest inhabitants of the Great Plains aren’t around to tell their narrative. But to the trained eye, clues left behind in the earth provide rich information of the earliest people’s existence and activities. Rolfe Mandel, distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, will share evidence of some...
KU Mock Trial Team to host Jayhawk Invitational tournament in Lawrence
Teams from across the Midwest will gather in Lawrence this weekend for the Jayhawk Invitational Mock Trial Tournament. Students from 17 schools will compete Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6, in simulated courtroom trials, pitting their analytic skills against the region’s top undergraduate advocates. ...
Researchers co-author examination of online learning for students with disabilities
Across the nation, online education is becoming an increasingly important part of the school experience for many students. Yet close attention is not always paid to how this new educational horizon affects students with disabilities. ...
Factoring for cosmic radiation could help set a more accurate 'molecular clock'
Scientists long have used the “molecular clock” to establish when species may have branched from each other on the Tree of Life. ...
Second OMA director candidate to present Dec. 1
The second of three finalists for director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation on Tuesday, Dec. 1. ...
Donnelly College hails TRIO Talent Search as partner of the year
KANSAS – A University of Kansas-based program that helps middle- and high-school students in Kansas City, Kansas, prepare and plan for college has been recognized by Donnelly College as its 2015 Partner of the Year. ...
OMA director candidate to present Nov. 30
The first of three finalists for director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation Monday, Nov. 30. ...
New species of early anthropoid primate found amid Libyan strife
During upheaval in Libya in 2013, a window of opportunity opened for scientists from the University of Kansas to perform research at the Zallah Oasis, a promising site for unearthing fossils from the Oligocene period, roughly 30 million years ago. ...
KPR to host annual Big Band Christmas concert at Lawrence’s Liberty Hall
Get ready for a cool Yule when KPR presents a Big Band Christmas, the seventh-annual holiday concert, served up by the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalists Kathleen Holeman and Ron Gutierrez. ...
Filmmaker Kevin Willmott to participate in online chat about 'Chi-Raq'
More than 2,600 people have been shot in Chicago this year, a number that has grabbed national headlines. ...
Apple co-founder, spouse award scholarships during KU visit
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife, Janet, awarded four scholarships today during their 2 p.m. presentation at the Lied Center. ...
KU to bring architecture internship, examinations into curricula
The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) has announced that the University of Kansas Department of Architecture has been accepted into its Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure Initiative (IPI). It is a pilot program that will enable students to complete requirements for architectural licensure while in school. ...
Military, KU announce new partnership to enhance learning, opportunities
The University of Kansas and the 1st Infantry Division will enter into a formal Partnership Resolution, which supports exchanges and programs that stimulate academic, athletic and research partnerships, and envisions activities such as faculty and student exchanges, joint conferences, speaker series, seminars and curricular development. ...
Additional tickets available for Clinton lecture
The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has made an additional 200 tickets available to the general public and students for the 2015 Dole Leadership Prize program with President Bill Clinton. ...
'Trigger debate' over Indonesian mud volcano sheds light on dynamics of disasters
In May 2006, an underground mud volcano erupted in the East Java province of Indonesia, displacing more than 40,000 people as boiling hot mud swept into their fields and villages. ...
'Reckless' a nontraditional holiday play with an edge
at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-5, Dec. 7-8 and Dec. 10 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. ...
Family drug courts with parenting programs yield better reunification rates, researchers say
Families who had children removed from the home due to parental substance abuse were more than twice as likely to be reunified when they took part in a family drug court that incorporated two innovative evidence-based parenting programs, when compared with those who took part in regular child welfare courts,...
Film draws from Argentine original but deviates for Hollywood ending, film expert says
The American remake of “Secret in Their Eyes” keeps with the Argentine original in its focus on a failed justice system. But the newer version, which opens in theaters Friday, Nov. 20, follows a more traditional Hollywood narrative to the end, says an expert in Latin American cinema. ...
Program to offer insights on applied humanities careers
advice on how graduate students in the humanities and social sciences can apply their intellectual interests and scholarly skill sets to pursue productive and satisfying careers in museums, libraries, public broadcasting, nonprofits, and arts and cultural organizations, the program also includes breakout sessions where students interested in applying for the...
Treaties could be key in helping indigenous communities fight effects of climate change
Some may view treaties between indigenous peoples and the federal government as a relic of the 19th century, but they just might provide a way for tribes to mitigate the effects of climate change on their lands and communities. A University of Kansas law professor has authored a study showing...
KU announces 2015 Kansas Certified Public Manager Program graduates
The University of Kansas Public Management Center has announced the 2015 graduates of the Kansas Certified Public Manager (CPM) program. The graduation ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in the House Chamber at the Capitol in Topeka. ...
KU Alumni Association names Heath Peterson new president, CEO
The University of Kansas Alumni Association has named Heath Peterson, a two-time KU graduate and 12-year veteran of the association staff, as president and CEO. ...
Media advisory: Consumer behavior scholar available to discuss Black Friday, Cyber Monday
A University of Kansas School of Business researcher is available for media interviews to discuss Black Friday and Cyber Monday. ...
Chancellor named chair of Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Board of Directors
University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has been elected as chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). ...
Media advisory: Paris, Beirut attacks illustrate gap between Shari'a, inauthentic ISIS proclamations
France continued airstrikes against ISIS strongholds Monday in response to last week’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. Officials also announced the arrest of nine people Monday in Lebanon in connection with a pair of suicide bombings that claimed more than 40 lives. Raj Bhala, associate dean of international and comparative...
Distinguished professor's inaugural lecture to peek at North America's changing landscape
An aging planet has many hidden stories to tell. Michael Blum, the Scott and Carol Ritchie Distinguished Professor of Geology at the University of Kansas, will explore some of Earth’s chronicles at his inaugural distinguished professor lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19. ...
Researchers sequence genomes of parasite that is actually a 'micro jellyfish'
It’s a shocking discovery that may redefine how scientists interpret what it means to be an animal. ...