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Scholar shows we understand social media does not equal social interaction
LAWRENCE — If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for a real social life, a University of Kansas study will set you at ease. ...
KU part of initiative to harness data analytics to improve teaching, student learning
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is part of a coalition of five universities in the United States and Canada that will harness their strengths in research to improve teaching and student learning. ...
Spencer Museum receives NEH grant to lead educator workshops on race
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art has been awarded a $159,049 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to organize two weeklong workshops for K-12 teachers. These events will be supported by the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture program, which awards up to $160,000 to...
New book documents 'Journalism's Lost Generation'
LAWRENCE — For more than a decade, newspapers across the country have scaled back their staff, laid off journalists and editors, and made drastic changes in the face of economic challenges. A University of Kansas researcher has gathered insight from thousands of journalists affected directly by those changes in a...
Sci-fi writer receives lifetime teaching award
LAWRENCE — James Gunn, University of Kansas professor emeritus and award-winning science fiction author, recently received a lifetime teaching award from the Writing the Rockies writers conference of Western Colorado State University. ...
Visual art student wins international film festival award
LAWRENCE – A film created by University of Kansas visual art student Olivia Hernández was the overall winner of the Short Film Work-in-Progress category from the CreActive International Open Film Festival in Bangladesh. ...
Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 72 new members
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 72 new members. ...
Chancellor presents Rep. Kevin Yoder with national science advocacy award for support of research
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — The University of Kansas presented a Champion of Science Award to U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder on Monday in recognition of his support for federal funding for basic scientific research. ...
Media advisory: Experts available to comment on back-to-school news from numerous educational aspects
LAWRENCE — With the arrival of August comes the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. Students across the country will return to classrooms this month and next while others begin new phases in their educational careers, be it the first day of high school or...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces July graduates
YODER – Fifty-eight new law enforcement officers were congratulated by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Wichita) during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) last month. ...
Media advisory: Acting director of the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder to visit KU Medical Center for Champion of Science Award presentation
WHO/WHAT: U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder will receive the Champion of Science award from the Science Coalition, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization of leading public and private research universities. This award is presented to members of Congress whose actions and votes consistently support scientific research. KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will present...
Be ready to welcome international students
LAWRENCE — Aug. 1 is moving day for many in the Lawrence area. It also signals the start of an annual movement of international students to the University of Kansas. ...
KU expands senior administrative fellows, announces 2016-17 class
LAWRENCE — The Office of the Provost has selected the 2016-2017 senior administrative fellows. ...
HHS grant will aid regional universities on sexual assault prevention
LAWRENCE — As part of a three-year, $750,000 grant, University of Kansas researchers will aid colleges and universities in three states in adopting sexual assault policies and prevention strategies. ...
Rio Olympics present social, economic challenges for Brazil, researchers say
LAWRENCE — National news reports haven't had a shortage of challenges to focus on in the final hours before the Olympics begin in Rio de Janeiro. The host city has tried to quell concerns about issues from health concerns about Zika virus and water quality to sex trafficking rings in...
University community mourns death of film professor Chuck Berg
LAWRENCE — Charles “Chuck” Berg, a longtime University of Kansas professor of film and media studies, died July 26 in Lawrence. He was 75. ...
Faculty, staff can learn about inclusive teaching
LAWRENCE — An annual event at the University of Kansas open to faculty and instructional staff will focus on inclusiveness in higher education. ...
Physicist offers leading theory about mysterious Large Hadron Collider excess
LAWRENCE — In December of last year, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced startling results hinting at the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle — one with a mass six times heavier than the Higgs boson, the particle that made headlines in 2012. ...
NEH grant to study Soviet defection, migration issues
LAWRENCE — In film, fiction, and on the nightly news, defection occupied a key role in the Cold War as the United States and its allies sought to accept Soviet citizens and others seeking to leave socialist countries that used their borders to keep people in. ...
College presents annual awards to outstanding graduate students
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas recently presented awards to three graduate students for their accomplishments in research and academia. ...
Professor creates tool to help identify young students with math demotivation
LAWRENCE — As many math-averse adults can attest, the thought of tackling a mathematical problem can be intimidating. Research has shown that students as young as second-graders show signs of being demotivated by the subject as well. A University of Kansas professor has created and validated a tool that...
Media advisory: Political experts can discuss issues surrounding Democratic National Convention
LAWRENCE — As Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in a tougher-than-expected Democratic primary, many pundits will look to see if she can unite the party’s base as she leads Donald Trump in most battleground states. ...
Dollar Shave Club acquisition is more strategic than financial, mergers scholar says
LAWRENCE — European consumer products giant Unilever is acquiring for $1 billion the four-year-old startup Dollar Shave Club that sends razors to subscribers via mail, according to national news reports. ...
New detector at South Pole shows early success at neutrino hunting
LAWRENCE — In the second it takes to read these words, 65 billion neutrinos will shoot through every square centimeter of your body. Luckily, these infinitesimal particles don’t do any harm — they pass through us, as they do with most everything, without stopping or interacting. ...
'The Only Good Indian' fits well with captivity narrative, revisionist Western films
LAWRENCE — In University of Kansas Film and Media Studies Professor Kevin Willmott's 2009 film, "The Only Good Indian," a young Kickapoo boy is forcibly taken from his parents in the early 1900s and enrolled in a federal boarding school, Haskell Institute in Lawrence. ...
Media literacy can improve attitudes toward minorities on predominantly white campuses, researchers say
LAWRENCE — If a stereotype or negative representation of a group of people is repeated often enough, it can be accepted as a realistic portrayal — especially for audiences who have no meaningful relationships with such groups other than through the media. Researchers at the University of Kansas found that...