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University announces February Employees of the Month
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the February 2017 Employees of the Month:...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces new graduates
YODER – Fifty-nine new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on April 21. ...
Trump demands for NAFTA renegotiation risk triggering more protectionist moves worldwide, professor says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that instead of terminating NAFTA as he had previously threatened, the agreement could stay and that a renegotiation process would begin immediately. The landmark free-trade agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico was a major point in the presidential campaign, with Trump...
Religious studies lecture will examine early relationships among church, state and universities
LAWRENCE – An expert on the history of religious studies will examine the origin of secularity with its ideas of scientific rationality, free individual inquiry, democracy and rule of law. ...
Reducing federal corporate income-rate would likely have largely beneficial effects, economist says
LAWRENCE — President Donald Trump's proposal to cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent as part of his tax policy plan has gained considerable media attention this week. ...
Fund supports participation in summer 2017 youth activities at KU
LAWRENCE – A gift from David and Margaret Shirk will benefit families and children in the Lawrence and Greater Kansas City areas who participate in specific youth activities offered through the Department of Health, Sport & Exercise Sciences at the University of Kansas. ...
KU announces 2017 Beckman Scholars
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Beckman Scholars Program has announced its award recipients for 2017: Mattea Keister, sophomore from Arveda, Colorado, majoring in biochemistry, and Zachary Wood, sophomore from Eureka, Missouri, majoring in chemistry. These students will take part in a 15-month program designed to enrich their development as...
Geoarchaeologist can comment on 130,000-year-old site in Southern California
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher is available to comment on findings published today in the prestigious journal Nature that purport to establish the oldest well-documented archaeological site in North America at 130,000 years old. ...
Study suggests strategies for helping poor people in Johnson County
LAWRENCE — Johnson County has the largest population and the highest median income in Kansas. The average income is 50 percent greater than the U.S. as a whole. The population is 81 percent white. ...
Researchers work to improve services for families experiencing domestic violence
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers are part of a five-year, multisite demonstration project grant to evaluate and improve services for child-welfare-involved families experiencing domestic violence. The KU researchers will examine the effectiveness of various methods designed to increase the safety and well-being of children, parents and families, and ensure...
Jayhawk Motorsports team will unveil competition cars April 29
LAWRENCE — When Kim Hoedel was a young girl living overseas, one of her favorite things to do was watch Formula One car racing. ...
Women's Recognition Banquet to honor outstanding students, staff
LAWRENCE — The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity will host the Women’s Recognition Banquet at 6:30 p.m. today, April 25, at the Kansas Union Ballroom. KU will recognize outstanding faculty, staff and students at this annual event in addition to previously announced Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame...
Biospecimen Blood Drive to benefit KU Cancer Center research
FAIRWAY— Kansas City area residents can help advance cancer research by participating in the fourth annual Biospecimen Blood Drive from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. May 5 at the University of Kansas Clinical Research Center, 4350 Shawnee Mission Parkway. ...
Second candidate for dean of business to present Friday
LAWRENCE — L. Paige Fields, dean of the School of Business at Trinity University, will make a public presentation Friday, April 28, as a candidate for dean for the University of Kansas School of Business. ...
Office of International Programs announces new leader and focus
LAWRENCE — The Office of International Programs has a new leader and an enhanced focus. ...
Final candidate for dean of social welfare present Wednesday
LAWRENCE — Stephen Kapp, professor and interim dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas, will make a public presentation Wednesday, April 26, as a candidate for the dean of social welfare. ...
With unique data, researchers track the effect of Brazil’s ‘Soy Moratorium’ on an advancing agricultural frontier
LAWRENCE — The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso produces enough soybeans to be the equivalent of Iowa and Illinois put together. But it also plays home to lush Amazon rainforest, one of the richest, and most vulnerable, ecological treasures on our planet. ...
Study shows brands dedicated to positive social change use social media to primarily promote products
LAWRENCE — Social media has greatly changed how all sorts of companies can interact with their audiences and customers. A new study suggests that even brands dedicated to positive social change tend to use social media as a way to promote the brand more so than activism or social causes. ...
Marvin Grove announced as spring replant site
LAWRENCE — This spring, Replant Mount Oread will return to its roots with a planting in historic Marvin Grove. On Friday, April 28, volunteers will plant three American Linden, four Kentucky Coffee and four red oak trees in an area of the grove just west of the Spencer Museum of...
Concrete canoe team sets sail for competition
LAWRENCE — The concrete canoe team at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is making its final preparations for the annual Concrete Canoe Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and hosted this year at the University of Arkansas on April 21-22. ...
Discussion: ‘Free Speech on a University Campus’
LAWRENCE — How does the First Amendment intersect with the primary responsibilities of a public university? An upcoming event at the University of Kansas will explore how it protects student, faculty and staff, facilitates the dissemination of research and offers opportunities for activism and advocacy on campus. ...
Third candidate for dean of Social Welfare to present Monday
LAWRENCE — Daphne Cain, associate professor and chair of the Department of Social Work at the University of Mississippi, will make a public presentation Monday, April 24, as a candidate for dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. ...
Foundation Distinguished Professor elected to the Society of American Historians
LAWRENCE – Beth Bailey, Foundation Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Kansas, has been elected to the Society of American Historians, the field’s most distinguished society. ...
Chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award
LAWRENCE – A question that has eluded scientists for 200 years will be the object for study for a University of Kansas chemistry professor who received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation. ...
More than 180 students will present at Undergraduate Research Symposium
LAWRENCE — The 20th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will take place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Kansas Union. ...
American studies student selected as a National Humanities Without Walls Doctoral Fellow
LAWRENCE — Marilyn Ortega, doctoral student in American studies, has been selected as a National Humanities Without Walls (HWW) Pre-doctoral Fellow for 2017. HWW is a consortium of humanities centers at 15 research universities throughout the Midwest and beyond, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ...