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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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
'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. ...
Law professor to be inducted into Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas law professor and former KU journalism dean will be inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. ...
Director of engineering diversity, women’s programs to step down after 34 years
LAWRENCE — Florence Boldridge, director of the Diversity and Women’s Programs at the University of Kansas School of Engineering, is stepping down at the end of June after serving in the role since 1983. A reception to honor her career and achievements is planned for 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ...
External factors make 4th Congressional District special election interesting, professor says
LAWRENCE — Political eyes across the nation are watching Tuesday's special election in Kansas' 4th Congressional District. ...
Luncheon will recognize unclassified professional, support staff retirees
PLEASE NOTE: There are two retirement luncheons:...
KU offering opportunity to learn about ‘ecosphere studies’
LAWRENCE — In partnership with the Land Institute, the KU Environmental Studies Program, the KU Center for Sustainability and The Commons have developed a day of activities to introduce “ecosphere studies,” an alternate approach to the current model for higher education. ...
New Yorker staff writer, expert on China to give Hall Center lecture
LAWRENCE — Evan Osnos, staff writer at The New Yorker, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union as the final installation of the Hall Center for the Humanities' 2016-2017 Humanities Lecture Series. “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the...
Utah's addition of e-sports program will spur other power conference schools to do same, professor says
LAWRENCE — The University of Utah announced this week it is forming a college-sponsored e-sports program, making it the first school among the Power 5 conferences with such a program. Numerous smaller schools around the country have varsity-sponsored teams of students dedicated to competing in online and video games against...
Spring dance concert will feature music ranging from Gershwin to Styx
LAWRENCE – Featuring live music and work from Midwestern guest artists, the University Dance Company’s spring concert will be full of original, exciting work. The shows will take place at 7:30 p.m. April 27-28 and 2 p.m. April 29 at the Lawrence Arts Center. ...
KU to host annual Army ROTC Ranger Buddy Competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Army ROTC Cadets will be among 324 cadets from across the United States testing the limits of their physical and mental strength this Saturday. ...
KU security conference to focus on migration, security, securitization of immigration
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Office of Graduate Military Programs, Center for Global & International Studies, Center for Migration Research and Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) will host a half-day security conference on Monday, April 10, featuring KU and international researchers. ...
Law professor part of effort to improve international arbitration cases
LAWRENCE — In international arbitration cases, billions of dollars and the validity of government regulations can be at stake, so it is imperative parties are able to choose the best arbitrator to settle their disputes. A University of Kansas law professor is part of a project working to improve the...
Two KU students win Goldwater Scholarships
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas juniors are the latest KU students to earn Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, the nation’s top undergraduate award for students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. ...
Presentations planned as part of Graduate Student Appreciation Week
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is recognizing the work of graduate students to the university with a range of events during national Graduate Student Appreciation Week, April 3-7, and throughout the month of April. ...
Spencer Museum hosts international exhibition, conference on Korean screens
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art is one of three U.S. institutions to host the international exhibition “The Power and Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens,” which will be on view April 15 to June 11. The opening of the exhibition is accompanied by a two-day conference, Paintings...
KU expands degree programs in Leavenworth for military, civilian students
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has announced the addition of three new degree programs to its Leavenworth offerings. The new programs include a Master of Science in Homeland Security: Law and Policy, Master of Science in Business and Organizational Leadership, and a Professional Science Master or Certificate in Environmental...
KU team wins national award in business law competition
LAWRENCE – A team of University of Kansas law students captured the Best Draft Award at the national championship rounds of the 2017 Transactional LawMeet. ...
Graduate student researching parents and children facing adversity earns Doris Duke Fellowship
LAWRENCE — A doctoral student in clinical child psychology at the University of Kansas has won a competitive Doris Duke Fellowship for the Promotion of Child Well-Being from a panel of experts at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, one of just 15 students selected nationally. ...
Crops to Campus produce subscription returns to KU with more choice, value
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Lawrence community is entering the third year of Crops to Campus, their partnership with Common Harvest CSA to provide a produce subscription service to the campus community. ...
What do pulp fiction and Pentecostalism have in common?
LAWRENCE — What do the speaking-in-tongues brand of Pentecostal Christianity, the weird pulp fiction of H.P. Lovecraft and the Social Gospel movement of theologian Walter Rauschenbusch have in common? ...