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Kansas association honors pharmacist for work to fight prescription-drug addiction
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas Professor Morris Faiman has earned the Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award from the Kansas Pharmacists Association (KPhA) for his efforts to curb community-based prescription drug abuse. ...
Author to speak of her travels in the footsteps of the enslaved
LAWRENCE — Acclaimed author, broadcaster and journalist Aminatta Forna will make a special presentation that traces her own links to the cultural heritage of Sierra Leone through the enslaved in the Americas. The talk, “From Root to Branch: Travels in the Footsteps of the Enslaved,” will be at 7...
Panelists will discuss mixed messages of 'I'm Just Honoring Your Culture'
LAWRENCE — With Pocahontas and Indian warriors perennially popular as Halloween costumes and the Cleveland Indians playing in the World Series, appropriation of Native cultures is a timely topic. An upcoming panel at the University of Kansas will address some of those issues. ...
KU lecturer proposes feminist legal reforms to reduce sexual violence against Native American women
Social welfare professor publishes new book, wins one of field’s highest honors
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor of social welfare and pioneer in the field has published a new edition of her widely used textbook for social workers and received one of the highest honors the profession offers. Rosemary Chapin, professor of social work at KU, has authored the fourth...
2016 Ex.C.E.L. Award winners announced at Homecoming game
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas seniors received the 26th annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards during halftime of the KU-Oklahoma State Homecoming football game Oct. 22 in Memorial Stadium. ...
KU to honor 78 high school seniors from five East Central Kansas counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 24, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Rex Buchanan receives service award
LAWRENCE — Rex Buchanan, outgoing interim director of the Kansas Geological Survey at the University of Kansas, was honored by one of the world’s largest geological organizations for his decades of accomplishments as a leader and communicator on issues related to geology and the earth’s natural resources. ...
Nontraditional conference will explore activist media in the Americas
LAWRENCE — Supported by an Interdisciplinary Starter Grant from The Commons, the University of Kansas will host “Trans/forming Activist Media in the Americas” next week. ...
Student wins national sportswriting award for work on 'mother of KU Athletics'
LAWRENCE — Scott Chasen, a senior from Olathe, will travel next week to Los Angeles to accept the prestigious 2016 Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, a national award for excellence in sports writing at the college level. ...
KU lecture to imagine ‘journey out of the racial divide’
LAWRENCE — Overcoming racism, xenophobia and other identity-based conflicts requires a deeper understanding of the nature of our humanity, suggests a psychology scholar set to speak this month at the University of Kansas. ...
Engineering alumnus to deliver lecture on ethics in international infrastructure
LAWRENCE — Around the world it is often difficult to build big projects — bridges, highways and more — without greasing a few palms. But members of the civil engineering profession should resist participating in such petty corruption, says one prominent University of Kansas School of Engineering alumnus. ...
Speaker for Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series will discuss violence against LGBTQ communities
LAWRENCE — The ninth annual Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series returns at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, with Connie Burk in Woodruff Auditorium of the Kansas Union. The lecture, “Queering Engagement: A Kansas Activist Comes Home,” is a conversation about LGBTQ communities, anti-violence activism and building power to make change. ...
Study finds earliest evidence in fossil record for right-handedness
LAWRENCE — Perhaps the bias against left-handers dates back much further than we thought. ...
Science, Spirits and Skeletons: Museum invites the public to Party in the Panorama 2016
LAWRENCE – The public is invited to pet a hissing cockroach, see how body fluids are illuminated by black light, put together a human skeleton and see some spooky reptile specimens at the KU Natural History Museum’s Party in the Panorama, 7 p.m. Oct. 29. ...
Researchers land CDC grant to analyze state child neglect policies
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have received a grant to determine how economic and social safety net policies affect child neglect across the United States and create a tool policy makers and practitioners can use to predict how proposed prevention strategies can address child abuse and neglect. ...
Media executive Steve Forbes to deliver 2016 Vickers Memorial Lecture
LAWRENCE — Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, will present “An Evening of Insights” at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at Capitol Federal Hall. ...
Research shows US tendency to hide war against democracies, secretly detain their citizens
LAWRENCE — A study appearing this week from researchers based at the University of Kansas suggests the United States tends to carry out secret military operations against other democratic countries of the world — but to conduct open war against non-democracies. ...
Grant set to improve community participation by people with disabilities
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL) has been awarded a five-year, $4.375 million grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research to promote community participation for adults with physical disabilities. The project is a collaboration with the University...
Coaching workshop will focus on student-athlete success
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education’s Department of Health, Sport, and Exercise Sciences has partnered with Greenbush to host the 2016 Fall Coaches Workshop for the region’s PK-12 coaches and educators. ...
Winter classes coming to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas students have a new opportunity to continue their learning and stay on track to graduation with the first-ever winter session offered by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. ...
KU to honor 46 seniors from Chautauqua, Cowley county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from seven Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 19, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU Student Housing leader to retire
LAWRENCE – Diana Robertson, director of Student Housing at the University of Kansas, has announced her retirement effective June 27. In her 17 years at KU she has served as director for 11 years and associate director for residence life for six. ...
Expect 'more vicious fireworks in Vegas,' expert says of final 2016 presidential debate
LAWRENCE – The third and final presidential debate of the 2016 campaign is set for Wednesday night in Las Vegas, and the stakes could not be higher. ...
KU to host international symposium on the Scholarship of Social Engagement
LAWRENCE — Supported by an Interdisciplinary Starter Grant from The Commons, the University of Kansas will host an international symposium on the Scholarship of Social Engagement. ...
Gift from Jedel Family Trust establishes Opportunity Fund for KU Honors Program
LAWRENCE — A $400,000 gift commitment from the Jedel Family Trust will establish the Harrison Jedel and Jeff Weinberg Scholars Opportunity Fund for students in the University Honors Program at the University of Kansas. The opportunity fund will be used to support pre-medical and engineering students in the KU Honors...
Rolfe Mandel named interim director of Kansas Geological Survey
LAWRENCE — University Distinguished Professor Rolfe Mandel has been named interim director of the Kansas Geological Survey. Mandel, who also serves as senior scientist and executive director of the Odyssey Geoarchaeology Research Program at KGS, replaces Rex Buchanan, who retired at the end of September. ...
Maybe you aren't what you eat, food and culture scholar says
LAWRENCE — The famed gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin is known for saying, "Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are." ...