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Gift creates professorship to educate physicists
LAWRENCE — Ernest D. Klema ventured into Ivy League halls and the labs of Los Alamos during his academic and professional career, but his roots were planted at the University of Kansas. Klema, who died in 2008, made a $1.8 million estate gift to establish a professorship in physics at...
Kansas Crew announces 2016 Rent-A-Rower program
LAWRENCE — Kansas Crew, one of 28 club sports at the University of Kansas, is announcing its annual Rent-A-Rower fundraising program. ...
Contemporary comics artist will give public lecture
LAWRENCE—With narratives straddling the divide between fine art and popular culture, David Sandlin produces art from a wide range of media: paintings, prints, books and installations. Sandlin, a 2014 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship recipient and contemporary comics artist, will visit campus to create an original print with students, visit student studios...
Law school symposium to explore election law, voting rights
LAWRENCE – With presidential election season in full swing and voting laws in flux in states around the country, legal scholars will gather in Lawrence next week to explore election law and its effect on citizens’ right to vote. ...
Media advisory: Political scientists dissect late developments in New Hampshire primary
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas experts are available to comment on developments in the New Hampshire presidential primary as voters from both parties head to the polls Tuesday. ...
School of Business earns No. 4 spot on Best for Vets list
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business is No. 4 in a ranking released Monday of top business schools for military veterans. ...
Dole Institute to display letters between Phog Allen, Bob Dole
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics announced today a special exhibit featuring letters between legendary KU basketball coach Phog Allen and former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole. The exhibit, “Letters from a Leader: Phog Allen to Bob Dole, 1938-1939,” will be on display to the public in the Darby Gallery...
Law students, Legal Services assisting with free tax preparation
LAWRENCE – As tax season gets under way, two University of Kansas groups are offering free tax preparation services for those who qualify. ...
KPR sales collaboration tops $1 million (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE — The Kansas State Underwriting Network (KSUN), a collaboration among the five NPR member stations in the state, has topped $1 million in shared sales. ...
Scientists map movement of Greenland ice over last 9,000 years
LAWRENCE — Scientists have created the first map that shows how the Greenland Ice Sheet has moved over time, revealing that ice in the interior is moving more slowly toward the edges than it has, on average, over the past 9,000 years. Ice-penetrating radar data collected by the University of...
Design Week offers students and public a plethora of activities
LAWRENCE — The annual Design Week, whose theme is "The 10,000 hours," begins Sunday, Feb. 7, and concludes Friday, Feb. 12. ...
11 graduate research consultants will work with spring classes
LAWRENCE — This spring, 11 graduate research consultants will pair with instructors in a wide variety of fields to challenge undergraduate students to further develop their research skills through classroom-based projects. ...
Professor, explorer Iain McCalman to speak on the Great Barrier Reef
LAWRENCE—Iain McCalman, University of Sydney Professor of History, will take audiences on a new adventure into the Great Barrier Reef to reveal how our shifting perceptions of the natural world have shaped this extraordinary seascape. ...
Renowned war photographer to present keynote lecture for KU Common Book Program
Update, 3:50 p.m. March 1: James Nachtwey's presentation has been postponed until 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, due to inclement weather. The event is still scheduled to take place in Woodruff Auditorium. ...
Produce subscription program returns to KU
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is entering the second year of Crops to Campus, a partnership with Common Harvest CSA to provide a produce subscription service to the Lawrence KU community. Faculty, staff and students are invited to sign up for the 2016 growing season online. ...
Chancellor to host university updates
UPDATE: This story has been updated to reflect a new start time for the Lawrence event. The event will begin at 3 p.m. on Feb. 9. ...
Professors detail study abroad program dedicated to preparing better American teachers
LAWRENCE — Crossing the ocean can be an important step in the journey to creating American teachers who engage in culturally responsive teaching. University of Kansas educators have published writing detailing a program that takes future educators to Italy to participate in a full-immersion study abroad program that results in...
Media advisory: Professor can discuss military family leave policy changes
LAWRENCE — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced last week that he would institute a 12-week maternity leave in all branches and increase paid paternity leave to 14 days from 10. The personnel initiatives are aimed at making military careers more attractive to millennials, according to national news reports. ...
Gifts support student access at the Lied Center
LAWRENCE — Two gifts for the Lied Center of Kansas will support the center’s Performing Arts Access Expansion program, which aims to increase access to arts programs for Lawrence school district middle- and high-school students. ...
University community mourns death of Christopher Sowa
LAWRENCE — A celebration of life for Christopher M. Sowa, interim associate director for residence life with KU Student Housing, will be from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the KU Memorial Union ballroom. Sowa, 37, died unexpectedly Jan. 29. A private family service is planned this week in Illinois. ...
Media advisory: Political experts can discuss Iowa caucuses final push
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas experts are available to comment on the final push and analyze results from Monday's Iowa caucuses in the presidential primary race. ...
Given potential safety benefits, driverless-car policy study is important, professor says
LAWRENCE — When the Obama administration recently proposed spending $4 billion on a transition to driverless vehicles on U.S. roadways, it led to discussion online and in the news of a futuristic society. ...
Historical study can help bridge gap among schools, indigenous students, resesarcher says
LAWRENCE — As migrants from more than 60 indigenous groups in Mexico have increasingly come to the United States in recent years, psychologists, anthropologists and sociologists have sought how to understand their cultures as they continue to enter American classrooms. ...