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Health subsidies ruling significant for both parties, KU experts say
Two University of Kansas experts are available to discuss Thursday's 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the Obama administration to continue to subsidize health-insurance purchases by lower-income Americans, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. ...
Media advisory: Film director can comment on Confederate flag's ties to slavery
Kevin Willmott, director of “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America,” is available to talk about the film’s use of the Confederate flag as a symbolic connection to slavery. ...
KU’s commitment to economic development earns national recognition
The University of Kansas has earned a prestigious distinction for its leadership in fostering local and regional economic development. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) announced today that KU has been named to its 2015 class of Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities. KU is one of only 18...
Malaysia’s ‘megadiverse’ biology to be explored, conserved with new grant
Imagine traversing a pristine cloud forest on an isolated mountaintop. Everywhere, nature brims with wildlife that is unique to the range you’re hiking. Many creatures you can find nearby never have been described by science — they’re “undiscovered.” Beyond this place, the animals around you are unknown. Your job is...
Researchers: Indigenous knowledge can be key to fighting climate change
While indigenous communities have developed knowledge over centuries to manage their lands and adapt to challenges such as rising sea levels or wildfires, they are still deeply affected by climate change. Two University of Kansas professors have authored research exploring cases of indigenous communities that have had success in applying...
World-class physicist to join KU as foundation professor
The University of Kansas has made a big addition to its powerful team of faculty who focus on the very, very small. ...
Durham named interim vice provost of undergraduate studies
A high-level administrator at the University of Kansas will fill the role of interim vice provost for undergraduate studies. Tammara Durham, who is currently vice provost for student affairs, will take on additional leadership duties for the office of Undergraduate Studies beginning July 5. ...
Geographers study link between Russia’s western military action, eastern gas deal
As the U.S. military considers positioning equipment along Russia’s western border, geographers at the University of Kansas are studying how Russia’s increasing military presence and conduct in the west connect to the country’s actions in the east. ...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces June graduates
Fifty-five new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Topeka Police Department Chief James L. Brown during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) Friday, June 12. ...
College honors outstanding graduate students
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences recognized three University of Kansas graduate students with awards for exceptional research and academic performance. ...
KU tuition proposal balances affordability, quality
Two-thirds of returning University of Kansas undergraduates will see no tuition increase, while costs will rise by 3.6 percent for incoming freshmen and all other students under the university’s 2015-16 tuition proposal approved by the Kansas Board of Regents today. ...
African and African-American studies professor wins inaugural engaged scholarship award
Beverly Mack, professor of African and African-American studies, received the first Sharon & Jeffrey Vitter Award for Engaged Scholarship for her project “The American Yan Taru.” The award recognizes outstanding examples of engaged scholarship, or academic scholarship that has been taken off-campus and into the community, contributing to the public...
Holocaust researcher details lives of female Nazi guards
Irma Grese, who is perhaps the most well-known female Nazi concentration camp guard, is portrayed in popular culture as a brutal warden in Nazi exploitation films. ...
Multiple communication tools boost young adults' relationship with dad
Still looking for a Father’s Day gift? Send dad an email. ...
Pokphanh to lead academic efforts for KUAAP
Roberta Pokphanh has been selected as the academic director of the University of Kansas Academic Accelerator Program. Pokphanh currently serves as assistant dean of the Office of Graduate Studies at KU. She will begin her new role Monday, June 22. ...
Media advisory: Killing of deputy degrades al-Qaida, researcher says
As the White House confirmed the death of al-Qaida's Arabian Peninsula deputy Nasir al-Wuhayshi in an airstrike in Yemen on Tuesday, national news reports have labeled it the most significant blow to the terrorist organization since the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden. ...
Edwards Campus to offer applied statistics, analytics degree online
— The University of Kansas Edwards Campus is offering a new, unique program aimed at attracting and retaining talent in Johnson County and the region. The new Applied Statistics and Analytics online graduate degree, starting in fall 2015, is the 10th program the university is adding as part of the...
KU scientists seek volunteers with smartphones to capture cicada call data
The oscillating song of the 17-year cicadas — which some people find musically magical and others find intolerable — has become the subject of spur-of-the-moment research for a group of University of Kansas scientists. And they need volunteers. ...
Furniture, food, clothing donated from student moveout
KU Surplus, along with Student Housing and other community partners, collected nonperishable food items, unwanted clothing and surplus furniture during the student moveout rush in May. ...
CEOP announces 2015 Jerry Bailey Educational Opportunity Scholarship winners
Two students who have overcome significant personal hardships in their young lives are the 2015 Jerry Bailey Educational Opportunity Scholarship awardees at the University of Kansas. The scholarship program, now in its second year, is part of the Achievement & Assessment Institute’s (AAI) Center for Educational Opportunity Programs (CEOP) and...
World War II era Japanese paintings reflect artists’ identity in militaristic society
Similar to its World War II allies, Japan used art to promote its war machine during the 1930s and '40s. In the following decades, artists during this era were categorized as either collaborating with the wartime government or being anti-war. ...
KU investment in training leads to NASA award for KU startup company
A new University of Kansas investment in training and support for startup companies formed from university research is already beginning to pay off. A KU startup company has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from NASA to further develop an unmanned aircraft system collision avoidance radar. ...
Audio-Reader accepting donations for benefit sale
The Kansas Audio-Reader Network is now accepting donations of gently used audio equipment, vinyl records, CDs, books on CD and musical instruments. Donated items will be sold at Audio-Reader’s annual benefit sale, For Your EARS Only, which will be Sept. 11-12 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. ...
Architecture Dean Gaunt stepping down after 21 years
John Gaunt, who has led the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning since 1994, will soon step down as dean of the school; however, he will continue as a full-time faculty member. ...
Open House for Studio 804 Solar House set for June 13
The University of Kansas Department of Architecture’s Studio 804 design-build program has completed its latest project, a net-zero, passive solar house. It will be open to the public 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at 1301 New York St. ...
Higuchi Biosciences Center announces J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research awards
Three projects by faculty from the departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chemistry, and Pharmacology & Toxicology were selected to receive 2015 J.R. and Inez Jay Fund research awards. ...
Media Advisory: KU expert can discuss significance of swimming pools, racial segregation
Police in McKinney, Texas, in the last week have received criticism, and one officer has resigned after a video surfaced on YouTube of him forcing a 14-year-old African-American girl to the ground. ...
Annual summer tour of KU medicinal garden June 13
href="http://nativeplants.ku.edu/about/medicinal-plant-garden">garden, situated just east of Lawrence Municipal Airport, includes research plantings, a large show garden and the KU Student Farm. Garden pathways are ADA-compliant, and the site is open to the public dawn to dusk. Kelly Kindscher, senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey and a professor in KU’s Environmental...
New England's success with regional approach could be key to children's savings accounts
Recent years have seen tremendous interest in Children’s Savings Accounts, interventions with demonstrated potential to improve educational outcomes, increase expectations and academic engagement, and facilitate economic mobility. Policy momentum is not always accompanied by clarity about how those pursuing CSAs should design, implement and evaluate these approaches, however. This is...