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Fall Engineering and Computing Career Fair set for Sept. 21
LAWRENCE — More than 125 companies and agencies will attend the Fall Engineering and Computing Career Fair, set for noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Kansas Union. Students should review the complete list of employers and study those of interest prior to arrival. ...
Six KU faculty members receive distinguished teaching awards
LAWRENCE — Six University of Kansas faculty members received distinguished teaching awards Aug. 18 at the KU Teaching Summit. ...
KU license agreement makes it easier for faculty to form new companies
LAWRENCE — A new type of licensing agreement now available to faculty members at the University of Kansas is making it easier for them to take lab discoveries and spin them out into new startup companies. ...
Accounting professor earns journal best paper award
LAWRENCE — The American Accounting Association has honored University of Kansas Professor Scott Bronson and his co-authors as recipients of the 2016 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award. ...
Study: Focus on certain aspects of English improves reading for students who are deaf or hard of hearing
LAWRENCE — For many years, students who are deaf or hard of hearing have struggled to learn to read English at the same proficiency rates as their hearing peers. A University of Kansas professor has co-authored a study that found that doesn't have to be the case. ...
Seventy-two undergraduates present summer research
LAWRENCE — Each summer, undergraduate students from around the world join current University of Kansas students in conducting research with campus faculty. Seventy-two of these students presented their research last month at the KU Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session at The Commons. ...
Plan ahead for residence hall move-in traffic Aug. 18
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavy traffic around 15th and Iowa streets Thursday, Aug. 18, for the primary move-in day for student housing residents. ...
3 Willie Cole prints selected to accompany ‘Between the World and Me’ as 2016 KU Common Work of Art
KU community mourns death of Professor Emeritus Robert Brown
LAWRENCE — Robert Brown, a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Kansas and longtime Lawrence resident, died July 23. He was 82. ...
KU announces new Institutional Opportunity and Access director
LAWRENCE — Following a national search, Michael “Shane” McCreery has been selected to lead the office of Institutional Opportunity and Access at the University of Kansas. McCreery will oversee a staff that provides support to more than 30,000 faculty, staff and students on the KU Lawrence and Edwards campuses. ...
Hitting the road: KU Engineering SELF Fellows traveling to Lone Star State
LAWRENCE — The booming business environment of Central and South Texas will serve as a real-world classroom for 20 members of the senior class of the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...
In right balance, environmental regulations increased firms' profits, new study finds
LAWRENCE — CEOs and corporate lobbyists often spend plenty of time decrying how potential government regulations will affect their bottom line, but a new University of Kansas study finds that the U.S. Clean Water Act, when implemented in the right balance, improves firms' profitability. ...
Scholar shows we understand social media does not equal social interaction
LAWRENCE — If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for a real social life, a University of Kansas study will set you at ease. ...
Department of Defense renews KU designation
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas’ designation as a Department of Defense (DoD) Language Training Center has been renewed through 2019. KU received a $650,000 grant to provide specific language, regional expertise and culture training to select DoD personnel. ...
Spencer Museum receives NEH grant to lead educator workshops on race
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art has been awarded a $159,049 federal grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to organize two weeklong workshops for K-12 teachers. These events will be supported by the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture program, which awards up to $160,000 to...
KU part of initiative to harness data analytics to improve teaching, student learning
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is part of a coalition of five universities in the United States and Canada that will harness their strengths in research to improve teaching and student learning. ...
New book documents 'Journalism's Lost Generation'
LAWRENCE — For more than a decade, newspapers across the country have scaled back their staff, laid off journalists and editors, and made drastic changes in the face of economic challenges. A University of Kansas researcher has gathered insight from thousands of journalists affected directly by those changes in a...
Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 72 new members
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 72 new members. ...
Visual art student wins international film festival award
LAWRENCE – A film created by University of Kansas visual art student Olivia Hernández was the overall winner of the Short Film Work-in-Progress category from the CreActive International Open Film Festival in Bangladesh. ...
Sci-fi writer receives lifetime teaching award
LAWRENCE — James Gunn, University of Kansas professor emeritus and award-winning science fiction author, recently received a lifetime teaching award from the Writing the Rockies writers conference of Western Colorado State University. ...
Chancellor presents Rep. Kevin Yoder with national science advocacy award for support of research
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — The University of Kansas presented a Champion of Science Award to U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder on Monday in recognition of his support for federal funding for basic scientific research. ...
Media advisory: Experts available to comment on back-to-school news from numerous educational aspects
LAWRENCE — With the arrival of August comes the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. Students across the country will return to classrooms this month and next while others begin new phases in their educational careers, be it the first day of high school or...
Media advisory: Acting director of the National Cancer Institute, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder to visit KU Medical Center for Champion of Science Award presentation
WHO/WHAT: U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder will receive the Champion of Science award from the Science Coalition, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization of leading public and private research universities. This award is presented to members of Congress whose actions and votes consistently support scientific research. KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little will present...
KU expands senior administrative fellows, announces 2016-17 class
LAWRENCE — The Office of the Provost has selected the 2016-2017 senior administrative fellows. ...
Be ready to welcome international students
LAWRENCE — Aug. 1 is moving day for many in the Lawrence area. It also signals the start of an annual movement of international students to the University of Kansas. ...