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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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces July graduates
YODER – Fifty-eight new law enforcement officers were congratulated by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Wichita) during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) last month. ...
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. ...
HHS grant will aid regional universities on sexual assault prevention
LAWRENCE — As part of a three-year, $750,000 grant, University of Kansas researchers will aid colleges and universities in three states in adopting sexual assault policies and prevention strategies. ...
Rio Olympics present social, economic challenges for Brazil, researchers say
LAWRENCE — National news reports haven't had a shortage of challenges to focus on in the final hours before the Olympics begin in Rio de Janeiro. The host city has tried to quell concerns about issues from health concerns about Zika virus and water quality to sex trafficking rings in...
University community mourns death of film professor Chuck Berg
LAWRENCE — Charles “Chuck” Berg, a longtime University of Kansas professor of film and media studies, died July 26 in Lawrence. He was 75. ...
Physicist offers leading theory about mysterious Large Hadron Collider excess
LAWRENCE — In December of last year, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced startling results hinting at the existence of an undiscovered subatomic particle — one with a mass six times heavier than the Higgs boson, the particle that made headlines in 2012. ...