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KU announces August employees of the month
Lawrence — The University of Kansas has announced its August 2015 employees of the month. They are as follows:...
KU Endowment elects 4 new trustees
LAWRENCE — At today’s annual meeting of the KU Endowment Board of Trustees, four new trustees were elected: Angela Chammas of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois; Marvin Motley of Leawood; Diane Yetter of Chicago, and Carl Krehbiel, of Moundridge. ...
There's a need for financial inclusion in United States, social welfare professor says
LAWRENCE — The Center for Financial Inclusion has designated Monday, Nov. 2, through Friday, Nov. 6, as Financial Inclusion Week in an effort to raise awareness worldwide of the importance and value of extending access to financial services to everyone. Known as FI2020, the effort is coordinating events around the...
Poetry examines how cities, individuals experience crisis
LAWRENCE — For poet Megan Kaminski, a University of Kansas assistant professor of English, it's important to understand how economic and environmental conditions have created everyday lives of permanent emergency. ...
University mourns death of student Dylan Wappelhorst
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is mourning the death of Dylan Wappelhorst, a freshman from Colwich. ...
Lack of elderly care, 'little emperor syndrome,' behind China abandoning one-child policy, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Chinese state media announced this week all couples would be allowed to have two children, signaling an official abandonment of the country's controversial 35-year-old, one-child policy. ...
Professor Philip Gura to give annual literary lecture
LAWRENCE — A renowned scholar in early American literature will present “‘I’ or ‘We’: Placing the Self in Antebellum U.S. Literature and Culture” for the 2015 Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture at the University of Kansas. ...
From Slavic folklore to Sookie Stackhouse, new course will study vampire depiction in the East and West
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor hopes the allure of vampires will tempt students to learn more about the region of the world from which Dracula hails. ...
Professors seek to reduce incarceration rates for mentally ill prisoners
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers are part of a grant that will work to reduce the number of individuals with serious mental illnesses who are incarcerated who could be better served in other settings. The project will have a special focus on reducing the number of women and veterans...
South Carolina incident shines spotlight on need to consider role of police in schools, race, discipline, professor says
LAWRENCE — An incident in which a white sheriff’s deputy threw an African-American girl to the floor and drug her across a classroom in Columbia, South Carolina, sparked outrage earlier this week and has led to an announcement of a Justice Department investigation. The incident is one more case in...
Former president Bill Clinton to receive 2015 Dole Leadership Prize
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas is pleased to announce that it will honor former President Bill Clinton with the 2015 Dole Leadership Prize. The prize will be awarded at a program at the Lied Center on the west campus of the...
Educational evaluation center to host test security conference
LAWRENCE — Experts in assessment and education from across the United States and Canada will convene next week in Lawrence for the fourth-annual Conference on Test Security. Hosted by the Center for Educational Testing & Evaluation (CETE) at the University of Kansas, the gathering will bring together industry leaders and...
Professor wins prestigious math prize
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas professor has been recognized with one of the top honors in the field of applied mathematics. ...
KU to honor 253 seniors from Johnson County high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 11 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 9, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KPR fall membership drive falls short of $250,000 goal (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – More than 2,000 people helped Kansas Public Radio raise $226,000 during their fall membership drive. However, KPR fell short of its $250,000 goal. ...
Classics professor receives H.O.P.E. Award
LAWRENCE — Tara Welch, professor and chair of the Department of Classics, has been awarded this year’s H.O.P.E. Award by the University of Kansas Board of Class Officers. ...
Grant enables pioneering research of vast river systems in Great Plains and Asia
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KU to honor 69 high school seniors from six Southwest Kansas counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 4, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Departments will recognize Lawrence Public Schools with Whelan Kansas Leadership for Learning Award
LAWRENCE — Each year, the Department of Special Education and the Center for Research on Learning at the University of Kansas recognize the work of educators in the state of Kansas with the Whelan Kansas Leadership for Learning Award. ...
Langston Hughes lecture to explore social media, political activism
LAWRENCE — Alcides Velasquez, Langston Hughes visiting professor at the University of Kansas, will present “Follow Us: Understanding Social Media Individual and Collective Political Participation and Activism” at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, in The Commons at Spooner Hall. ...
DNA of two infants buried in Alaska shows genetic diversity of early Beringian populations
LAWRENCE — A new DNA analysis of an infant and a pre-term fetus buried together in central Alaska 11,500 years ago provides a clearer picture of the genetic diversity present in the ancestors of Native Americans. ...
Replant Mount Oread will bring new trees to West Campus Road
LAWRENCE — This Halloween, faculty, staff and students who frequent West Campus Road are in for a treat as Replant Mount Oread holds its second annual Trick or Trees planting event. ...
Third candidate for dean of KU Libraries to present Wednesday
LAWRENCE — The third of four candidates for the dean of KU Libraries position at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation during an upcoming campus visit. ...
KU to honor 63 seniors from Labette, Montgomery county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from eight Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 4, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...