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KU to honor 63 seniors from Dickinson, Geary, Morris 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. ...
Residence halls sponsor Halloween event
LAWRENCE — Daisy Hill Commons and Hashinger Hall will be the sites of Halloween in the Halls from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Children must be accompanied by an adult. ...
Student entrepreneur selected for “Spotlight” at Pipeline Innovator celebration in KC
LAWRENCE — Playing college football and multiple high school sports before crowds of cheering fans prepared Austin Barone for a different kind of audience: more than 600 of the region’s top innovators and entrepreneurs at a major event in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
KU to honor 216 seniors from Shawnee, Wabaunsee county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Tuesday, Nov. 3, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 91 seniors from Clay, Pottawatomie and Riley county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 2, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Kansas Enrichment Network teaming with Missouri colleagues for summit on afterschool, expanded learning
LAWRENCE — At the inaugural Afterschool STEM Summit in Washington, the National League of Cities (NLC) announced the selection of seven statewide afterschool networks (SANs), including the University of Kansas-based Kansas Enrichment Network (KEN) and Missouri AfterSchool Network, to receive technical and financial assistance to host statewide municipal summits on...
KU to honor 362 seniors from Sedgwick county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 2, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
New book ‘On the Wing’ tracks evolution of flight in natural world
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas biologist David Alexander grew up in Dayton, Ohio, the hometown of the flight-pioneering Wright brothers — so it’s only natural he became fixated with aviation from a young age, developing a lifelong passion for airplanes. ...
Politics, lack of progress drive cities to drop climate-protection commitments, study finds
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Law symposium to explore sexual assault on college campuses
LAWRENCE – Recent studies indicate that nearly one in four female students experience sexual violence during their college years – troubling figures that are attracting national media attention and serious evaluations by universities of how they handle such crimes. ...
Government type can predict country's place in global Internet network
LAWRENCE — The type of governance of a nation can predict its citizens’ access to the Internet and the value of that country’s connections to other nations around the world, a new study has found. Liberal democracies dominated the global Internet network in both 2002 and 2011, followed by polyarchies...
KSDE wins $5.8M award, taps KU center to develop learning-maps-based instructional model
Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students to monitor progress and adjust instructional activities to meet students’ learning needs. Throughout the development process, CETE will engage with approximately 400 elementary- and middle-school educators across the project’s five partnering states. ...
Notable engineer will give lecture on professionalism in the field
LAWRENCE — Randall Over, the 2014 president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), will deliver the University of Kansas School of Engineering’s annual J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Spahr Engineering Classroom in Eaton Hall. The lecture is free and open to the...
‘Goat Bones in the Basement’ lecture explores ‘dark tourism’
LAWRENCE – A chance visit to a haunted house tour in Savannah, Georgia, led to a new area of research for a scholar who will present the lecture “Goat Bones in the Basement: A Case of Race, Gender and Haunting in Old Savannah” at the University of Kansas. ...
Candidate for dean of KU Libraries to present Tuesday
LAWRENCE — The first 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. ...
Economic opportunity in Kansas is focus of upcoming conference
LAWRENCE — The widening income gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans has become an issue of growing concern for economists, educators and policymakers nationwide. The local and regional perspective on this national debate will be showcased at the University of Kansas on Thursday, Oct. 22, when the annual...
Art & Design Gallery to host solo show with international media artist
LAWRENCE — An internationally renowned artist with a substantial and cutting-edge body of creative work will have a solo show at the Art & Design Gallery. Through video, sculpture, print and multichannel installations, Darrin Martin’s show, “Iterations,” explores the instability of the lens-based image as a reliable record of perception...
Department of Defense awards fellowship to graduate student
LAWRENCE — A fellowship from the Department of Defense will fund a University of Kansas graduate student’s research in nuclear physics as well as guarantee him a two-year appointment with a federal office upon graduation. ...
Audio-Reader celebrates growth, service during annual dinner
LAWRENCE — Audio-Reader marked 44 years of growth during its annual volunteer appreciation dinner earlier this month. ...
Halt of Afghanistan troop withdrawal stems from Taliban, Islamic State, al-Qaeda advances, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas researchers can discuss the military and political implications of President Barack Obama's decision to halt U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and keep troops there until the end of his term. ...
University community mourns death of School of Education student Joseph Zadina
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of one of its students. ...
Reigning Miss Kansas World to lead Homecoming parade
LAWRENCE — Catherine Carmichael, the reigning Miss Kansas World and a 2014 University of Kansas graduate, will be grand marshal of the KU Homecoming Parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, on Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. A pep rally on Eighth Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets will...
Baxendale Innovation Award goes to two KU researchers
LAWRENCE — Outstanding success in pharmaceutical research and technology commercialization has resulted in special recognition for two University of Kansas faculty members. ...
WWI series will shed light on Eastern Front experience
LAWRENCE – The lesser-known stories of World War I’s Eastern Front will be the centerpiece of a lecture series at the University of Kansas. The program is part of KU’s World War I Centennial Commemoration, which is being coordinated by the European Studies Program to mark the 100th anniversary of...
Polish novels reflect generation stunted by political upheaval
LAWRENCE – For the generation of Poles who came of age just as communism was ending, the country’s political transformation stunted their transition into adulthood, argues a University of Kansas scholar. ...
Professor wins best paper award at strategic management conference
LAWRENCE — Research by a University of Kansas School of Business professor has received top honors from the premier association in strategic management. ...
Inequality, Islamophobia remain in wake of Charlie Hebdo tragedy
LAWRENCE — Effects of the massacre of 12 journalists on Jan. 7 at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo linger as its news staff in Paris recently moved into new offices with heightened security. ...
Free app empowers public to locate, recognize ancient fossils
LAWRENCE — Imagine shoveling soil to create a backyard garden plot and unearthing a rock embossed with the fossil remnant of a creature you’ve never seen before. It looks like something out of the ocean, but you live in the Midwest. ...