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KU to honor 82 high school seniors from five East Central Kansas counties
Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized over 125,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher education goals. Each year, the KU Alumni Association and its volunteers host 36 programs that reach all...
Software engineer, photographer to receive 2016 KU honorary degrees
LAWRENCE — The visionary co-creator of Google Earth and an iconic visual artist of the Great Plains will receive honorary degrees from the University of Kansas at its 2016 Commencement. ...
Math instructor’s legacy extends far beyond KU
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professor of mathematics Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship. The award will provide a salary stipend of $10,000 for each of the next five years. ...
KU creates Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas has created a new office to centralize its ongoing sexual assault prevention and education efforts. ...
Urban ethnographer to speak on fugitive life in Philadelphia
LAWRENCE — Alice Goffman, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of "On the Run: Fugitive Life in An American City," will give a presentation next week on a little-known surveillance state in one of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. ...
Citizens have right to improve technologies without fear of legal action, professor says
LAWRENCE — The time has come for a philosophical change in the way the American legal system, government and private business view innovations created by private citizens, a University of Kansas professor argues in a new law review article. “Citizen innovators” have the legal right to develop new and better...
Dan Skinner named director for KPR, Audio-Reader
LAWRENCE — A native Kansan and an experienced public media leader will serve as the new director for Kansas Public Radio and the Audio-Reader Network. ...
University to host KU Elevate: Innovation in Action on Oct. 16
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas will showcase four of its most innovative researchers — with some help from one of its most famous alumni — at a first-of-its kind event this week. ...
Media Advisory: Professors can share insight into 20th anniversary of Million Man March
LAWRENCE – Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. Led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the event drew thousands of African-American men to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995. On Saturday, Farrakhan will again lead a march, this one focused on the relationship between African-American...
KU community invited to engage in Hunger Awareness Month throughout October
LAWRENCE — For many people, October is a month for pumpkins and Halloween festivities. But at the University of Kansas, October is also Hunger Awareness Month. ...
Local governments benefit from ongoing conceptual leadership training, study finds
LAWRENCE — City department supervisors would benefit from training roughly every eight to nine months on conceptual leadership skills, like strategic planning and conflict resolution, according to a study that includes two University of Kansas professors. ...
KU to honor 299 seniors from Johnson county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 123 seniors from Butler, Elk, Greenwood county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 19, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Visiting professor to explore issues in mental health access among youth
LAWRENCE — Omar Gudiño, Langston Hughes visiting Professor at the University of Kansas, will present “Understanding and Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Youth Mental Health Service Use” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in The Commons at Spooner Hall. ...
Pasik-Duncan elected to Board of Governors for technology association
LAWRENCE — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) for 2016-2018. She has also been appointed to the Mathematical Association...
Center for Educational Testing & Evaluation set to host international educational assessment conference
LAWRENCE — Experts in assessment and education from 35 countries will convene next week in Lawrence for the 41st annual International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) Conference. Hosted by the Center for Educational Testing & Evaluation (CETE) at the University of Kansas, the gathering will bring together practitioners, researchers, policymakers...
Media advisory: KU anthropology professor appears in National Geographic documentary on Nicaraguan search
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas professor is available to speak about his appearance in the National Geographic documentary "Legend of the Monkey God" about the search for the "White City" often rumored to exist deep in the jungle of Honduras. ...
Nobel Prize winner a profoundly courageous, free voice, Slavic literature professor says
LAWRENCE – Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich, who writes about the Soviet Union and its collapse, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. A professor at the University of Kansas can speak about Alexievich’s background, literary career and thematic focus. ...
Walk Lawrence campaign encourages healthier lifestyle
LAWRENCE — A collaborative initiative to promote conversation about pedestrian issues in Lawrence launched this week. ...
Four named recipients of Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
LAWRENCE — Four faculty members at two universities in Kansas have been named recipients of the state's most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence: the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. The four will be recognized Nov. 10 during a ceremony at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
New play takes searing look at teen domestic violence
LAWRENCE — “Johanna: Facing Forward” chronicles the true journey of Johanna Orozco, who survived a gunshot wound to the face from her ex-boyfriend. Johanna’s story made national headlines and started a movement against teen domestic violence. Playwright Tlaloc Rivas is a visiting artist in the Department of Theatre and will...
Study: Mistrust in the media predicted by hometown
LAWRENCE — Media mistrust is common, with people often claiming that a given news outlet is biased politically, against others personally or professionally or even biased against one’s favorite sports team. While such mistrust is usually attributed to individual factors, such as one’s political leanings, a study co-authored by a...
KU hosting international conference on petroleum engineering techniques
LAWRENCE — Experts on the latest techniques in oil recovery from around the world are gathered in Lawrence for the next two days for a prestigious international conference hosted by KU. ...
Media advisory: Russia’s intervention in Syria comes with broad implications for regional, global stability, professor says
LAWRENCE – Russia has intensified its involvement in the Syrian civil war in the past week with airstrikes against insurgent groups and “volunteer” ground forces joining the fight. ...
Spencer Museum print room receives $147K grant
LAWRENCE — The Spencer Museum of Art has received a federal grant for $147,129 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to rehouse the Museum’s collection of more than 20,000 works on paper. The highly competitive Museums for America program awards grants up to $150,000 to strengthen the...
Two top-20 rankings for KU Law emphasize affordability, value
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas School of Law is the No. 18 Best Value Law School in the country and one of the top 20 law schools nationwide for students graduating with the least debt, according to National Jurist magazine and U.S. News & World Report. KU finished first...
University announces 2015-16 class of Senior Administrative Fellows
LAWRENCE — The Office of the Provost has selected nine University of Kansas faculty members for the 2015-2016 Senior Administrative Fellows Program. ...
KU part of $8.9M grant to help low-income and first-generation students
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas, as a member of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), was selected as one of the winners in the U.S. Department of Education’s First In The World grant competition. The program encourages innovation that supports student success at colleges and universities. ...
Event will recognize alumnus who founded Folds of Honor nonprofit
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas graduate who established a nonprofit organization to support military families will be honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. ...