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KU lands grant to help teachers, students with disabilities set goals for competitive employment after school
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas researchers have landed a grant to help improve educational outcomes and employment prospects for young people with disabilities. They will partner with educators to help students develop goals and realize their options for competitive employment after they finish school. ...
Mini Grants give boost to fall service learning classes
LAWRENCE — Seven faculty members and their respective community partners have received $500 mini-grants from the Center for Civic and Social Responsibility in support of their fall 2016 service learning classes. ...
KU professor, Brazil native can speak with media about country's ongoing impeachment, demonstrations, corruption scandal
LAWRENCE — Protesters continued to take to the streets of several Brazilian cities over the weekend, more than a week after the impeachment of President Dilma Rouseff. Demonstrators clashed with police in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, while turning their attentions to new president Michel Temer, questioning his ability to...
Annual fall tour of KU medicinal garden Saturday, Sept. 17
LAWRENCE — The public is invited to the semi-annual tour of the University of Kansas Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The tour will take place rain or shine. ...
Researchers at KU, WVU to strengthen water-stewardship practices for U.S. energy production
LAWRENCE — Every year in the U.S., a whopping 20 billion barrels of water are generated as a byproduct of domestic oil and gas recovery, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. ...
Exhibition: ‘In the Shadow of Cortés: From Veracruz to Mexico City’
LAWRENCE — Surrounded by rhetoric of border security and trade issues between the U.S. and Mexico, a singular identity of Mexico and its people often permeate through politics and popular culture. ...
School of Business launches major, concentration in business analytics
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business will begin offering both a major and a concentration in business analytics for undergraduate students this fall. ...
Newest faculty members find home at KU
LAWRENCE — The collection of new faces at the University of Kansas includes more than just incoming students. Forty-one faculty and faculty administrators have joined the KU Lawrence and Edwards campuses since the start of the year, many of them arriving on campus for the onset of the fall 2016...
KU to honor 235 seniors from Sedgwick county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Sept. 26, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 69 seniors from Marion, McPherson, Rice county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 14 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 103 seniors from Leavenworth county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from six Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 28 seniors from Sumner county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from seven Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Sept. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Ceremony will commemorate 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
LAWRENCE — Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the University of Kansas community will remember the event with a ceremony on the Lawrence campus. ...
Military should take public health approach to prevent sexual assault, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Military policies addressing sexual assault are often conducted at a time of crisis at the risk of glossing over the ongoing severity and influence of the problem, according to a University of Kansas researcher studying gender integration of the military. ...
Chris Keary named chief of KU Police
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas leadership has appointed a veteran KU officer as its newest chief of police. ...
Koch Industries gift of $1M establishes business, engineering scholarship funds
LAWRENCE, Kansas — A gift commitment of $1 million from Koch Industries, Inc., will benefit students in the schools of Business and Engineering at the University of Kansas. ...
Dole Institute adds voting rights program with Kobach, Johnson
LAWRENCE — The Dole Institute of Politics announced today the addition of a Constitution Day program on voting rights featuring Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and KU Law adjunct professor Mark P. Johnson. ...
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences welcomes new faculty
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will welcome its new faculty members with a reception at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at The Commons at the University of Kansas. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. ...
University community remembers Stephen Lambert
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering information technology colleague Stephen Lambert, who died Aug. 27 in Lawrence. He was 56. ...
KU-LMH partnership to provide free legal services to hospital patients
LAWRENCE – A new partnership between the University of Kansas School of Law and Lawrence Memorial Hospital will offer free legal assistance to low-income patients while providing invaluable hands-on training to law students. ...
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences hosts State of the College
LAWRENCE – The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas will host its first-ever State of the College this fall. ...
Spanish Inquisition pornography investigation provides key to how ordinary Europeans read
LAWRENCE — A little-examined Spanish Inquisition investigation into pornography could shed light on how ordinary Europeans read literature during the Enlightenment. ...
Energy initiatives move KU’s Lawrence campus toward conservation goals
LAWRENCE — Ongoing efforts by the University of Kansas Energy Office and Center for Sustainability to reduce energy usage on campus have produced strong results over the past year. Reports for centrally funded electricity and gas usage for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 show a decrease of 1.9 million kWh of...
CDC grant to improve access to health programs for individuals with disabilities
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have landed a grant to help improve the health of individuals with disabilities by increasing accessibility to programs and removing barriers to services designed to promote healthy living. ...
Author-bioethicist to speak on ethically questionable practices in academic activism
LAWRENCE—Alice Dreger, bioethicist, academic activist and author, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the The Commons at Spooner Hall, as the first installation of the Hall Center for the Humanities' 2016-2017 Humanities Lecture Series. “Good Causes, Bad Acts: Scrutinizing Ends and Means in Academic Activism” is free...
KU institute publishes 50th edition of Kansas Statistical Abstract
LAWRENCE — For a half-century, one report has provided invaluable social and economic data that has aided Kansans in promoting and governing their communities. ...
Research workshop aimed at community engagement
LAWRENCE — Researchers from across campus are invited to come to SHOW: Your Research (SHaring through Outreach Workshop) at the Commons from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 30. The workshop, sponsored by the KU chapter of Sigma Xi, will help faculty and student groups focus on engaging more with the community by...
KU to test emergency alert systems Sept. 6
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will conduct a campuswide test of its emergency alert systems at noon Tuesday, Sept. 6. ...
KU community remembers opera singer, music professor Norman Paige
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Norman Paige, a professor emeritus of vocal performance. Paige died Aug. 25 in Mission Hills. He was 87. ...