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Mon, 08/24/2015

As Turkish politics draw global attention, book explores 65 years of national elections

LAWRENCE – Turkey’s complicated political terrain was highlighted this summer when it simultaneously attacked the Islamic State and the Kurdish militants fighting ISIS. Providing fresh insight into the country’s complex political system, a University of Kansas researcher maps the evolution of Turkish elections in a new book. ...

Mon, 08/24/2015

School of Pharmacy second in nation in NIH funding

LAWRENCE — For the fourth time in six years, the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy is ranked No. 2 in the nation in National Institutes of Health funding. ...

Fri, 08/21/2015

First College dean candidate will give presentation Aug. 24

LAWRENCE — Walter Hawthorne, professor and chair of the Department of History at Michigan State University, will make a public presentation Monday, Aug. 24, as a candidate for dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas. ...

Thu, 08/20/2015

Red Hot Research will includes topics such as climate, data visualization

LAWRENCE — The fourth year of Red Hot Research presentations will kick off at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at The Commons. In the last three years, 117 University of Kansas researchers have introduced their current work as part of the series. In keeping with the purpose of the event,...

Thu, 08/20/2015

Students invited to Part-Time Job Fair

LAWRENCE — Nearly 50 campus and local employers will be available to meet with students at the annul Part-Time Job Fair at the University of Kansas. ...

Thu, 08/20/2015

Transformation a theme for regional artist's exhibition

LAWRENCE — Taking basic, ordinary materials and transforming them into mysterious, playful works of art, Brett Reif has created works to be featured in the opening show for the semester in the Art & Design Gallery. Reif’s work synthesizes art historical movements like Arte Povera and Pop Art with a...

Thu, 08/20/2015

KU community invited to forum on Central District campus redevelopment

Wed, 08/19/2015

Educational expansion created more marriages by same schooling level, race

LAWRENCE — Compulsory schooling laws instituted in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused more people in Northern states to marry people at their same education level and race, possibly contributing to economic inequality, according to a University of Kansas researcher's study. ...

Wed, 08/19/2015

University community mourns death of student Noah Graham

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of student Noah Graham. ...

Wed, 08/19/2015

University Theatre announces 2015-16 performance season

LAWRENCE — The upcoming University Theatre season deals firsthand with current events and social issues with shows addressing teen domestic violence, riots and feminism – not to mention a little humor and a Broadway musical. Making a strong statement about the values of theatre with diversity as an overarching theme,...

Wed, 08/19/2015

Diabetes prevention model less effective for non-college graduates

LAWRENCE — Key prescriptions to prevent and manage diabetes — physical activity and a healthy diet — don't appear to be working as well for Americans who didn't graduate college, according to University of Kansas researcher's new study. ...

Tue, 08/18/2015

Dole Institute honors 70th anniversary of V-J Day

LAWRENCE — In honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day), the Robert J. Dole Archive & Special Collections has released more than 42 letters documenting the experience of Kenneth “Kenny” Dole, younger brother of former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who served in the war’s Pacific...

Tue, 08/18/2015

Art and Design Building to be named for former Chancellor Laurence Chalmers

Tue, 08/18/2015

Rock Chalk Roadshow coming to 5 Kansas cities

LAWRENCE — The 13th annual Rock Chalk Roadshow from Kansas’ flagship university will hit the road from Sunday, Aug. 23, to Thursday, Aug. 27, with tour events in Manhattan, Salina, Hutchinson, Garden City and Hays. It will include visits with students and families from 157 Kansas schools. ...

Tue, 08/18/2015

KU community remembers university carpenter Gunter de Vries

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering carpenter Gunter de Vries, 71, who died Aug. 4. ...

Mon, 08/17/2015

Heavy traffic expected for residence halls move-in day

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas employees and the Lawrence community should anticipate heavy traffic around 15th and Iowa streets on Thursday, Aug. 20, which is the primary move-in day for student housing residents. ...

Fri, 08/14/2015

KU Engineering SELF Fellows will visit Google, Amazon in unique learning opportunity

LAWRENCE — The booming business environment of the Pacific Northwest will serve as a real-world classroom for 25 members of the senior class of the Self Engineering Leadership Fellows at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...

Fri, 08/14/2015

Spencer leading digital initiative for university art museums

LAWRENCE — Spencer Museum Director of Academic Programs Celka Straughn is one of three investigators leading the College Art Association project Resources for Academic Art Museum Professionals (RAAMP). RAAMP recently received $132,600 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the development of a free, publicly accessible website that will...

Thu, 08/13/2015

Strategic hire to enhance KU autism research program

LAWRENCE — Matthew Mosconi, a psychologist and neuroscientist who studies autism spectrum disorders, will join the University of Kansas as an associate professor in the Clinical Child Psychology Program and associate scientist in the Life Span Institute starting Tuesday, Aug. 18. ...

Thu, 08/13/2015

Journalism student wins national sports writing award

LAWRENCE — Amie Just, a University of Kansas journalism junior from Funk, Nebraska, has been named a winner of the prestigious 2015 Jim Murray Memorial Foundation scholarship, a national award for excellence in sports writing at the college level. ...

Thu, 08/13/2015

KU community, public invited to presentations by College dean candidates

LAWRENCE — Four candidates for the position of dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas will make public presentations during their respective campus visits. ...

Thu, 08/13/2015

Eighty-four undergraduates present summer research

LAWRENCE Each summer, undergraduate students from around the world join current University of Kansas students in conducting research with KU faculty. Eighty-four of these students presented their research last month at the KU Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session at The Commons. ...

Wed, 08/12/2015

Improvement in women's education in Middle East has not translated to economic, political success

LAWRENCE — Though women in the Middle East and North Africa have made major educational attainment gains in recent years, they have not translated into means of influence such as labor market participation and political representation. ...

Tue, 08/11/2015

Movements on racial, economic justice historically difficult to interconnect, KU expert says

LAWRENCE — Protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement in recent weeks have appeared at Democratic presidential candidates' events, including shutting down a Bernie Sanders rally on Social Security in Seattle. ...

Tue, 08/11/2015

Central Asians' view of democracy not the same as Westerners', book says

LAWRENCE – As countries in Central Asia move toward more authoritarian governments and concerns over human rights abuses increase, a new book explores why the West’s efforts to promote democracy in the region have failed. ...

Tue, 08/11/2015

Journalism instructor to give webinar for Poynter Institute

LAWRENCE — Lisa McLendon, coordinator of the Bremner Editing Center at the William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications, will have a national audience later this month when she presents a grammar webinar for the Poynter Institute, an internationally recognized, nonprofit training school for excellence in journalism. ...

Tue, 08/11/2015

Research into mammal evolution focuses on pivotal Eocene interval in Turkey

LAWRENCE — Supported with a five-year, $580,000 award from the National Science Foundation, scientists from the University of Kansas are departing this month to investigate how climate, plate tectonics and other factors influenced evolution by bringing species together in modern-day Turkey 42 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. ...

Mon, 08/10/2015

KU’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter inducts 76 members

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society has initiated 76 new members. ...

Mon, 08/10/2015

TRIO McNair Summer Research Symposium encourages undergraduate scholarship

LAWRENCE — Twenty University of Kansas TRIO McNair Scholars presented their summer research projects at the McNair Research Symposium on July 24 at the Kansas Union. Since 2003, the annual program has hosted a total of 240 student presentations. ...

Mon, 08/10/2015

Professor, students part of team that uncovered gate to biblical city

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