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Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces January graduates
YODER – Fifty-six new law enforcement officers were congratulated by U.S. District Court Judge Eric Melgren during their Jan. 15 graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. ...
KU to honor 74 high school seniors from Cherokee, Crawford counties
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Feb. 1 by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Researchers adapt successful strengths-based mental health recovery model for adolescents
LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have adapted a promising adult case management practice for use with adolescents. Early results show the Strengths Model, a recovery-oriented case management practice that focuses on individual strengths, is not only having a positive effect on young people, it is helping the...
KU to host annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events on campus and throughout the city of Lawrence. The theme of this year’s celebration is One Dream. ...
KU introducing undergraduate Sustainability Certificate
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas is now offering undergraduate students the opportunity to earn an undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability. ...
Nominate a Student Employee of the Year
Departmental supervisors can submit their nominations via an online form. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 31. Only one nomination per student will be accepted. ...
Researchers named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
LAWRENCE — Two prominent University of Kansas researchers – each with a track record of turning ideas into inventions and even new companies – have just received yet another high honor: election as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. ...
Genetic data does not support ancient trans-Atlantic migration, professor says
LAWRENCE — A few recent publications and documentaries have hypothesized about an ancient trans-Atlantic migration that possibly could mean ancient Europeans or ancient Israelites contributed to the population of Native Americans, often called an "Ice Age Columbus." ...
Media advisory: Lore of 'El Chapo' found in Mexican drug lord ballads
LAWRENCE – Movie deal or not, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera’s status as a folk hero has been cemented in the ballads sung throughout Mexico, a University of Kansas professor said. ...
Audio-Reader receives grant to help fund braille program guide, other projects
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for the blind and print-disabled, has received a $9,324 grant from the Ethel and Raymond Rice Foundation. The grant will help fund Audio-Reader’s Braille Program Guide, closed-circuit radios for Audio-Reader listeners, and it will pay for Audio...
‘Chi-Raq’ opens in Lawrence on Jan. 15
LAWRENCE – Local filmmaker Kevin Willmott’s latest work, “Chi-Raq,” a movie that uses satire to tackle gun violence in Chicago, will open at Liberty Hall on Friday, Jan. 15. ...
Professor receives NEH fellowship for Emmett Till research
LAWRENCE – The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a fellowship to a University of Kansas professor for his research on the murder of Emmett Till. ...
The Commons awards Starter Grants
LAWRENCE – The Commons awarded $9,946 to a faculty research project in the fall 2015 cycle of its Interdisciplinary Starter Grants competition. ...
Architecture Department hosting Food, Energy + Water Symposium
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of Architecture is hosting INFEWS: Innovations at the Nexus of Food + Energy + Water Symposium. The event will join distinguished researchers and design professionals from across the U.S. with faculty and students from KU departments to study issues related to the health...
Central District transformation begins this week
LAWRENCE — Security fencing is being put in place as the University of Kansas begins initial stages of Central District redevelopment. ...
KU researchers invited to apply for Proof of Concept Fund support
LAWRENCE – University of Kansas inventors are invited to submit applications for the Proof of Concept Fund, which supports KU technologies that are near the commercialization stage and could become marketplace solutions in the near future. ...
Distinguished professor to offer operatic performance for inaugural lecture
LAWRENCE — Most distinguished professors at the University of Kansas don’t break out into song. Then again, most aren’t internationally renowned mezzo-sopranos, either. ...
Study will examine how NCAA Division II, III schools define athletic success
LAWRENCE — When most people think of college athletics, they picture large, Division I schools that compete in bowl games or fight for a spot in March Madness. But for thousands of smaller schools and their athletes across the country, college athletics and what they mean to the school are...
Jennifer Brockman named as first program director of Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center
LAWRENCE — The first program director of a newly created center to coordinate the University of Kansas’ ongoing sexual assault prevention and education efforts is an experienced prevention educator who has led the largest comprehensive sexual assault program in Iowa. ...
KU names new vice chancellor and chief financial officer
LAWRENCE — Leisa Julian, an experienced financial administrator who has spent her career working in the public sector, will join the University of Kansas as vice chancellor and chief financial officer Feb. 15. ...
TV journalist Gwen Ifill to receive William Allen White award
LAWRENCE – Journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week” and co-anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour,” will receive the 2016 William Allen White Foundation National Citation. The award comes from a vote of the trustees of the William Allen White Foundation and the University of Kansas...
A passion for architecture, reading sparks $2 million estate gift
LAWRENCE — Gratitude for the scholarship support they received in college and a lifelong passion for reading has led University of Kansas alumnus Michael Cummings and his wife, Pamela Miller, of Kansas City, Missouri, to make a $2 million gift commitment for the University of Kansas. ...
KU to screen new documentary on Kansans, water
LAWRENCE — A new documentary that tells heartfelt stories about Kansans and water will be screened this week at the University of Kansas. ...
Dole Institute announces early spring 2016 programs
LAWRENCE – The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced its early spring 2016 programming schedule, including the annual Presidential Lecture Series, spring semester discussion group and a program on Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. February will also mark the beginning of a...
KU finalizes contract with developer for Central District project
LAWRENCE — After nearly three years of planning, the University of Kansas is now ready to get started on a transformative campus redevelopment project. ...
Kevin L. Smith selected to be the next dean of KU Libraries
LAWRENCE — Kevin L. Smith, director of copyright and scholarly communication at Duke University, will join the University of Kansas in May as dean for KU Libraries. ...
KPR to broadcast governor's State of the State address (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – A new funding method for public schools is expected to dominate the debate in the Kansas Legislature this year, and Gov. Sam Brownback will outline his budget and policy priorities during his State of the State address. ...
Media advisory: Past violence in standoffs drives caution in Oregon, researcher says
LAWRENCE — As a group of armed anti-government protesters have taken over federal buildings in a remote area of Oregon, federal law enforcement officers are seeking a peaceful resolution to the standoff. ...
Pharmacy students will visit independent pharmacies
LAWRENCE — Sixteen students from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy will join Dean Ken Audus and Senior Associate Dean Gene Hotchkiss on a three-day trip across Kansas and into parts of Oklahoma and Missouri to visit 12 independent pharmacies and their owners Wednesday, Jan. 6, through Friday, Jan. ...