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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. ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
University mourns death of English professor and renowned poet Ken Irby
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering Ken Irby, a longtime English professor and poet who died July 30 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He was 79. ...
Memorial service for Chancellor Hemenway to be streamed online
LAWRENCE — A memorial service for former University of Kansas Chancellor Robert Hemenway, who passed away July 31, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Dole Institute of Politics. The service will be streamed online. ...
Edwards Campus launches 4 certificate programs
OVERLAND PARK – The University of Kansas Edwards Campus will launch four certificate programs this fall to complement the current programs in business, global and international studies, and environmental assessment. The Edwards Campus is offering these programs to address businesses’ trending interests in certificates and the benefits they offer. ...
Dean publishes book on architectural legacy of Charles Vest, MIT president
LAWRENCE — The publisher Rowland & Littlefield has released "Leading With Aesthetics: The Transformational Leadership of Charles M. Vest at MIT" by Mahesh Daas, dean of the School of Architecture, Design & Planning. ...
Online tool enables public to track 'tip-of-the tongue' states, speech errors
LAWRENCE — We’ve all been there. Occasionally, in the midst of a conversation, our mind flashes blank, and it’s impossible to conjure the word for a thing, place or person. We’ll gesture with our hands and feel like we’re on the verge of remembering. But the word won’t come. ...
City to smoke-test sewer lines around campus Aug. 5-14
LAWRENCE — There might be patches of smoke around the University of Kansas campus during the next nine days, but there’s no need to worry. ...
Media advisory: Education experts available for back-to-school news
LAWRENCE — As students begin returning to classrooms across the country this month, teachers will turn their attention to lesson plans and tests while parents, administrators and community members hope for a successful school year. Researchers at the University of Kansas can speak with media about the latest research in...
Chemical biology training program secures funding through 2020
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas graduate training program that supports national efforts to cross-train chemists and biologists at the intersection of their disciplines has received federal funding to continue its mission for five more years. ...
Media advisory: Debate expert available to discuss presidential primary debates
LAWRENCE – A University of Kansas communication studies professor can discuss trends in presidential primary debates and provide commentary on how candidates perform. ...
Continuing Education offers new training programs to meet KC workforce needs
OVERLAND PARK — KU Professional & Continuing Education (KUPCE) is offering a pair of August professional training programs at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. The programs will address needs emphasized during recent collaborations between university and industry leaders. ...
Audio-Reader hosting music, equipment donation drive in Aug. 10 in Topeka
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Audio-Reader Network will host a donation drive for its annual benefit sale from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 10 at the Dillons at Fairlawn Plaza in Topeka. Folks can bring their donations of gently used audio equipment, vinyl records (especially rock records), CDs, books on CDs...