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KU Alumni Association sets dates for Homecoming 2015
University of Kansas will celebrate Homecoming Oct. 25-31, 2015, culminating in the KU football game against the University of Oklahoma Oct. 31 in Memorial Stadium. ...
Jayhawk Boulevard honored as 2014 Sustainable Success Story
The ongoing Jayhawk Boulevard project on the University of Kansas campus continues to attract recognition for its unique combination of restoring a historic campus landmark and embracing sustainability. The Mid-America Regional Council has honored KU as one of nine local projects named 2014 Sustainable Success Stories. The ceremony took place...
Media advisory: Law professor can comment on grand jury decision to not indict officer in Eric Garner death
Corey Rayburn Yung, criminal law professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, is available to speak with media about a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officers in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. ...
Scholar on disability issues receives Warren research award
A leading scholar and public advocate on issues involving disability, employment and health is the 2014 recipient of the Steven F. Warren Research Achievement Award at the University of Kansas. The award is the highest honor given annually to a full-time academic staff researcher working in a department or research...
Gerald Holland tapped to play pivotal role in KU branding as Marketing Communications director
The University of Kansas has named Gerald Holland to lead its Marketing Communications team. ...
Architecture researcher receives CHD's new investigator award
The Center for Health Design has awarded Department of Architecture Post-Doctoral Fellow Nayma Khan its New Investigator Award. The Center for Health Design (CHD) is a nonprofit organization that engages and supports professionals and organizations in the health care, construction and design industries to improve the quality of health care...
Study: How cities elect council members affects sustainability initiatives
Although the influence of local interest groups often receives attention, how cities elect council members may be key to how they organize sustainability initiatives, according to a new study led by a University of Kansas professor. ...
Study shows importance of starting savings early
Savings accounts are not just a good way to have money to fall back on in case of emergency, they are, in fact, a gateway to financial health and a diversified balance sheet for young adults, new research from the University of Kansas shows. Acquiring a savings account early is...
Engineering team wins cyberdefense competition
Students from the University of Kansas School of Engineering earned first place in a cyberdefense competition. The “JayHackers” won the inaugural computer security competition at the Central Area Networking and Security Workshop, hosted by KU in late October. ...
KU community remembers former Natural History Museum curator Richard Johnston
The University of Kansas community is remembering professor emeritus Richard Johnston, who curated KU’s Natural History Museum. ...
Edwards Campus adds biotechnology program
– The University of Kansas is adding a Bachelor of Applied Science in Biotechnology at its Edwards Campus in Overland Park to increase career opportunities in biotechnology areas that directly serve local, state, national and global communities. ...
Professors publish book on function in architecture
Routledge, a publisher of humanities and social sciences books, has just issued “The Architecture of Use,” a book written by University of Kansas Department of Architecture Professors Stephen Grabow and Kent Spreckelmeyer.The book is the culmination of a decade-long collaboration between the professors. ...
Education professor shows art, museums can be key to boosting literacy across subjects
When it comes to education in reading and writing, many think of burying their noses in books or English composition assignments. One might not consider a trip to an art museum as a way to bolster students’ literacy, but a University of Kansas professor has shown that art can be...
KPR continues jazzy holiday tradition with a Big Band Christmas concert
Get ready for a cool Yule when Kansas Public Radio presents a "Big Band Christmas," a holiday concert featuring the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and special guest vocalists Kathleen Holeman and Ron Gutierrez. ...
Political insiders to discuss 2014 midterms at Dole Institute conference
National and state political practitioners, including strategists, journalists, campaign managers and pollsters, will analyze the midterm election results at the 2014 Post-Election Conference, sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. The event will take place Thursday and Friday, Dec. 11-12. Thursday’s schedule includes the Kansas...
Second candidate for social welfare dean to visit
The second and final candidate for dean of the School of Social Welfare will visit the University of Kansas next week to visit the campus community and give a public presentation. ...
Industrial design students win 'Bragging Rights' competition
Last month three students from the University of Kansas Department of Design who were enrolled in an industrial design thesis class won the fourth annual Bragging Rights Design Competition, sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the Industrial Design Society of America. It was open to all students who attend...
History professor to receive Woodyard Award
Megan Greene, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas, is the 2014 recipient of the George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award. The award presentation will be at 4 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Malott Room in the Kansas Union. ...
Filmmaker, harvesters to discuss wheat harvest documentary
an advocate for agriculture and calls himself an AgVocate. His interest in agriculture comes from his background growing up on a small dairy farm in northeastern Ohio. Weaver spent summers working on his grandfather’s farm and has a number of family members who still farm today. ...
Research yields material made of single-atom layers that snap together like Legos
the researchers, the approach is to design synergistic materials by combining two single-atom thick sheets, for example, acting as a photovoltaic cell as well as a light-emitting diode, converting energy between electricity and radiation. However, combining layers of atomically thin material is a thorny task that has flummoxed researchers for...
Appetite regulation expert receives H.O.P.E. Award
David Pendergrass, lecturer in undergraduate biology and director of the Molecular Biosciences Degree Completion Program at the KU Edwards Campus, has been awarded this year’s H.O.P.E. Award by the University of Kansas Board of Class Officers. ...
Students, faculty, staff help minority youth chart path to college
Twenty-eight students from Lawrence, Kansas City and the South Dakota Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe participated in a program for racial and ethnic minority youth earlier this month at the University of Kansas. The LEAD UP (Leadership, Education, Adolescent Development for Unlimited Possibilities and Potential): Youth Achievement Program event included coaching...
Experts available to discuss grand jury decision, aftermath in Ferguson shooting
Three University of Kansas professors are available to discuss the legal and historical aspects to events in Ferguson, Missouri, surrounding the grand jury's decision Monday to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August. ...
Expert can discuss talks about Iran's nuclear program
Raj Bhala, associate dean for International and Comparative Law and Rice Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law, is available to speak with media about ongoing talks about Iran’s nuclear program and an extension of deadlines to reach a deal. ...
Italian cuisine lecture a feast for the senses
Picture your favorite Italian dish. Chances are it contains mozzarella, parmesan or prosciutto. How these Italian staples make it to your table is a story as rich as the meals they produce. ...
KU part of $12.5M grant to prepare young adults with disabilities for careers
The University of Kansas is part of a partnership that has secured a $12.5 million grant to help states better prepare young people with disabilities for the transition to postsecondary education and careers. The grant is administered by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services...
Rock art provides unique window into early human, animal life in Saudi Arabia
As she examines the human-animal relationship dating back thousands of years, Sandra Olsen's research received a boost from an unexpected source: Rock art in rural, remote parts of the Arabian Peninsula. ...
East European foreign policy adviser to speak on democracy, Russia
The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will host Ivan Vejvoda of The German Marshall Fund of the United States in a program titled “East European Democracy & Russian Re-emergence.” The program will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2. It is free and open to...
Contest seeks student sculptural designs for new engineering building
The University of Kansas School of Engineering and A. Zahner Company have announced a sculptural art competition for students at KU. The winning entry will serve as inspiration for a piece to be installed in the new engineering building on campus. ...
University Theatre to stage concentration camp production
As funny as it is dangerously political, “The Last Cyclist” captures the absurdity of life under the Nazis as well as the resilient spirit of the artists who originally constructed this production inside the Terezin concentration camp. The play will open Dec. 6 at University Theatre. ...