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Media advisory: KU professors can comment on Harriet Tubman's selection for $20 bill
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas experts on U.S. social and cultural history, including women's and African-American civil rights, are available to comment on the significance of Harriet Tubman being added to the $20 bill. ...
Hall Family Foundation gift supports comprehensive cancer center designation
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS — An $8 million gift from the Hall Family Foundation will enhance The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s pursuit of an NCI Comprehensive cancer center designation. ...
Media advisory: Professors can discuss perceptions of 1994 crime bill
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas researchers are available to provide historical context on the debate over how generations of African-Americans perceive the 1994 crime bill and its significance with organizers and black activists. ...
Indiana arts and sciences dean is second candidate for provost
LAWRENCE — Larry Singell is the second of three candidates for provost and executive vice chancellor of the Lawrence campus. ...
Media advisory: Professor can discuss New York primary scenarios
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas political scientist is available to discuss the New York presidential primary contests and how scenarios could influence each party's nomination process. ...
KU's final Foundation Professor to bring expertise in engineering environmental solutions
LAWRENCE — A prominent chemical engineer who helped create a top refrigerant that is safe for Earth’s ozone layer will join the University of Kansas as a Foundation Distinguished Professor. ...
KPR wraps up spring membership drive with more than $270K in pledges (Opens in new window)
LAWRENCE – More than 1,900 people helped Kansas Public Radio conclude a successful spring membership drive after they reached their goal. ...
Professor to build interactive map of financial opportunity
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas and University of Michigan researchers will lead a project to build a web-based, interactive map showing where financial services are located in communities across the United States and how the locations of these services affect individuals’ financial opportunity. ...
KU announces Sustainability Leadership Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability will recognize 10 individuals and initiatives with Sustainability Leadership Awards on April 22 as part of KU's Earth Day festivities. The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. on the Dance Pavilion west of Potter Lake. ...
Study: Sexual media youths consume reflected in their online self-presentation
LAWRENCE — When we hear about adolescents and sexual behavior online, it’s often in the context of scandal, such as when young people get in trouble for sexting. But even when they are not being sexually explicit, adolescents often present themselves online with varying degrees of sexual intensity. A new...
Chancellor to present five University Scholarly Achievement Awards on May 11
LAWRENCE — Five faculty members at the University of Kansas will receive 2016 Scholarly Achievement Awards, which recognize significant scholarly or research achievement for scholars in the middle of their careers. ...
New Westar Energy, KU Engineering partnership benefits student learning
LAWRENCE — Westar Energy and the University of Kansas School of Engineering have collaborated to accelerate and expand opportunities for students in the mechanical engineering capstone program. A gathering to celebrate the official kickoff of the agreement is set for 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 18, at the Structural Testing and...
KU launches Shut the Sash program to cut energy cost
LAWRENCE – The University of Kansas Center for Sustainability is leading a new initiative called Shut the Sash as part of an innovative program designed to reduce energy consumption and costs at the university’s research laboratories. ...
Professor studies whether Americans were descendants of original modern humans
LAWRENCE — New analyses indicate that early migrants to the Western Hemisphere were descendants of the modern humans who originated in Africa and were part of the global dispersal of modern humans around the world, according to an analysis that includes a University of Kansas anthropological geneticist. ...
Julie Nagel named associate vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship
LAWRENCE — Julie Nagel, interim associate vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Kansas, has been named to the position permanently. In that role she serves as president of KU Innovation and Collaboration (KUIC), which manages intellectual property and technology commercialization at all KU campuses. She also...
Symposium a showcase for design research
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning will present its first Global Impact through Design Research Symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 22. All are welcome to attend this day of presentations documenting current research by the school’s faculty and graduate students. The...
Faculty, staff, students will be honored at Women's Recognition Banquet
LAWRENCE — The Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity will host the Women’s Recognition Banquet at 6:30 p.m. today, April 13, at the Kansas Union Ballroom. KU will recognize outstanding faculty, staff and students at this annual event in addition to previously announced Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame...
Study: Financial knowledge not enough for low-income parents
LAWRENCE — Low-income parents of young children frequently face day-to-day difficulties in feeding and housing their families. Social services for such parents often include financial education designed to help build basic knowledge about financial matters such as budgeting and saving for the future. However, a study by University of Kansas...
School of Education announces date of 2016 Strategies for Educational Improvement Conference
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Education will host the ninth annual summer Strategies Conference for the region’s PK-12 educators. ...
KU center, KDHE partner for statewide developmental-screening summits
LAWRENCE – More than 50 early-childhood advocates from 12 Kansas counties gathered in Topeka on April 5 for the first of five daylong summits across the state this spring aimed at helping communities improve their systems for developmental screenings and referrals. ...
Hall Family Foundation awards $512K to support Hall Center programs
LAWRENCE — The Hall Family Foundation has granted the Hall Center for the Humanities $512,000 for programming support. The grant includes funds for two new initiatives, the Visiting Scholars program and the Elevated Annual Lecture, and it renews support for the Applied Humanities Program. ...
Grammy Foundation grant funds research on link between K-12 music education, student success
LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher aims to conduct the most definitive investigation to date on why music matters in primary and secondary education. ...
Children's literature authors will speak at KU
LAWRENCE — The School of Education's Department of Curriculum & Teaching will host two University of Kansas alumni as featured guest speakers at the 2016 Gertrude Way Strong Literature Lecture Series. ...
Reports that help local governments make planning decisions should be more accessible, research shows
LAWRENCE – On a daily basis, local governments across the country make community-changing decisions based on recommendations found in planning staff reports. Research from the University of Kansas shows in the past 40 years, little has been done to make these reports more accessible to decision makers and the public. ...
Hall Center lecture: 'Mike Brown's Body'
LAWRENCE — Robin D.G. Kelley, the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA and Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Lied Center Auditorium as the final installment of the Hall Center for the Humanities' 2015-2016 Humanities Lecture Series. ...
School of Business dean is first candidate for provost
LAWRENCE — Neeli Bendapudi is the first of three candidates for provost and executive vice chancellor of the Lawrence campus at the University of Kansas. ...
Distinguished alumnus to discuss links between personality, cardiovascular health
LAWRENCE – A psychologist who studies the effects of personality and social factors on cardiovascular health will be honored this week as a distinguished alumnus of the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Kansas. ...
Public invited to Second Annual Day of Creativity
LAWRENCE — The Second Annual Day of Creativity — presented by The Commons, the KU Natural History Museum and the Spencer Museum of Art — invites University of Kansas and Lawrence communities to celebrate their creative sides. The all-ages event will be noon-3 p.m. April 24, with activities and attractions...