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University community mourns death of School of Education student Joseph Zadina
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of one of its students. ...
Halt of Afghanistan troop withdrawal stems from Taliban, Islamic State, al-Qaeda advances, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Two University of Kansas researchers can discuss the military and political implications of President Barack Obama's decision to halt U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and keep troops there until the end of his term. ...
Reigning Miss Kansas World to lead Homecoming parade
LAWRENCE — Catherine Carmichael, the reigning Miss Kansas World and a 2014 University of Kansas graduate, will be grand marshal of the KU Homecoming Parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, on Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. A pep rally on Eighth Street between Massachusetts and New Hampshire streets will...
Professor wins best paper award at strategic management conference
LAWRENCE — Research by a University of Kansas School of Business professor has received top honors from the premier association in strategic management. ...
Baxendale Innovation Award goes to two KU researchers
LAWRENCE — Outstanding success in pharmaceutical research and technology commercialization has resulted in special recognition for two University of Kansas faculty members. ...
WWI series will shed light on Eastern Front experience
LAWRENCE – The lesser-known stories of World War I’s Eastern Front will be the centerpiece of a lecture series at the University of Kansas. The program is part of KU’s World War I Centennial Commemoration, which is being coordinated by the European Studies Program to mark the 100th anniversary of...
Polish novels reflect generation stunted by political upheaval
LAWRENCE – For the generation of Poles who came of age just as communism was ending, the country’s political transformation stunted their transition into adulthood, argues a University of Kansas scholar. ...
Free app empowers public to locate, recognize ancient fossils
LAWRENCE — Imagine shoveling soil to create a backyard garden plot and unearthing a rock embossed with the fossil remnant of a creature you’ve never seen before. It looks like something out of the ocean, but you live in the Midwest. ...
KU to honor 82 high school seniors from five East Central Kansas counties
Since 1971, the Kansas Honors Program has recognized over 125,000 scholars who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school senior classes and are selected regardless of occupational plans or higher education goals. Each year, the KU Alumni Association and its volunteers host 36 programs that reach all...
Software engineer, photographer to receive 2016 KU honorary degrees
LAWRENCE — The visionary co-creator of Google Earth and an iconic visual artist of the Great Plains will receive honorary degrees from the University of Kansas at its 2016 Commencement. ...
Math instructor’s legacy extends far beyond KU
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas professor of mathematics Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Chancellors Club Teaching Professorship. The award will provide a salary stipend of $10,000 for each of the next five years. ...
KU creates Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Center
LAWRENCE —The University of Kansas has created a new office to centralize its ongoing sexual assault prevention and education efforts. ...
Inequality, Islamophobia remain in wake of Charlie Hebdo tragedy
LAWRENCE — Effects of the massacre of 12 journalists on Jan. 7 at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo linger as its news staff in Paris recently moved into new offices with heightened security. ...
Urban ethnographer to speak on fugitive life in Philadelphia
LAWRENCE — Alice Goffman, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of "On the Run: Fugitive Life in An American City," will give a presentation next week on a little-known surveillance state in one of America's most disadvantaged neighborhoods. ...
Citizens have right to improve technologies without fear of legal action, professor says
LAWRENCE — The time has come for a philosophical change in the way the American legal system, government and private business view innovations created by private citizens, a University of Kansas professor argues in a new law review article. “Citizen innovators” have the legal right to develop new and better...
Dan Skinner named director for KPR, Audio-Reader
LAWRENCE — A native Kansan and an experienced public media leader will serve as the new director for Kansas Public Radio and the Audio-Reader Network. ...
KU community invited to engage in Hunger Awareness Month throughout October
LAWRENCE — For many people, October is a month for pumpkins and Halloween festivities. But at the University of Kansas, October is also Hunger Awareness Month. ...
University to host KU Elevate: Innovation in Action on Oct. 16
OVERLAND PARK — The University of Kansas will showcase four of its most innovative researchers — with some help from one of its most famous alumni — at a first-of-its kind event this week. ...
Media Advisory: Professors can share insight into 20th anniversary of Million Man March
LAWRENCE – Friday marks the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. Led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the event drew thousands of African-American men to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 16, 1995. On Saturday, Farrakhan will again lead a march, this one focused on the relationship between African-American...
Local governments benefit from ongoing conceptual leadership training, study finds
LAWRENCE — City department supervisors would benefit from training roughly every eight to nine months on conceptual leadership skills, like strategic planning and conflict resolution, according to a study that includes two University of Kansas professors. ...
KU to honor 123 seniors from Butler, Elk, Greenwood county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 19, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Visiting professor to explore issues in mental health access among youth
LAWRENCE — Omar Gudiño, Langston Hughes visiting Professor at the University of Kansas, will present “Understanding and Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Youth Mental Health Service Use” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in The Commons at Spooner Hall. ...
Pasik-Duncan elected to Board of Governors for technology association
LAWRENCE — Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the IEEE Society for Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) for 2016-2018. She has also been appointed to the Mathematical Association...
KU to honor 299 seniors from Johnson county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 21, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Nobel Prize winner a profoundly courageous, free voice, Slavic literature professor says
LAWRENCE – Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich, who writes about the Soviet Union and its collapse, won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. A professor at the University of Kansas can speak about Alexievich’s background, literary career and thematic focus. ...
Walk Lawrence campaign encourages healthier lifestyle
LAWRENCE — A collaborative initiative to promote conversation about pedestrian issues in Lawrence launched this week. ...
Four named recipients of Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
LAWRENCE — Four faculty members at two universities in Kansas have been named recipients of the state's most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence: the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. The four will be recognized Nov. 10 during a ceremony at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
New play takes searing look at teen domestic violence
LAWRENCE — “Johanna: Facing Forward” chronicles the true journey of Johanna Orozco, who survived a gunshot wound to the face from her ex-boyfriend. Johanna’s story made national headlines and started a movement against teen domestic violence. Playwright Tlaloc Rivas is a visiting artist in the Department of Theatre and will...