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KU to honor 45 seniors from Chautauqua, Cowley county high schools
of 45 seniors from high schools in Chautauqua and Cowley counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at Cowley County Community College, Brown Center, 125 S Second St., Arkansas City. ...
KU to honor 67 seniors from Dickinson, Geary and Morris county high schools
of 67 seniors from high schools in in Dickinson, Geary and Morris counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program at Chapman High School, 400 W. Fourth St., Chapman. ...
KU team to lead project opening savings accounts for kids
An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Kansas is leading a project to study how children and families save and gain financial knowledge. Researchers Barbara Phipps, Karin Chang, Utako Minai, Emily Rauscher and Terri Friedline, along with staff and graduate students, have been working together over the past year...
Donors provide funds to establish student-run strategic communications agency
The William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas has launched a student-run strategic communications agency, thanks to donors who have provided $400,000 in support to date. ...
Program articulates strategic framework for improving lives of Kansas children, families
Building better support systems that help improve the lives of Kansas children and families is the primary focus of the Kansas Children’s Cabinet & Trust Fund. Now, with key assistance from the Center for Public Partnerships & Research (CPPR) at the University of Kansas, the Cabinet is implementing a comprehensive...
KPR wraps up fall membership drive with more than $254,000 in pledges
More than 3,500 people helped Kansas Public Radio conclude a successful fall membership drive after they reached their goal of $250,000. ...
Board of Regents approves plans for new residence hall, dining center
Action taken by the Kansas Board of Regents earlier this month advances a University of Kansas plan for only its second new residence hall construction project since 1966. The board approved preliminary plans for KU Student Housing to build a 500-bed residence hall and dining center near the south entrance...
University announces September Employees of the Month
The University of Kansas has announced the September Employees of the Month. They are as follows:...
Dole Institute program on Cuba postponed
The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas has announced that due to the potential conflict with Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, the Institute will postpone its evening forum, “Is It Time to Recognize Cuba?,” scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29. ...
Relationships benefit when parents, adult children connect through multiple channels
"Call your mother" may be the familiar refrain, but research from the University of Kansas shows that being able to text, email and 'Facebook' dad may be just as important for young adults. ...
Journalist to present 'Haiti: Tragedy and Hope' in Hall Center lecture series
Amy Wilentz, journalist, author and expert on the politics and culture of Haiti, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3, in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union. Her lecture, "Haiti: Tragedy and Hope,” is part of the Hall Center for the Humanities' 2014-2015 Humanities Lecture Series. The event is...
Research team makes progress on system to screen for trauma in foster youths
Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have completed initial efforts to learn more about adoption and the foster care system in Kansas, particularly about the challenges and facilitators of successful adoptions. The efforts are part of the Kansas Adoption Permanency Project, created to enact trauma screening...
Humanities graduate students receive travel, internship opportunities from the Hall Center
The Hall Center for the Humanities provides many internship, research and travel opportunities for graduate students within the humanities, arts and humanistic social sciences. During the summer of 2014, six graduate students wrote, traveled and researched extensively to further their own studies within the humanities and to bring their work...
Author, professor Laura Moriarty featured in pair of 2014 KU Common Book events
Laura Moriarty has been a member of the University of Kansas faculty since 2008, but for the next 48 hours she’ll be the university’s distinguished guest in celebration of her 2003 novel, “The Center of Everything.” Moriarty will be welcomed as the author of the 2014 KU Common Book for...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces September graduates
Lenexa Police Department Chief Tom Hongslo congratulated 55 new law enforcement officers during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on Sept. 12. ...
Dole Institute scholars part of more than $1.4 million in Kansas scholarships
The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas awarded 30 Sen. Robert J. Dole Public Service Scholarships of $1,000 each to recent Kansas high school graduates for the 2014-2015 academic year. ...
KU to honor 59 seniors from Labette, Montgomery county high schools
Students from eight Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 5, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 210 seniors from Shawnee, Wabaunsee county high schools
Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Tuesday, Nov. 4, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Authority on Katyn Massacre to speak at KU
The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies will host U.S. researcher Krystyna Piorkowska as this year’s fall 2014 Oswald P. Backus Memorial Lecturer. Piorkowska’s lecture, “English-Speaking Witnesses to a Soviet War Crime: The Katyn Massacre in the Words of the POWs,” will be at 7...
KU to honor 66 high school seniors from six Southwest Kansas counties
Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 5, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Applied English Center celebrating 50th anniversary
belongs to a select group. In 1964 KU was one of 13 American universities to receive a grant from the Ford Foundation to found an Intensive English Center. Edward Erazmus founded the center with 35 students from 14 countries, nine assistant instructors, as they were called then, and one secretary. ...
Beyond LOL cats, social networks could become trove of biodiversity data
Whiplash the Cowboy Monkey. Grumpy Cat. “Peanut,” the Ugliest Dog in the World. These might be a sampling of the most familiar animals to millions of users of social networking sites like Facebook. ...
Trick or Trees event to improve landscaping near Marvin, Lindley halls
between Marvin and Lindley halls, just south of the Chi Omega Fountain, has been selected as the planting site this fall. Known for its small grove of pear trees, the original landscaping at this site was a gift from the class of 1949. Through the Replant project the area will...
Former Brazilian ambassador to U.S. will headline business conference
Rubens Antonio Barbosa, former Brazilian ambassador to the U.S., will give the keynote address at the University of Kansas School of Business international conference Brazil: What’s Next? ...
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry to give 2014 Jana Mackey Lecture
MSNBC reporter and scholar Melissa Harris-Perry will give this year’s lecture for the University of Kansas’ Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture Series at the Lied Center. The series is in memory of late women’s rights activist and KU law student Jana Lynne Mackey as part of KU Domestic Violence Awareness Month. ...
Dole Institute to host discussion on formal recognition of Cuba
The Dole Institute of Politics will host Frank Calzon, executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba, and Marifeli Perez-Stable, professor at Florida International University, in a moderated discussion on the issue of formal U.S. political recognition of the island country of Cuba. “Is it Time to Recognize Cuba?”...
Natalie Lutz to begin as KUMC communications director Oct. 27
KANSAS — The University of Kansas Medical Center has selected a new director of communications. ...
Annual Halloween event moved to Oliver Hall
Oliver Residence Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive, will be the site of Halloween in the Hall, in which Lawrence children may trick-or-treat with Student Housing residents from the University of Kansas. The event will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. ...
Denim & Pink Day supports breast cancer awareness
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Week, the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity will host a Denim and Pink Day on Thursday, Oct. 23. ...
Researchers developing algorithms to detect fake reviews
Anyone who has conducted business online — from booking a hotel to buying a book to finding a new dentist or selling their wares — has come across reviews of said products and services. Chances are they’ve also encountered some that just don’t seem legitimate. Researchers at the University of...