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Red Hot Research will includes topics such as climate, data visualization
LAWRENCE — The fourth year of Red Hot Research presentations will kick off at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at The Commons. In the last three years, 117 University of Kansas researchers have introduced their current work as part of the series. In keeping with the purpose of the event,...
University Theatre announces 2015-16 performance season
LAWRENCE — The upcoming University Theatre season deals firsthand with current events and social issues with shows addressing teen domestic violence, riots and feminism – not to mention a little humor and a Broadway musical. Making a strong statement about the values of theatre with diversity as an overarching theme,...
Diabetes prevention model less effective for non-college graduates
LAWRENCE — Key prescriptions to prevent and manage diabetes — physical activity and a healthy diet — don't appear to be working as well for Americans who didn't graduate college, according to University of Kansas researcher's new study. ...
Educational expansion created more marriages by same schooling level, race
LAWRENCE — Compulsory schooling laws instituted in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused more people in Northern states to marry people at their same education level and race, possibly contributing to economic inequality, according to a University of Kansas researcher's study. ...
University community mourns death of student Noah Graham
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the death of student Noah Graham. ...
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...
KU community remembers university carpenter Gunter de Vries
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is remembering carpenter Gunter de Vries, 71, who died Aug. 4. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...