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Food activist to visit university
The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, in partnership with KU Center for Sustainability, KU’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, KU’s Office of the Provost and KU’s International Center for Ethics in Business, will host social and environmental activist Tanya Fields at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 16, in...
As nation celebrates Oktoberfest, professor can discuss linguistic legacy of German immigrants
Each fall, communities throughout Kansas and the Midwest mark their German heritage and affection for beer with Oktoberfest celebrations. For decades, a University of Kansas professor has studied the lasting legacy of the region’s large influx of German immigrants and the many dialects of language they brought with them. ...
Media advisory: Expert discusses ISIS, terrorist recruitment, U.S. response
U.S. Department of Justice officials said in national news reports that American law enforcement officials must focus their resources on Americans traveling abroad who might become radicalized and return to conduct terrorist attacks at home on behalf of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. ...
Media advisory: Expert in contemporary French novels available to discuss Nobel Prize winner
A University of Kansas French scholar can talk about the work and legacy of Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature. ...
Research team focused on environmental data will help lead $15M NSF grant
An environmental and earth science data project, led by a multi-university team including KU’s Biodiversity Institute, has been awarded $15 million by the National Science Foundation to continue to discover and aggregate data for scientists and policymakers alike. ...
Research success continues for COBRE in protein structure, function
The deep study of complex biomedical problems requires stable, long-term research funding. Robert Hanzlik, a professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Kansas, understands that better than most. ...
Center wins grant to help college students with disabilities
The Research and Training Center on Independent Living (RTC/IL) at the University of Kansas received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research to help community college students with disabilities request the Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations they need to succeed in their postsecondary experiences. ...
Panel to discuss issues surfaced by recent events in Ferguson
When a young man was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, this summer, his death set off several weeks of vigils, protests, vandalism and looting. The event also attracted national and international media attention, spurring public dialogue on issues of race and inequality, the criminal justice system and...
Podcast platform opens up dialogue on mental illness, research finds
A popular comedian’s podcast that has fellow comics talking openly about mental illness has redefined the relationship between celebrity and fan. ...
KU seeks public comment in advance of accreditation review
University of Kansas is currently preparing an extensive self-study to prepare for a universitywide reaccreditation review by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. ...
KU to host conference on Affordable Care Act
When President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called the Affordable Care Act, it represented the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. health care system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. ...
Alumna to oversee College's undergraduate services
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas has hired a higher education administrator and KU alumna with more than 20 years’ experience to lead its undergraduate services office. ...
Media advisory: Expert can comment on all-female colleges agreeing to admit transgendered students
A University of Kansas researcher is available to provide historical context about two all-female colleges agreeing to officially admit transgendered students and becoming the first higher education institutions in the country to put such policies in place. ...
Professor's play explores themes around school violence
The Columbine High School massacre that involved two students opening fire and throwing pipe bombs in the Colorado school in 1999 touched off heightened attention on school security and safety. But several other school shootings have occurred in the 15 years since, including the 2012 tragedy at an elementary school...
Researchers seek how professional wrestling appeals to fans
Critics may deride it as fake, and the outcomes may be determined before a match is ever held, but professional wrestling is still widely popular, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars annually and drawing thousands of spectators to live events. University of Kansas researchers have conducted a study examining...
Events announced for KU Hunger Awareness Month
The University of Kansas community has announced a food drive as well as events throughout the month to bring awareness to the battle against hunger in Douglas County, where more than 16,000 people struggle to maintain adequate access to food. ...
Media advisory: Expert in physics of light available to discuss Nobel Prize award to LED inventors
A University of Kansas physicist who studies the same electronic and optical properties used to develop LED light is available to discuss the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. ...
Party in the Panorama set for Oct. 18
With everything from microbial art to fluorescent geysers, a science festival atmosphere will permeate the galleries for this year’s Party in the Panorama at the KU Natural History Museum. ...
New 'lab-on-a-chip' could revolutionize early diagnosis of cancer
Scientists have been laboring to detect cancer and a host of other diseases in people using promising new biomarkers called “exosomes.” Indeed, Popular Science magazine named exosome-based cancer diagnostics one of the 20 breakthroughs that will shape the world this year. Exosomes could lead to less invasive, earlier detection of...
Grant to help produce more behavioral health specialists for western Kansas
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to recruit and fund students for master's-level education focused on behavioral health practice with adolescents and transitional-age youth. The program will be open to students in the western Kansas program as well as those...
Political analyst to speak on Putin’s Russia
Andrei Piontkovsky, a Russian political analyst and a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, will present “Putin’s Russia as a Revanchist Power” at 7 p.m. today in 100 Stauffer-Flint Hall. ...
Digital humanities grant to support environmental history research
As research in the digital humanities continues to flourish, new technologies will increasingly provide interpretations of historical data never before possible. Environmental history represents a unique interdisciplinary field ripe to benefit from the intersection of computing and the humanities. Sara Gregg, associate professor of history at the University of Kansas,...
KU to honor 114 seniors from Butler, Elk and Greenwood county high schools
Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Oct. 20, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 295 seniors from Johnson county high schools
Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 22, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Alumnus will offer keys to success at Distinguished Engineering Lecture
Professor. Developer. Entrepreneur. Inventor. Karim Nasser has excelled in a wide variety of endeavors throughout his illustrious career. The University of Kansas School of Engineering graduate will share his story and offer advice to current Jayhawks at the 2014 Distinguished Engineering Lecture, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in...
Business school to host Marketing Night
The University of Kansas School of Business will host a week of events to promote the field of marketing and its career opportunities for students. ...
Professor explores economics of shamanism in popular South Korean island
At the prospect of meeting a "real" shaman in Seoul for the first time, Kyoim Yun was almost overcome by anxiety. Her idea that shamans possess mysterious power and were not quite at home in the modern world both fascinated and intimidated her. What she saw was a series of...
Russian farce to debut at University Theatre
Oct. 17-18 and 24-25 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 19 and 26 at 2:30 p.m. ...
Engineers work on better real-time wireless data transmission
Glitches, delays or crashes on mobile devices can thwart attempts to watch the latest viral video, catch a big game or conduct a video chat. Not only are attempts to wirelessly access real-time events frequently plagued with problems, viewing such events seem to rapidly drain an inordinate amount of battery...
Study: Online games frequently advertise unhealthy food to kids; regulation needed
Children spending large amounts of time playing games is nothing new, but the Internet has given advertisers unprecedented access to kids playing games online. A study co-authored by a University of Kansas doctoral student shows that advertising in online games is not only common, it is seldom clearly stated to...