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Edwards Campus offering science management training
OVERLAND PARK — KU Professional & Continuing Education has introduced a new professional education program to increase organizational management training options for working professionals in science-related fields. ...
Richard Pryor's daughter to show film, discuss life as child of celebrity
LAWRENCE – Rain Pryor, daughter of the late famed comedian Richard Pryor, will visit the University of Kansas to screen a documentary about seeking her identity in the shadow of celebrity, as well as a black Jewish woman. ...
Undergraduate Advising Center wins international award for innovation
LAWRENCE — Details matter. A University of Kansas initiative to provide advisers with more detail about student activity and help those professionals see trends and potential warning signs has earned the Undergraduate Advising Center an international honor. ...
Examining European Union through domestic lens offers insights, professor says
LAWRENCE — Multinational organizations like the European Union are unique in many ways, but examining such bodies through a lens commonly used to study domestic governmental systems can shed light on why such groupings work and the directions they may be headed. Richard E. Levy, J.B. Smith Distinguished Professor of...
Candidate for dean of KU Libraries to present Monday
LAWRENCE — The second of four candidates for the dean of KU Libraries position at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation during an upcoming campus visit. ...
Ten KU seniors named finalists for 25th annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
LAWRENCE — Ten finalists have been selected for the 25th annual Excellence in Community, Education and Leadership Awards at the University of Kansas. The finalists, all seniors, will participate in the Homecoming parade at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, along Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. Two winners, one male and...
KU nominates three students, one alumna for Rhodes, Marshall scholarships
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has nominated three students and a recent alumna for prestigious fellowships for study in the United Kingdom. Alexis Knutsen, Alex Kong, Jennifer Stern and Jessica van Loben Sels are applying for the Marshall Scholarship; Knutsen, Kong and Stern are also applying for the Rhodes...
Council for Opportunity in Education honors CEOP Director Ngondi Kamatuka
LAWRENCE — The Council for Opportunity in Education this fall honored Ngondi Kamatuka, director of the Center for Educational Opportunity Programs (CEOP) in KU’s Achievement & Assessment Institute, with the Walter O. Mason Award. ...
Paul Jess, professor emeritus of journalism, dies
LAWRENCE – Paul Jess, professor emeritus of journalism, died Oct. 22 at the age of 83. ...
KU to honor 63 seniors from Dickinson, Geary, Morris county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from eight Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Nov. 4, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Residence halls sponsor Halloween event
LAWRENCE — Daisy Hill Commons and Hashinger Hall will be the sites of Halloween in the Halls from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25. Children must be accompanied by an adult. ...
Webinar series will feature prominent poets
LAWRENCE – A webinar series hosted by the Project on the History of Black Writing at the University of Kansas will allow the public to hear firsthand from a prominent group of intergenerational, award-winning poets on their creative process. ...
Student entrepreneur selected for “Spotlight” at Pipeline Innovator celebration in KC
LAWRENCE — Playing college football and multiple high school sports before crowds of cheering fans prepared Austin Barone for a different kind of audience: more than 600 of the region’s top innovators and entrepreneurs at a major event in Kansas City, Missouri. ...
New book ‘On the Wing’ tracks evolution of flight in natural world
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas biologist David Alexander grew up in Dayton, Ohio, the hometown of the flight-pioneering Wright brothers — so it’s only natural he became fixated with aviation from a young age, developing a lifelong passion for airplanes. ...
Politics, lack of progress drive cities to drop climate-protection commitments, study finds
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Kansas Enrichment Network teaming with Missouri colleagues for summit on afterschool, expanded learning
LAWRENCE — At the inaugural Afterschool STEM Summit in Washington, the National League of Cities (NLC) announced the selection of seven statewide afterschool networks (SANs), including the University of Kansas-based Kansas Enrichment Network (KEN) and Missouri AfterSchool Network, to receive technical and financial assistance to host statewide municipal summits on...
KU to honor 216 seniors from Shawnee, Wabaunsee county high schools
LAWRENCE - Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Tuesday, Nov. 3, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 91 seniors from Clay, Pottawatomie and Riley county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 10 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 2, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 362 seniors from Sedgwick county high schools
LAWRENCE — Students from 13 Kansas high schools will be honored Monday, Nov. 2, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Law symposium to explore sexual assault on college campuses
LAWRENCE – Recent studies indicate that nearly one in four female students experience sexual violence during their college years – troubling figures that are attracting national media attention and serious evaluations by universities of how they handle such crimes. ...
Government type can predict country's place in global Internet network
LAWRENCE — The type of governance of a nation can predict its citizens’ access to the Internet and the value of that country’s connections to other nations around the world, a new study has found. Liberal democracies dominated the global Internet network in both 2002 and 2011, followed by polyarchies...
KSDE wins $5.8M award, taps KU center to develop learning-maps-based instructional model
Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students to monitor progress and adjust instructional activities to meet students’ learning needs. Throughout the development process, CETE will engage with approximately 400 elementary- and middle-school educators across the project’s five partnering states. ...
Notable engineer will give lecture on professionalism in the field
LAWRENCE — Randall Over, the 2014 president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), will deliver the University of Kansas School of Engineering’s annual J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, in Spahr Engineering Classroom in Eaton Hall. The lecture is free and open to the...
‘Goat Bones in the Basement’ lecture explores ‘dark tourism’
LAWRENCE – A chance visit to a haunted house tour in Savannah, Georgia, led to a new area of research for a scholar who will present the lecture “Goat Bones in the Basement: A Case of Race, Gender and Haunting in Old Savannah” at the University of Kansas. ...
Audio-Reader celebrates growth, service during annual dinner
LAWRENCE — Audio-Reader marked 44 years of growth during its annual volunteer appreciation dinner earlier this month. ...
Candidate for dean of KU Libraries to present Tuesday
LAWRENCE — The first of four candidates for the dean of KU Libraries position at the University of Kansas will make a public presentation during an upcoming campus visit. ...
Economic opportunity in Kansas is focus of upcoming conference
LAWRENCE — The widening income gap between the wealthiest and the poorest Americans has become an issue of growing concern for economists, educators and policymakers nationwide. The local and regional perspective on this national debate will be showcased at the University of Kansas on Thursday, Oct. 22, when the annual...
Art & Design Gallery to host solo show with international media artist
LAWRENCE — An internationally renowned artist with a substantial and cutting-edge body of creative work will have a solo show at the Art & Design Gallery. Through video, sculpture, print and multichannel installations, Darrin Martin’s show, “Iterations,” explores the instability of the lens-based image as a reliable record of perception...
Department of Defense awards fellowship to graduate student
LAWRENCE — A fellowship from the Department of Defense will fund a University of Kansas graduate student’s research in nuclear physics as well as guarantee him a two-year appointment with a federal office upon graduation. ...