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HLC conference helps KU advance in accreditation cycle
Twenty-five individuals from the University of Kansas attended the Higher Learning Commission’s annual conference March 26-28 in Chicago. KU’s group included accreditation committee members, program-level accreditation officers and administrative leaders. Along with sessions focused on various aspects of the accreditation process, attendees had the opportunity to learn more about or...
New smartphone app helps students with eating disorders at KU, with potential for broader reach
Researchers at the University of Kansas are carrying out ongoing clinical trials of a promising new app that’s been shown already to help KU students living with an eating disorder, one of the deadliest mental illnesses. With these encouraging initial results, the Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University...
Complex motivations of Chinese wartime scientists revealed in new research
When countries are at war, they often require and expect the support of scientists in their efforts. When those countries are simultaneously engaged in their own nation-building efforts, as was the case in Nationalist China during World War II, they become even more dependent on those scientists to conduct applied...
Global Scholars to present research April 27
Covering diverse topics from around the world, seven seniors will present their internationally focused research at the Global Scholars Research Symposium this week. The event is the culmination of the Global Scholars program, which is in its 12th year. ...
KU physicist appointed to help prepare next Long Range Plan on Nuclear Science
Daniel Tapia Takaki, University of Kansas associate professor of physics & astronomy, was appointed to serve on the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) earlier this year. The appointment carries the responsibility to provide official advice to the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation on the nuclear science program...
Racial Equity Collaborative will present community forum
The Racial Equity Collaborative will host a community forum from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 3 at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Forum guests will discuss the confusion of neglect and poverty, the progress of kinship care in the state of Kansas and how to make meaningful change. ...
New book details social justice, activism in American journalism history
A new book from a University of Kansas professor shares unique stories of social justice, activism and diversity in American journalism history and incorporates multimedia to bring history to life for younger generations. ...
KU Law awards inaugural Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence
The University of Kansas School of Law awarded the first annual Bruce Hopkins Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Kat Girod, a third-year law student from Prairie Village, earlier this month at a ceremony held in the Wheat Law Library, where Hopkins’s prolific publications are available for checkout. ...
Artists Miller & Shellabarger to perform April 28-29 at Spencer Museum of Art
This week the Spencer Museum of Art will host Chicago-based artists Miller & Shellabarger (Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger) for a series of public events on April 28-29 that explore performance art, queerness and the dynamic of performing as a couple. ...
KU announces 2023 Student Employee of the Year
The University Career Center has announced that the 2022-2023 Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) is Victoria Garcia Unzueta, of Dodge City, who works for the University of Kansas Department of English in the History of Black Writing (HBW) research center. ...
Law professor, KU graduate Sarah Lamdan to speak about data collection and privacy
Sarah Lamdan, a University of Kansas alumna, author and law professor at the City University of New York, will return to the Lawrence campus to discuss her research and book on data collection practices and their implication on privacy. Lamdan will present a public lecture at 10 a.m. May 4...
CREES announces Laird Essay Contest winners
The Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Kansas has announced that this year’s Roy D. and Betty Laird Essay Contest winners are undergraduate student John Lubianetsky for his essay. “Assimilation, Adaption, and Expansion: Folklore Transmission and Development in the Ukrainian Canadian Diaspora,” and...
Three to receive KU Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award
Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4. ...
School of Business names 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient
The University of Kansas School of Business will honor Jay Howard with its 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award. ...
KU Engineering students craft ‘Simulearn’ app to win KC Fed Code-A-Thon
Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Home Assistant all make it easy for users to turn on lights, track grocery lists, automate climate controls and handle other relatively mindless home tasks that take up time and attention. ...
Spencer Museum, Charlotte Street announce Rocket Grants 2023 call for artists
The Spencer Museum of Art and Charlotte Street have announced the 2023 cycle of Rocket Grants, with the call for artists opening online May 15. An information session will be held April 21 at the Spencer Museum at the University of Kansas for artists interested in applying. ...
Fred Logan to receive inaugural Chancellor’s Distinguished Service Award
A longtime civic leader and higher education supporter is being honored with a new award to be given annually by the University of Kansas. ...
KU Law team wins Thurgood Marshall moot court competition
The University of Kansas School of Law’s moot court teams have concluded the season with another national title. Ally Monson and Amanda McElfresh, third-year law students, won the Federal Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C., in late March. ...
KU researcher leading project to quantify care economy, make stats available in central location
People might not often think of work done in the home as part of the larger economy. But a University of Kansas professor is leading a new project to collect data on the care economy to quantify the often underrecognized work of providing care for others and make the information...
Jayhawks honored at 2023 Capitol Graduate Research Summit
Three University of Kansas students received honors during the 20th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka on March 22. Kalin Baca, Samantha Ghali and Griffin Welfer were each recognized for their outstanding research and presentations at an event that brings together the top graduate student researchers in the state...
Three KU Engineering faculty recognized for early career research achievement
Three assistant professors from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have each received prestigious national awards granted to early-career faculty whose research shows promise. ...
Event centers climate anxiety, frames emotional response as tool for action
Mental health and climate scholars will discuss approaches to addressing ecological grief and transforming emotions into a force for collaboration at a virtual event at the University of Kansas. Hosted by The Commons and the Institute for Policy & Social Research Center for Compassionate and Sustainable Communities, this event is...
KU community invited to grand opening celebration for newest KU Innovation Park facility
KU faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate the opening of the newest KU Innovation Park facility from 4 to 6 p.m. April 20. ...
‘Typography as image’ gets results on trailside signs
Stewards of parks and wild lands would do well to understand the term “typography as image” and to employ it in practice, according to the results of a new study of how trailside signs influence users’ behavior. ...
Brazilian journalist to give lecture on modern slavery, global consumption
Brazilian journalist Leonardo Sakamoto will visit the University of Kansas this month to discuss the connection of modern slavery to climate change and global consumption. ...
KU community invited to attend KU Remembers, an event honoring late Jayhawks
KU Student Affairs has announced that it will host KU Remembers, an event to honor University of Kansas students, employees or retirees who have passed away since Aug. 1, 2019. This event will take place at 3:30 p.m. April 24 at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. ...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 23rd annual symposium
Research on the evolution of immunity, historical trauma and social determinants of health in Native American communities, use of microfluidics for diagnostics, communication strategies of bacteria, soil microbe effects on maize growth and effects of social behavior and stress on brain signaling will be among student work presented at the...
Junior Cherin Russell named KU’s 2023-24 Newman Civic Fellow
From across the country, college and university presidents of Campus Compact member institutions have nominated promising student leaders as Newman Civic Fellows. Through service, research and advocacy, these fellows have demonstrated an investment in their community and are working to better understand themselves, the root causes of social issues and...
Final spring 2023 'Wellness in Our Democracy' events planned April 12, 26
A collaborative series at the University of Kansas that centers misinformation, disinformation and the wellness of democracy continues in the spring 2023 semester with discussions on climate change and domestic terrorism. Led by Najarian Peters, KU associate professor of law and faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet...
Spencer Museum announces 2023 Brosseau Creativity Award recipients
The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has announced the 2023 recipients of the Jack & Lavon Brosseau Creativity Awards. Established by benefactor Lavon Brosseau in 2011, the awards honor innovative and risk-taking creative work in the categories of writing and diverse media from KU undergraduate students...