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Chancellor, provost's office host forum on sexual assault
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and the provost’s office hosted a panel discussion Thursday afternoon to encourage continued dialogue on how the University of Kansas community can work together to confront sexual assault. ...
Annual starlight walking tour of Mount Oread marks autumnal equinox Monday
5 a.m. at the intersection of Jayhawk Boulevard and 14th Street, retired professor Theodore Johnson will lead the annual autumnal equinox walking tour Monday, Sept. 22. The tour will continue until 11 a.m. Johnson conducted the first equinox tour, for the vernal equinox, in March 1991. ...
Alumna receives 'genius grant' for advocacy on behalf of Native American victims of gender violence
at the William Mitchell College of Law and a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, Deer has documented in her scholarship a history of inadequate protection for victims of physical and sexual abuse in Indian Country. She has simultaneously worked with grassroots and national organizations to reform federal...
Media Advisory: KU researcher can discuss U.S. response to Ebola outbreak
President Barack Obama's announcement Tuesday of a major increase in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa included a commitment of 3,000 troops, plus material to build field hospitals, additional health care workers and other supplies. ...
Pharmacy students to offer free flu shots in Southwest Kansas
Students from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy will travel to Southwest Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 20, to provide free flu shots to people who might not otherwise be able to afford them. The project is an expansion of the school’s annual Operation Immunization program, through which students offer...
Visiting poet writes of vampires, aliens, Lee Harvey Oswald
latest project, the poet is watching all 1,225 episodes of the 1960s horror soap opera “Dark Shadows.” As a child, Trigilio says, “I slept with my shoulders hunched to ward off vampires” as a result of watching the show daily with his mother. He calls the project “a gigantic experiment...
Ten seniors named finalists for 24th annual Ex.C.E.L. Awards
Ten finalists have been selected for the 24th 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, Sept. 26, along Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. Two winners, one male and one female,...
KU to explore large data applications at genomic biodiversity summit
Scientists today use advanced computing systems to collect, analyze and store vast amounts of research data. The definition of “vast” has changed a lot since the days when computing meant slide rules, adding machines and paper punch cards. ...
Lecture to examine cost of Obama presidency to black politics
The election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American president marked a historic moment in American politics. Yet the milestone may have come at a significant cost to African-American political progress. ...
KU announces August employees of the month
The University of Kansas has announced the August Employees of the Month. They are as follows: ...
Mother-daughter research team studies severe-weather phobia
No one likes severe weather, but for some just the thought of a thunderstorm, tornado, hurricane or blizzard can severely affect their lives. When blood pressures spike, individuals obsessively monitor weather forecasts and they can't leave the house, the weather can go from simple concern to the level of phobia. ...
KU to honor 130 seniors from Douglas, Jefferson county high schools
A total of 130 seniors from high schools in Douglas and Jefferson counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 7 p.m. program and reception in the Kansas Union’s Woodruff Auditorium. ...
University host of panel Thursday on sexual assault
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little has invited the University of Kansas community to a panel discussion Thursday, Sept. 18, to continue the conversation on how to work together as a community to confront sexual assault. The discussion will be 4:30-6 p.m. in The Commons. The panelists will be Jeffrey S. Vitter, executive...
Professor examines convergence of languages, cultures in Chinese Inner Asia
When Arienne Dwyer identified an area in Chinese Inner Asia as a language convergence zone some 19 years ago, she discovered that the grammars of unrelated languages had grown to resemble one another. Moreover, when some speakers of these diverse languages come together in song contests, they would harmonize their...
KU to honor 132 seniors from Harvey, Reno county high schools
Students from 12 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
KU to honor 69 seniors from 8 southwest Kansas county high schools
Students from 15 Kansas high schools will be honored Wednesday, Oct. 1, by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and KU Endowment. ...
Human rights advocate to explain child refugee crisis along U.S.-Mexico border
Noted attorney, author and human rights advocate Jennifer Harbury will discuss the roots of U.S. foreign and immigration policies concerning the recent influx of children and families from Central America during a lecture set for Wednesday, Sept. 24. ...
Law professor to argue before Supreme Court on water dispute
A University of Kansas law professor has authored a study and will argue before the Supreme Court on a water rights case via a method that can be thought of as a more civil version of civil war. ...
Engineering faculty studying security of cloud computing
University of Kansas researchers have received a multimillion-dollar Department of Defense grant designed to build user trust and confidence in the security of cloud computing and to develop techniques that ensure projects run as predicted, without interference. ...
KU joins national alliance to help low-income students graduate
The University of Kansas is a founding member of the University Innovation Alliance, a group of 11 major public research institutions dedicated to helping more low-income and first-generation students successfully earn their degrees. ...
360 Architecture supports Forum project with $25,000 gift
As a part of 360 Architecture’s ongoing efforts to support design education, the Kansas City, Missouri-based firm and KU Endowment announced earlier this month that the firm has made a donation of $25,000 to the University of Kansas School of Architecture, Design & Planning. ...
Alumni Association to honor two recipients of Fred Ellsworth Medallion
The 2014 recipients of the Fred Ellsworth Medallion for extraordinary service to the University of Kansas are Jay Howard of Austin, Texas, and Margaret Shirk of Lawrence. The KU Alumni Association will honor them Friday, Sept. 19, during the fall meeting of the national Board of Directors. ...
Russian program receives Department of State grant
The University of Kansas Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES) has been awarded a major grant from the U.S. Department of State as part of the U.S.-Russia Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Program. ...
Visual Art graduate students open semester with exhibition
Visual art graduate students will exhibit their works in a two-part show starting Saturday, Sept. 21, at the University of Kansas. Part I will be on display Sept. 21 through Oct. 3 and Part II following from Oct. 5-17. The exhibitions are free, and the public is welcome. ...
Reception to welcome new faculty to the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Kansas has hired 32 new faculty members for the 2014-2015 academic year. All faculty and staff are invited to welcome the group at a reception Wednesday, Sept. 17. ...
14 graduate research consultants infuse projects into undergraduate coursework
Fourteen University of Kansas Graduate Research Consultants will pair with faculty members this fall in a wide variety of fields to challenge undergraduate students to further develop their research skills through classroom-based projects. ...
Doctoral student wins National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest
Katya Soll’s passion for books and research on South America’s legacy of dictatorship in contemporary theater earned her the top award in the National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest. ...
Honors program seeks top sophomores for scholars programs
In spring 2014, Anh Le was named a member of the 33rd class of University Scholars at the University of Kansas. Twenty sophomores are selected for the program each year based on their academic achievement and involvement. ...
KU to test emergency alert systems Sept. 17
The University of Kansas will test its emergency text message and public address systems at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. ...
Investigative journalist Katherine Boo to discuss life in Indian slums
Katherine Boo, staff writer at The New Yorker and a former reporter and editor for The Washington Post, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Her lecture, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity," is the first installment of...