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Students win statewide math competition
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas undergraduate students took first and third place in the team competition at the 10th Kansas Collegiate Math Competition, which was March 28 at Fort Scott Community College. The competition is part of the yearly meeting of the Kansas section of the Mathematical Association of...
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center announces April graduates
YODER — Fifty-seven new law enforcement officers were congratulated by Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss during their graduation from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center (KLETC) on April 10. ...
Expanded media course to open installation exhibition
LAWRENCE – Each spring visual art students enrolled in Expanded Media 307/542 experience a full run of the professional exhibition process. The students research, propose ideas, collaborate, produce the work, advertise the show and install it. This semester’s class will unveil work next week with “Quotidian.”...
University Dance Company presents new work for spring concert
LAWRENCE – Focusing on themes of exploration, movement and relationships, the University Dance Company spring concert will showcase six works choreographed by a guest artist, a student and KU faculty members. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. April 23-24 at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St. ...
University community mourns death of chemistry professor Craig Lunte
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas community is grieving the loss of a longtime professor and leader in the Department of Chemistry. Craig Lunte, 57, died April 13 at his home in Lawrence. ...
Professors to share research on at-risk students, inclusion at prominent conference
LAWRENCE — Faculty members from the University of Kansas School of Education are among the experts presenting research at the annual American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference April 16-20 in Chicago. Among the most prestigious gatherings of higher education researchers in the world, the 2015 AERA conference theme is Toward...
School of Music announces fundraising drive to honor renowned professor
LAWRENCE — After 41 years of directing bands and teaching music at the University of Kansas School of Music, world-renowned musician and composer James Barnes will retire this spring. To honor him, the school has launched a campaign to raise $250,000 for KU band student scholarships and to name a...
IT Faculty Fellow will help guide technology at KU
LAWRENCE — KU Information Technology at the University of Kansas has announced the selection of Greg Thomas, professor of design in the School of Architecture, Design & Planning and director of the Center for Design Research, as the first KU IT Faculty Fellow. ...
School of Business names 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Business is set to honor its 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, Tim Barton, entrepreneur and founder of Freightquote.com, and Roshann Parris, president and CEO of Parris Communications. ...
Replant Mount Oread will return flowering crabapples to Daisy Hill
LAWRENCE — Alumni of the Daisy Hill residence halls at the University of Kansas may recall crabapple trees blooming each spring behind Hashinger and Lewis halls. But today, very few trees remain along that stretch of Irving Hill Road. ...
Center hosts training to improve quality of interpreted home visits
LAWRENCE — The Center for Public Partnerships & Research (CPPR) at the University of Kansas recently hosted a daylong training workshop for home visitors and the interpreters who assist them in serving families who speak a language other than English. The workshop was a collaborative effort between CPPR’s Interpreter Training...
Study examines why people stop donating to college athletics
LAWRENCE — As lawmakers and others debate whether and how college athletes should be paid and coaches’ salaries and facilities arms races come into focus, fundraising is drawing renewed interest. Yet no one seems to be considering one source of athletic funding: Donors who no longer make contributions. ...
Event to celebrate work of Nobel Prize-winning poet
LAWRENCE — An event featuring poetry, dance and live music will celebrate the life and work of Akinwande Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and poet. “African Literature in Rhythmic Cadence: Wole Soyinka @ 80” will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, in the Hawks Nest at the Kansas...
Dole Institute announces WWII letters online exhibition
LAWRENCE — 2015 marks 70 years since Bob Dole’s injuries on a battlefield in Italy and the end of World War II as well as a decade since the release of the former senator’s 2005 memoir, “One Soldier’s Story.” The Robert J. Dole Archive & Special Collections, part of the...
KU honors 20 women for achievements, service, careers
LAWRENCE — Twenty women with ties to the University of Kansas were honored April 7 during the 2015 Women’s Recognition Banquet hosted by the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity. ...
University Theatre's Mozart opera to feature KU Symphony Orchestra
LAWRENCE — Recounting a single day of madness, “The Marriage of Figaro” follows the misadventures of two palace servants on their wedding day, who find themselves thwarted at every turn by the philandering count. The University of Kansas School of Music and University Theatre partner on this comedic opera featuring...
Media advisory: Racial disparities apparent in autism identification, researcher says
LAWRENCE — Jason Travers, assistant professor of special education at the University of Kansas, is available to speak with media about Autism Awareness Month, autism and research taking place on the topic. April is Autism Awareness Month. ...
KU, Haskell students to present research projects at 15th annual symposium
LAWRENCE — Research relating to cancer, genetics, medicinal plants, and social relationships will be among student research presented at the 15th annual University of Kansas-Haskell Indian Nations University Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
Researchers from across North America visit campus for symposium honoring biology professor
“Val is a renaissance biologist who finds time to engage with his friends and their interests in such a sincere way that all those involved benefit,” said Chris Haufler, professor and chair of ecology and evolutionary biology. "I’m not surprised by the outpouring of affection for him. While it’s true...
Mini College offers continued learning opportunities
LAWRENCE – The old adage “you learn something new every day” seems to take a vacation during the long, lazy days of summer. But it doesn’t have to. For the past six years, the University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has offered adults a unique option for...
Provost responds to FASTR refiling
LAWRENCE — The Fair Access to Science and Technology (FASTR) Act of 2015 was refiled last month in both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 114th Congress with continued bipartisan support. The University of Kansas has played a pioneering role in open access for over a decade,...
Mathematics professor selected as SIAM Fellow
LAWRENCE — Tyrone Duncan, professor of mathematics and courtesy professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was selected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The award honors SIAM members who have made outstanding contributions to the fields served by the organization. This year 31...
See/Saw Film Festival to feature works representing underserved children
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will present the See/Saw Film Festival later this month, featuring works exhibiting, disrupting and renegotiating constructions of children and young people from historically underserved and marginalized backgrounds. ...
Design students win awards at national show
LAWRENCE — Over the past two months University of Kansas Department of Design students have received numerous honors at two different events, the National Student Show in Dallas and the Creative Summit in San Marcos, Texas. ...
MyWorldAbroad resource available
LAWRENCE — The University Career Center, Office of Study Abroad, Business Career Services Center and Engineering Career Center have purchased MyWorldAbroad, an internationally focused career resource. Key highlights:...
KU to honor health care pioneer
LAWRENCE — When HIV first began to appear in the Kansas City area, treatment options were scarce. Few physicians were familiar with the virus, and many lacked resources to care for patients. With nowhere to refer her patients, a University of Kansas alumna took on the challenge herself. ...