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Eleven TRIO McNair Scholars earn degrees, honors
Eleven graduating University of Kansas seniors in the TRIO McNair Scholars Program in the Achievement & Assessment Institute have received certificates, awards and special scholarly cords honoring their completion of the rigorous program. Their achievements were recognized at a May 2 banquet at the Kansas Union that included remarks from...
ROTC commissions new officers from four military branches
Members of the Army, Air Force, Naval Reserve and Marines ROTC programs at the University of Kansas, as well as officer candidates, were commissioned in a joint ceremony. Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little attended the event to recognize the students. ...
Hall Family Foundation will provide $25 million for new health education building
KANSAS — A $25 million lead gift from the Hall Family Foundation is a catalyst for the University of Kansas Medical Center to move forward on plans to construct a $75 million health education building in Kansas City, Kansas. ...
Alumni Association announces 2014 Homecoming theme, events
Roll with the ’Hawks is the theme for the 2014 University of Kansas Homecoming celebration, which will begin Sunday, Sept. 21, and feature daily activities leading up to the KU-Texas football game Saturday, Sept. 27, in Memorial Stadium. ...
Public names wasp — and Harry Potter fans would approve
The discovery of species that are new to science routinely draws public interest and news coverage from around the world — yet, the process of bestowing scientific names to these species remains something of a black box. ...
Follow the guano: Professor tracks unlikely source to unlock Pacific environmental history
A University of Kansas researcher has traced an unlikely source at the root of helping open up the vast Pacific Ocean to exploitation in the modern age: guano. ...
Audio-Reader Network announces new development director
The University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network, a reading and information service for the blind and print-disabled, will have a new development director effective June 8. Feloniz Lovato-Winston will step into the position, currently held by Brenda Berg Dyck, who will leave Audio-Reader in early June. ...
Political science department honors top students
The University of Kansas Political Science Department honored its top students at their Recognition Ceremony, with awards and induction into Pi Sigma Alpha last month at the Adams Alumni Center. ...
Severity, not frequency, of abuse may predict children’s mental health
How severely children are abused, rather than how frequently, appears to predict which children will suffer serious mental health outcomes, according to the first study from one of the most in-depth analyses of the mental health of foster children ever undertaken. ...
Keywords hold vocabulary together in memory
Much like key players in social networks, University of Kansas scientists have found evidence that there are keywords in word networks that hold together groups of words in our memory. ...
Eleven Olathe teachers set to receive master’s degree in history
For the past four year years, Olathe Public Schools and University of Kansas Department of History have partnered in a $814,000 U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History grant. ...
Nominations sought for Proud to Be a Jayhawk funding recipients
The Office of Public Affairs at the University of Kansas is seeking project requests for the proceeds of the Proud To Be A Jayhawk tailgating fundraiser. ...
Design wins Best School at National Student Show
The University of Kansas Department of Design was named Best School at the 10th annual National Student Show earlier this month. It is the third year in a row the department has won the show’s top academic award. ...
English professor named acting vice provost for faculty development
Marta Caminero-Santangelo, professor of English, has been named acting vice provost for faculty development at the University of Kansas, effective Monday, May 19. Caminero-Santangelo will serve in the place of Mary Lee Hummert, who will take on the role of interim vice chancellor for research while a national search is...
Spencer museum receives major art donation by internationally renowned light artist James Turrell
As the Spencer Museum of Art’s celebrated exhibition “James Turrell: Gard Blue” draws to a close, the art museum has announced that collectors Mark and Lauren Booth have donated a significant work of art by Turrell, an internationally renowned light artist. ...
142nd Commencement to take place Sunday, May 18
More than 4,000 graduates are expected to take part in the traditional walk through the Memorial Campanile and down the Hill at the University of Kansas during the 142nd annual Commencement on Sunday, May 18, at Memorial Stadium. ...
Author studies women as political counsel in Medieval advice texts
Political prognosticators expect women candidates in a number of states to play prominent roles in U.S. gubernatorial elections this fall. And Hillary Clinton is currently in strong position to be the first woman to secure a major party's nomination for president in 2016. ...
Researcher: Vast loss of marine mollusk habitat may come with climate change
Half the marine mollusk species in a new study are projected to lose a big slice of their North Atlantic habitat to global climate change in this century, according to a researcher at the University of Kansas. ...
Media advisory: Experts available to discuss Brazil in advance of World Cup
As the world turns to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, University of Kansas faculty are available to speak to the media about their expertise in Brazil. KU experts can discuss Brazil’s tourism promotion, environmental changes, race relations and economy. ...
KU announces spring 2014 candidates for degree
The names of nearly 4,450 candidates for degree from the University of Kansas this spring — representing 88 Kansas counties, 45 other states and and 41 other countries — have been announced by the University Registrar. Degrees are officially conferred in June. ...
Dissertations awarded Argersinger Prizes
Two doctoral graduates will be presented with the 2014 Marnie and Bill Argersinger Prize for outstanding doctoral dissertations at the annual Doctoral Hooding Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, in the Lied Center. ...
KU to commission first female combat arms officer since lifting of ban
The University of Kansas Army ROTC will commission its first female Field Artillery officer this spring following Pentagon orders in 2013 to open combat-arms branches to women across all military services. ...
KU, Haskell students present research at diversity symposium
Student research related to biological and behavioral sciences was presented last month at the 14th annual University of Kansas- Haskell Undergraduate Research Symposium. ...
Author offers insights into man behind ‘Wicked’ and ‘Godspell’
The Broadway composer who turned the story of the “Wizard of Oz” on its head in the megahit musical “Wicked” is the focus of a new book from a University of Kansas professor. ...
KU honors Employees of the Year
The University of Kansas recognized its Employees of the Year and presented the 2013-2014 Team Award on May 7 in the Kansas Union. Chancellor Bernadette Gray Little and Jeffrey S. Vitter, provost and executive vice chancellor and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, were present at the luncheon to honor employees. ...
Louise Byrd Graduate Educators announced
Eva Horn, professor in the Department of Special Education and investigator for the Lifespan Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and Victor Frost, Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, are the 2014 recipients of the Louise Byrd Graduate Educator Award. The award will be...
KU seniors honor high school teachers with Wolfe Family Teaching Awards
Even though it’s been several years since University of Kansas seniors have set foot in high school teachers’ classrooms, the influence of many of those educators is not forgotten. ...
Business school launches part-time Master of Accounting program
The University of Kansas School of Business will begin offering a Working Professional Master of Accounting program at the Edwards Campus in Overland Park this fall. ...
Professor studies connection between evolutionary biology, economic success
With the emergence in the past three decades of fields such as behavioral genetics, scientists and economists have examined ways to transfer ideas about how organisms succeed biologically or reproductively – known as fitness – to achieve economic success – and the reverse. ...
Media advisory: KU experts available to speak about Brown v. Board 60th anniversary
Several University of Kansas faculty members are available to speak with media about the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that effectively ended school segregation in the United States. The faculty members can comment about the ruling, its legacy in American education, society, law...