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Kansas Geological Survey to test use of CO2 in oil recovery and storing it underground
LAWRENCE — The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kansas is moving into a new phase of a multiyear study to test the safety and efficacy of injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial sources into the ground to produce hard-to-reach oil and to permanently store CO2 deep underground. ...
Media Advisory: Former NASA astronaut available to discuss Philae/Rosetta comet mission
LAWRENCE — Steven Hawley, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Kansas and former NASA astronaut, is available to speak with reporters about the European Space Agency’s successful landing Wednesday of a spacecraft on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, some 317 million miles from Earth. ...
First of three candidates for dean of Social Welfare to visit KU
LAWRENCE — The first of three candidates for dean of the School of Social Welfare will visit the University of Kansas next week to visit the campus community and give a public presentation. ...
Central District Plan driving transformation of KU's modern center
LAWRENCE — From the building that welcomed KU’s first class in 1866, Old North College, to the area west of Allen Fieldhouse today, the center of the University of Kansas campus has shifted significantly in 148 years. ...
Caboni selected to participate in Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas vice chancellor for public affairs is one of two dozen senior leaders selected for the inaugural class of fellows in an innovative new program that will engage participants by exploring the leadership challenges that confront today’s universities. ...
Project seeks to discover aspects of early Jewish childhood
LAWRENCE — Childhood in the West today is often determined by age. However, in Roman and Jewish antiquity a family's social status likely influenced whether a young boy or girl spent time going to school and playing with other children at all or if they would be required to start...
Study: Wealth transfers to grown children perpetuate inequality
LAWRENCE — It may not come as a surprise that high-income families pass on more money to their children than their low-income peers, but new research from the University of Kansas shows that these families are giving much more to their kids even after they leave home and for different...
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to celebrate 10th anniversary
LAWRENCE – The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas will mark its 10-year anniversary with a free celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Lied Center of Kansas Pavilion. The event is open to the public and carries the theme 10 & Then:...
Global Entrepreneurship Week event to focus on creativity, entrepreneurial mindset
LAWRENCE — Creativity is an overlooked yet vital trait of the entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurs are tasked with uncovering creative solutions to some of the most difficult challenges of our time. ...
Experts can discuss Loretta Lynch's nomination as U.S. attorney general
LAWRENCE —University of Kansas scholars are available to discuss President Barack Obama's nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general. ...
Media advisory: Expert discusses Catalonia independence movement in Spain
LAWRENCE — On Sunday, 81 percent of the more than 2 million Catalans voted in a non-binding referendum for independence from Spain. Leaders of the independence movement hope it is a prelude to a full secession. ...
KU Field Station will host memorial fun run Nov. 15
LAWRENCE — An all-ages 5K fun run/walk will take place at the University of Kansas Field Station, 350 Wild Horse Road, north of Lawrence, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. ...
Janice Radway to offer 2014 Richard W. Gunn Lecture
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Department of English is bringing acclaimed scholar Janice Radway to campus to offer this year’s Richard W. Gunn Memorial Lecture, “Riot Grrrl History, Underground Itineraries, and Girl Zine Networks: Unruly Subjects in the 1990s and Beyond.”...
KU-led scientific team departs for Antarctic research expedition
LAWRENCE — Although most people think of Antarctica as a barren, cold environment, 200 million years ago it was a lush forest — a forest that now permineralized can yield clues to the climate change of the past and how plants today may react to current climate change. ...
Veterans program brightens future for scholarship winner
LAWRENCE — Jim Anschultz’s unlikely path from journeyman construction worker to college honors student and national scholarship winner began in February 2009 at a Kansas City, Kansas, job fair. At the time, Anschultz was a 53-year-old, unemployed Air Force veteran residing in one of the local homeless shelters. He’d never...
Four named recipients of 2014 Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards
LAWRENCE – Four faculty members at two universities in Kansas have been named recipients of the state's most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence: the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards. The four will be recognized Tuesday, Dec. 9, during a ceremony at the Lied Center of Kansas. ...
Smissman lecturer to explore biology/chemistry connection
LAWRENCE — Renowned professor Barbara Imperiali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present the 2014 Edward E. Smissman Memorial Lectures, describing her research creating and employing new chemical tools to understand important biological questions. ...
Special education department professors receive international award for their disability research
LAWRENCE — After decades serving as advocates for individuals with disabilities, including their families and service providers, professors Rud and Ann Turnbull of the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas received the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 20. The award...
KUJH-TV, University Daily Kansan earn Pinnacle Awards
LAWRENCE — KUJH-TV and the University Daily Kansan received numerous awards Nov. 1 and 2 at the College Media Association Fall Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Pinnacle Awards honor the best student work produced for any college media organization, including print, broadcast and online outlets, during the 2013-2014 academic year. ...
Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowships bringing top scholars to KU
LAWRENCE — Keely Brown was an outstanding undergraduate scholar at the University of Arizona, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry in 2014. Not surprisingly, when she began applying to graduate programs, she was accepted to a number of the nation’s top universities, including the University of Virginia, Georgia Tech...
Researcher sees laptop-cooling technology as way to less-thirsty power plants
LAWRENCE — Every minute in the United States, power plants that generate electricity use nearly triple the amount of water that surges over Niagara Falls during that same time, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. ...
Policy advocate for ending domestic violence to speak at KU
LAWRENCE – The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas will welcome Ludy Green, author and international spokesperson on domestic violence issues, to discuss her book, “Ending Domestic Violence Captivity: A Guide to Economic Freedom” at 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Dole Institute. The event...
Kansas Biological Survey launches first online data portal on Kansas lakes
LAWRENCE — The study of Kansas water resources has become a key initiative at the state’s universities—and a major focus of policy makers, municipalities, businesses, researchers and educators, who increasingly are concerned with the status of those resources. ...
Aerospace students set new world record of achievement
LAWRENCE — A record-setting accomplishment from a group of recent University of Kansas School of Engineering graduates garnered special recognition from the world’s leading organization for aerospace engineering. ...
Visual art faculty to exhibit work
LAWRENCE – Visual art faculty will exhibit their work in a show starting Nov. 16 at the University of Kansas. The exhibit will kick off with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. ...
University Dance Company announces fall concert
LAWRENCE — Drawing on themes that contrast the classical and posthuman digital age, the University Dance Company fall concert will showcase six works choreographed by two guest artists and KU faculty members. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20-21 at the Lied Center. ...
KU to host symposium on enhancing cultural competency
LAWRENCE — In today’s world, cultural competency — the ability to interact with people of different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds — is crucial for employees, particularly at public universities like the University of Kansas that have a diverse student population. ...
Fan editors are artists, not disgruntled fans, KU scholar argues
LAWRENCE— When discussing the merits of film fan edits, the conversation needs to move beyond Jar Jar Binks, a University of Kansas scholar says. ...
Study shows black, Hispanic children underrepresented in autism identification
LAWRENCE — The number of children diagnosed with autism has increased in recent years, but a new study co-authored by a University of Kansas professor shows that while the number of students with autism increased in every state from 2000 to 2007, black and Hispanic children were significantly underrepresented. ...